£200,000. Maidstone has returned two members of Parliament since the reign of Edward VI. It formerly contained a college, founded by Archbishop Courtenay in the reign of Richard II.; but it was suppressed by Edward VI. Population in 1841, 18,086. About 14 miles north-east of the town is Pennenden Heath, where the county meetings have been held from a period prior to the Conquest. Roads lead from Maidstone to Hythe, Folkstone and Dover, Canterbury, Rochester, Tenterden and Romney, Tunbridge and Tunbridge Wells, and to Westerham.

Folkstone was at one time a flourishing place, but is now much decayed. It is much resorted to, however, during the summer months,-the adjacent country being very beautiful. It has a charity school, founded by Dr Harvey, (famous for his discovery of the circulation of the blood,) who was a native of this town. Population in 1841, 4413.

III. LONDON, TUNBRIDGE, Ashford, folkSTONE, AND DOVER BY RAILWAY.

ON RIGHT FROM LOND.

From

Dover.

From

London.

ON LEFT FROM LOND.

Enter Kent. Edenbridge. Chiddingstone, H. Streatfield, Esq. Near it the remains of Hever Castle, erected in the reign of Ed-| ward VII., once the property of the Boleyn family.

Penshurst, the seat of Lord de Lisle, was the ancient seat of the Sydney family, who became possessed of the manor in the reign of Edward VI. Here Sir Phi

lip Sydney was born in 1554.46

It is a fine old mansion, of quadrangular form, enclosing a spacious court.

The

state apartments are adorned with rare portraits and paintings by eminent masters. Penshurst was also the birth-place of the famous Algernon Sydney. Tunbridge Wells.

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Hadlow.

IV. LONDON, SEVENOAKS, TUNBRIDGE, RYE, AND WINCHELSEA, 65 Miles.

Bromley derives its name from the quantity of broom with which it was formerly surrounded. It is pleasantly situated on the Ravensbourn, and possesses a spring whose waters afford great relief in a variety of infirmities, from the chalybeate with which they are impregnated. The church contains a monument to the memory of Dr Hawkesworth, (the author of the Adventurer,) and the tomb of the wife of Dr Johnson. Bishop Warner, in 1666, here founded a college for 20 clergymen's widows. Population in 1841, 4325.