* Tunbridge Wells is a celebrated watering-place upon the borders of Kent and Sussex. The chalybeate spring, to which the town owes its origin, was first noticed in the reign of James I. by Dudley, Lord North. The town has much increased of late years, and contains all the usual requisites of a watering-place. It is celebrated for the salubrity of its air, and the neighbourhood is extremely picturesque and beautiful. Excursions may be made to Penshurst, 5 miles distant; Bridge Castle, 2 miles distant; Hever, 7 miles distant; Bayham Abbey (Marquis of Camden), 6 miles distant, the ruins of which are extremely picturesque. There is a modern mansion in the Gothic style. Two miles beyond Tunbridge Wells is Eridge Castle, the seat of the Earl of Abergavenny. ON RIGHT FROM LOND. ON LEFT FROM LOND. Beaufort, C. M. Burges, Esq. 1 mile distant, Westfield, Dr Lamb. Bohemy House. To Winchelsea, 74 miles, thence to Rye, 2 miles. VII, LONDON.-UCKFIELD.-EAST BOURNE, 623 Miles. From E. Bourne. London. ON LEFT FROM LOND. Langley Park, E. Good-52 London Br. to Bromley 10 heart, Esq. Westerham is a small 481 market-town. The manor 47 was given to Abbey of Westminster by Edward 1.-It 44 is now the property of J.414 Ward, Esq. Gen. Wolfe and Bishop Hoadley were natives of this place. Squerries, J. Ward, Esq. 37 36 (Kent.) (See p. 8.) To Reigate, 133 m. To Maidstone, 22 m. Holwood Ho., J. Ward, 14 Esq. The old mansion15 house of Holwood was for 183 many years the favourite retirement of Mr Pitt. On 21 west side of Holwood Hill are the remains of an extensive encampment, supposed to be of Roman origin. 251 26 cr. river Eden. Hartfield. Hill Park-Jesson, Esq. Hammerwood Lodge, M. 313 Kent Water, enter Suss. 31 D. Mayens, Esq. To East Grinstead, 63 m. 282 Two miles distant, Ashdown House, Hon. Mrs 24 Fuller. East Bourne is a fashionable sea-bathing place, situated in a valley at the extremity of the South Downs. It has a handsome church, in which are some monuments and a singular font. The bathing here is remarkably good; and it has also the advantage of a chalybeate spring. To the west of East Bourne is Beachy-Head, the loftiest cliff on this coast. It is 573 feet in height, and contains several caverns. Six miles east of East Bourne is Pevensey Castle, a fine specimen of ancient architecture. The date of its erection is unknown, but, from the quantity of Roman brick employed in the work, it is supposed to have been constructed out of some Roman fortress. The town and castle of Pevensey were conferred by William the Conqueror on his half-brother, Robert Earl of Montainge and Cornwall. They were afterwards forfeited to the Crown, and Henry III. granted them to his son Prince Edward and his heirs, Kings of England, so that they should never more be separated from the Crown. Notwithstanding of this, however, they were settled on the celebrated John of Gaunt. For many years Pevensey Castle was held by the Pelhams. It then came to Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, and ultimately descended by marriage to Lord G. H. Cavendish. Six miles from Pevensey and 12 from East Bourne are the ruins of Hurstmonceux Castle, formerly a fortress of great magnificence and strength. Till 1777 it was the most perfect and regular castellated mansion in the kingdom; but about that period the roof was taken down, and the interior completely stript by the proprietor, the Rev. Mr Hare, who employed the materials thus obtained in the erection of some additional rooms in the modern mansion-house. The church contains some curious monuments of the family of Fiennes. Hurstmonceux is now the property of W. D. Gillon, Esq. who manifests a praiseworthy zeal in the preservation of its ruins. The nearest road to East Bourne, and that which is most travelled, is through East Grinsted and Uckfield (see page 14.) Its distance from London by the route is 61 miles. |