£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 1 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.

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 an-
cient seat of the Sydney fa-
mily, who became possessed
of the manor in the reign of
Edward VI. Here Sir Phi-
lip Sydney was born in 1554.461
It is a fine old mansion, of
quadrangular form, enclos-
ing a spacious court.
The
state apartments are adorn-
ed with rare portraits and
paintings by eminent mas-
ters. Penshurst was also the
birth-place of the famous
Algernon Sydney.

Tunbridge Wells.
Capel.

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Smarden.

Nutfield.
Bletchingley.

Hall Place, F. Bailey,

Esq.

Leigh.

Hadlow.

The Railway here runs nearly parallel with the Medway.

Yalding.

Headcorn.

East Sutton, Sir E. Fil

mer.

Pluckley.

RAILWAY-Continued.

ON RIGHT FROM LOND.

Great Chart.

Kingsnorth.
Park House.

Aldington.

Saltwood Castle.

Hythe.

Sandygate.

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 chaly beate 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.