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a neatly built town, in a fine vale on the Otter, noted for the manufacture of lace. The church contains some ancient monuments. Two M. P. Pop. of par. 3895.

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Hinton St George. Earl Poulett.

To Chard, 54 miles. At Horton, 1 mile distant, is a spring much celebrated for its efficacy in diseases of the eye.

To Axminster, 7 miles. Four miles distant Netherton House, Sir E. S. Prideaux, Bart.

Bramble Hill, C. Flood, Esq.

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Nine miles from Honiton is SIDMOUTH, a fashionable watering-place, situated at the mouth of the river Sid, celebrated for the beauty of the surrounding scenery. It stands between two hills, nearly enclosing it on all sides but the south, which lies open to a beautiful bay of the English channel. The views between this place and Seaton are considered the finest on the south coast of Devon. The climate is extremely mild and salubrious. Sidmouth is much fre quented by company in the bathing season, for whose accommodation there are warm baths, a public room, libraries, &c. It has also an ancient church and several meeting-houses. Population of parish, 3309.

A few miles from Sidmouth, on the road to Exeter, is Bicton, the seat of the late Lord Rolle. In the park there is some fine timber.

About 8 miles from Sidmouth, and 10 miles from Exeter, is EXMOUTH, at the mouth of the Exe, the oldest and best frequented watering-place in Devon. It is celebrated for the mildness of its climate, the town being well sheltered from the north-east and south-east winds by some high hills which rise almost close behind it. The rides and walks in the neighbourhood are remarkably beautiful. Here are Assembly Rooms, baths, libraries, and other accommodations for visitors. The Beacon Hill, on which stands the handsome chapel of St Margaret, commands one of the finest views in the west of England. The road from Exmouth to Exeter through Topsham is remarkably beautiful. Population, 4356.

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Published by Adam & Charles Black 27 North Bridge Edinburgh, 1 August 1843.

THENCE TO NEW FOREST, LYMINGTON, ISLE OF WIGHT, PORTS-
MOUTH, CHICHESTER, ARUNDEL, BRIGHTON [LEWES], AND (by
Railway) BACK TO LONDON.

The railway begins at Nine Elms, on the right bank of the Thames, in the parish of BatLersea, a short distance above Vauxhall Bridge.*

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Elvetham House, Lord 38 Calthorpe, formerly a place of great extent and magnificence. Here a famous entertainment was given to Queen Elizabeth by the Earl of Hartford in 1591.

Beyond is Bramshill, the seat of Sir J. Cope, built for Henry Prince of Wales, eldest son of James I.

Village of Old Basing, 30 the scene of a severe battle fought in 871 between the Danes and the Saxons, when the latter, under the command of Alfred, were defeated.

About 6 miles N. E. of Basingstoke is Strathfieldsay, the seat of the Duke of Wellington. Four miles west of it is Silchester, where are the remains of a Roman station, among the most entire in the kingdom.

Enter Hampshire.
Farnborough.

Roads lead off from Farnborough to Portsmouth by Farnham and Petersfield, to Gosport by Alton; to Southampton by Bishop's Waltham; and to Winchester by Alresford.

Winchfield. Tilney Hall on the right.

Basingstoke.

This place is mentioned in Doomsday Book under the name of Basingtoches, and is described as having been always a royal manor. Malting and the corn trade form its principal business.

At a short distance is an ancient encampment. Two miles from Old Basing is the Vine, a mansion built by the first Lord Sandes.

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Fleet Pond.

Dogmersfield Park, Lady Mildmay.

Three miles S. of Winchfield is Odiham, the birthplace of Lilly the Grammarian. Near it are the remains of an old castle, in which David King of Scotland was confined for eleven years after his capture at Neville's Cross.

Ruins of Basing House, famous for the gallant defence which it made under John, fifth Marquis of Winchester against the Parliamentary troops. It held out during two years, and was ultimately stormed by Cromwell.

Basingstoke canal communicates with the Thames by the river Wey in Surrey. One mile from Basingstoke is Hackwood ParkLord Bolton.

* Omnibuses start before the departure of each train from the Spread Eagle in Gracechurch Street; Swan with Two Necks, Ladslane; Cross Keys, Wood Street, Cheapside; White Horse, Fetterlane: George and Blue Boar, Holborn; Golden Cross, Charing Cross; and the Universal Office in Regent Street.

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