tower.

Levison Vernon, Esq. During the late war there were two batteries; the one mounted with two eighteenpounders; on the other were five guns and a martello For a well-written account and a large collection of well-arranged particulars concerning the many objects of interest in this town and its environs, we beg to refer our readers to a small publication called "Aldborough described;" dedicated to the most noble James Cecil, Marquis and Earl of Salisbury, by an anonymous author; printed by J. Raw, of Ipswich, but without date.

CHAPTER XVI.

Our second division of rides and drives confines us to such places as comprize the HUNDRED OF BLYthing. And as these amount together to no less a number than 49, our notices of each must indeed be passing and brief. Let us therefore proceed to them at once in alphabetical order, merely stopping to remind the visitor that, for safe conduct and sure guidance to the respective points, as well as for the objects of interest which may solicit observation from him on his route, we beg again to recommend him to the directions so amply supplied by the map. On our part, such a ready and concise remembrancer obviates the recurrence of tiresome repetitions about names, and roads, and distances; and on the part of the traveller, it renders delay unnecessary, mistake improbable, and enquiry worse than useless. Older heads than ours have been obliged to come back to their A, B, C.

ALDRINGHAM is distant, south-south-west from Southwold about sixteen miles; and from Aldborough, in a direction north-by-west, two miles and a half. It is a

perpetual curacy, united with Thorpe, and dedicated to Saint Andrew. The patron is Lord Huntingfield; Incumbent, the Rev. R. Bond. But one Sunday service. The income but £59, mostly through augmentations by Queen Anne's bounty. Yearly value, certified in the King's books, £6. 15s. Taxation, (Pope Nicholas,) £8. 13s. 4d. Tenths, 17s. 4d. Parish register commences 1538. Contents, according to the last census, 610 statute acres; 49 inhabited houses; 75 families; and 362 individuals. There is a Baptist meeting-house; and in connection with it a Sabbath school, containing about 60 children. The church-steeple has been shattered by lightening. Thorpe is a hamlet of Aldringham which formerly had a chapel belonging to it, (Saint Mary's). It was standing for some time after the Restoration, but it is now in ruins. There is a small yearly fair held on the feast of Saint Andrew's, and a church Sunday school is in contemplation.

BENACRE, in a direction north-by-east from Southwold, is distant six miles. The parish contained, according to the last census - statute acres, 1,660; [by the returns under the new assessment act, 2,431A. 11R. ;] gross rental, £1835 18s. 10d.; rateable value, £1636 17s. 6d.; inhabited houses, 19; families, 33; persons, 208. The church, of which the present Incumbent is the Rev. W. Gooch, is dedicated to Saint Michael; the patronage being vested in Sir Thomas Gooch, Baronet. Income, £440 Existing register dates from 1727, the preceding registers having been destroyed by fire. Value, in the King's books, £18. Tenths, £1 16s. Taxation, (Pope Nicholas,) secular, £13 6s. 8d. Tenths, £1 6s. 8d., vicarial, £4 13s. 4d. Tenths, 9s. 4d. The rectory of Easton Bavent and the vicarage of Covehithe are both united to Benacre. We shall indulge our readers with the following

notice of BENACRE HALL, and of its distinguished proprietor, taken from Davey's Architectural Antiquities.

"If it should be thought that there are in the county of Suffolk many seats, which in variety of ground and in picturesque scenery are superior to Benacre, there are few which will be found equal to it in that which is considered so essential to the residence of a country gentleman - the advantages afforded to the sportsman. It abounds in game of all sorts, and to the lover of fishing a noble lake in the immediate vicinity furnishes abundance of fine fish. Sir Thomas Gooch, Baronet, was the first person who proposed to government the raising of Yeomanry Cavalry Corps in each district or hundred, which soon after generally took place throughout Great Britain and Ireland. Sir Thomas made this proposal in December, 1792; first through Mr. Reeves, chairman to the association then just formed at the Crown and Anchor, in the Strand; and afterwards, through Sir John, (now Lord,) Rous, to the right honorable William Pitt, at that time Chancellor of the Exchequer. Lord Rous took the command of the first troop of loyal Suffolk Yeomanry Cavalry, in which Sir Thomas was first Lieutenant, and he is painted in the uniform of the corps when first raised. Sir Thomas was also the first person who proposed forming loyal associations in the huudred of Blything and Wangford. Sir Thomas also raised a corps of Volunteer Infantry, consisting of three companies. Benacre Hall lies on the east side of the turnpike road leading from London to Yarmouth, distant from the former one hundred and six miles, and seventeen from the latter."

BLYTHFORD, on the river Blyth, is six miles, west-bynorth, from Southwold. The parish contained, at the period of the last census, 1,240 statue acres; 23 houses; 45 families, and 197 individuals. Present rateable value, £497 58. The church, a donative, is dedicated to All

Saints. Patron, the Rev. Jeremy Day. Incumbent, the Rev. R. Day. The parish register commences 1695. No note of amount in the King's books, nor has the present income been ascertained, from its peculiarities as a donative. But the yearly value is certified to be £16. Taxation, (Pope Nicholas,) £4. 13s. 4d. Tenths, 9s. 4d.

BLYTHBURGH, distant from Southwold about five miles, in a direction west by west, is a place of great antiquity. Its chief, indeed its sole, attraction at present, however, is its magnificent church, which, even now, suffered though it be to fall imperceptibly into most disgraceful dilapidations, exhibits an almost perfect specimen of sacred architecture. It is impossible to see the work of ruin passing stealthily and without such prevention as might be effected by timely repair, upon the grandeur and venerable proportions of so noble a pile, and to remain untouched by the spectacle. But we must turn from it to other points far less interesting. Would that those who are more concerned in the blame of neglect and indifference than we, could but feel, in turning from it, the regret which we feel.

It stands upon the river Blyth, from whence it takes its name, at a distance of five miles west by west from Southwold. Inclusive of the hamlets of Hinton and Bulchamp, it contains, as by last census, 3,500 acres.

The new assessment return extends the number to 3,711a. 3r. 7p.; gross rental, £3,190 14s. 9d.; rateable value, £2, 971 8s. 9d.; inhabited houses, 113; families, 117; individuals, 579. It is a perpetual curacy, endowed with £400 royal bounty, and £1800 parliamentary grant. The patron of the church, which is dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is Sir C. Blois, Bart.; incumbent, the Rev. T. Harrison; income £40, with Glebe House. One Sunday service and Sunday school. Parish register dated from 1690: but for the deficiencies in this point, and for other particulars, we