ADDINGTON, is a village, three miles to the east of Croydon, at the foot of a range of hills, to which it gives the name of Addington Common. On the brow of the hill, toward the village, is a cluster of small tumuli, about twenty-five in number, and in them have been found Roman urns, &c. In this parish is Addington Place, a handsome seat, lately the property of James Trecothick, Esq. It is held by a tenure of making his majesty a mess of pottage at his coronation. The origin of this tenure is from Tezelin, the Conqueror's cook, holding a carucate in Addington, by the service of cooking up in an earthen platter, a mess denominated Maupugernon*, in the king's kitchen, at the time of his coronation.

The present archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Sutton, in 1807, bought Addington Place, with the money which re sulted from the sale of the archiepiscopal palace, at Croydon, by archbishop Cornwallis, with the addition of some delapidations in the time of archbishop Secker, which have been vested in the funds for that purpose.

It appears that the Knights Templars had a manor in this parish, which, on their disgrace, was transferred to the knights of St. John of Jerusalem. This, with another manor belonging to St. Mary Overy, at the dissolution of monasteries, passed to the family of Leigh, and ultimately to that of Trecothick.

The CHURCH, dedicated to St. Mary, is a very small structure, partly rebuilt about the reign of Edward III. It contains several memorials of the families of Leigh, Hatteclyffe, and Cole; besides a large marble urn, and an inscribed tablet to the memory of Barlow Trecothick, Esq. alderman, and lord mayor of London in 1770, and one of the members of parliament for that city; he died in 1775.

*It is supposed by Mr. Lysons, that the dish abovementioned might be the same as that called a Bardolf, more especially as the family of Bardolf were lords of this place; it was called a pottage, and consisted of almond milk, the brawn of capons, sugar and spices, chicken parboiled and chopped, &c. See p. 466, of Household Establishments, 4to. published by the Society of Antiquaries.

In the adjoining parish of SANDERSTEAD, is PURLEY, which will be rendered remarkable by the residence of John Horne Tooke, Esq. whilst he wrote his curious work, denominated "The Diversions of Purley."

Hence in a western direction, we come to THE OAKS, the villa of the earl of Derby, on Bansted Downs; it was built by a society of gentlemen, called the Hunters Club, to whom the land was leased by Mr. Lambert, whence it took the name of Lambert's Oaks. Mr. Simmons was the first occupier of the house, which was intended as a place of festivity in the hunting season. General Burgoyne purchased the lease, and built a dining room forty-two feet by twenty-one, with an arched roof, elegantly finished; twenty-eight small cased pillars of fine workmanship, and a concave mirror at each end. The dining table is of plain deal boards, in conformity to the style of a hunting seat. The red hall entrance is small, but elegant: it contains two landscapes, and a few other pictures. The drawing room, on the first floor, is an octagon, ornamented with a variety of small pictures. It commands a prospect of Norwood, Shooter's Hill, many churches in London and its environs, Hampstead, Highgate, &c. The carl having acquired a fee simple in the estate from general Burgoyne, added, at the west end, a large brick building, with four towers at each corner; and there is a similar erection at the east end, which renders the structure uniform, and gives it an elegant Gothic appearance. In the pleasure grounds are a number of antient beeches. In one tree, in particular, it is said, there is a spring; because it always contains water, although the well at the house is three hundred feet deep. His lordship can accommodate his guests with upwards of fifty bed chambers. It was here that the celebrated Fete Champetre, in commemoration of the earl's marriage with his first countess, was given; whence originated a musical entertainment, called "The Maid of the Oaks," written by general Burgoyne.

BANSTEAD, not far from Epsom, is a village noted for abundance of walnut-trees, but more for its neighbouring

downs, one of the most delightful spots in England, by reason of its fine carpet ground, covered with a short herbage, perfumed with thyme and juniper, which makes the mutton of this tract though small very sweet. The plough, however, has made such incroachments, that the pastures and flocks are much diminished. Dyer, in his Golden Fleece, after praising the beauties of its situation, thus exclaims:

"Such are the downs of Banstead, edg'd with woods and towery villas!"

The pleasant prospects of several counties on both sides of the Thames, includes a view of the royal palaces of Windsor and Hampton Court, and also of London, from the Tower to Westminster, it being a tract of no less than thirty miles, extending from Croydon to Farnham, though under different appellations. The soil, being for the most part a sort of chalk mixed with flints and sand, is dry soon after rain. There is a four mile course on them, which, in the season of horse races, is much frequented, as all the downs are, throughout the whole summer, for their wholesome air.

To the north-west of Banstead is EwEL, a market town. fourteen miles from London. Here a spring breaks out in different spots, and becomes the head of a fine stream, called Hog's Mill River, that falls into the Thames at Kingston. Here is the elegant mansion and pleasure grounds of Sir George Glyn, Bart.

The market day is Thursday, and here are two fairs on May 12, and October 29. The town has a very romantic appearance, but nothing else very particular; it is situated in the road from London into Sussex.

This place is however famous for being the birth place of RICHARD CORBET, whose father was a farmer here. He was born in the latter part of the reign of queen Elizabeth, and was sent very young to Westminster School; thence to Christchurch, Oxford. In 1605, he took the degree of M. A. and entering into holy orders, became one

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