danger. The amount of the sums collected is generally from six hundred to eight hundred pounds. This is given to the Captain or senior of the boys on the King's foundation, previously to his removal to Cambridge. The village of ETON has of late years been considerably improved, many of the houses having been rebuilt, and others repaired in the modern style. It consists principally of one street, connected with the town of Windsor by a bridge thrown over the Thames. COLNBROOK Is an ancient town, situated on several channels of the river Colne, over each of which there is a small bridge. Camden affirms it to have been the Pontes of the Intinerary: Gale, Baxter, and some others, agree with his opinion; but Leland places that station at Reading, in Berkshire; Salmon, at Dorking, in Surrey; and Horsley, at Old Windsor. The market-house and chapel, which stood in a narrow part of the town, have been lately removed by the commissioners of the turnpike-roads, and a neat chapel erected in a more convenient situation. The inhabitants are chiefly supported by the expenditure of travellers. Some of the small islands formed by the different branches of the Colne in this neighbourhood, are supposed by Camden to have been the places where the Danes secured themselves from the attacks of Alfred in the year 894: but Bishop Gibson, with more probability, refers their successful defence to the Isle of Mersey, formed by the river Coln, in Essex. MISCELLANEOUS. IN the north aisle of the church at Newport Pagnell, in the year 1619, the body of a man was found, with all the hollow parts of the body, and of every bone, filled with lead. The scull, with the lead in it, weighed thirty pounds, six ounces. It is now in St. John's College Library, Cambridge: and before it was rolled about, and battered, bore as great resemblance to lead, as petrified wood does to stone. LIST OF THE Principal Books, Maps, and Views, that have been published in Illustration of the Topography and Antiquities of the Counties contained in this Volume. BEDFORDSHIRE. Collections towards the History and Antiquities of Bedfordshire, containing the "Parishes of Puddington, Luton, and Dunstable," 4to, 1782, with Plates. "An Historical Account of the Parish of Wimmington, by Oli ver St. John Cooper," 4to, 1785. "An Historical Account of the Parish of Odell, by Oliver St. John Cooper," 4to, 1787. The above Works are contained in the Bibliotheca Topographica. "A short yet a true and faithful Narration of the fearefull Fire that fell in the Towne of Woburne, the 13th September, 1595,” Lond. 12mo, by Thomas Wilcocks. In the Philosophical Transactions, No. 379, is Mr. Holloway's Account of the Fullers' Earth Pits; and in No. 486, Mr. Ward's Remarks on a Roman Tessera found at Market-Street. Pennant's Tour from Chester to London contains an Account of Dunstable, Woburn, Ampthill-Park, Wrest, Luton, and a few other Places, 4to, 1782. Some Particulars of Woburn and Dunstable may also be found in Bray's Tour, 1783. An Antique Coffin and Runic Inscription, found at Woburn Abbey, are described in the Gentleman's Magazine, April, 1749. In Carter's Antiquities are some Etchings of the Architectural Ornaments, &c. of Dunstable Priory. Jeffereys published an Actual Survey of this County in 8 Sheets, on a Scale of two Inches to a Mile. Many Errors in this Map are corrected, and several Additions made, in a New Map of the County, divided into Hundreds, and published in Smith's "New English Atlas," January, 1801. Views of the Priories of Bedford, Dunstable, and Chicksand, of Harwood Nunnery, and Warden Monastery, have been engraved by Messrs. Bucks; the Remains of the Tower at Luton, by Rooker, from a Drawing by P. Sandby, published in the Virtuoso's Museum; a Plan of Wrest House, Gardens, &c. by J. Rocque, 1735; and a View of Bedford Bridge, drawn by J. Walker, and engraved by Medland, in the Copper Plate Magazine, Vol. II. BERKSHIRE. "The Antiquities of Berkshire," by Elias Ashmole, 3 Volumes, Svo, Lond. 1719, 1723. This was reprinted at Reading in 1736, under the Title of The History and Antiquities of Berkshire, &c." Folio. VOL. I. D d "Account "Account of some Antiquities between Windsor and Oxford," by Thomas Hearne, 8vo, L. P. Oxford, 1725. "Letter to Dr. Mead concerning some Antiquities in Berkshire," by Mr. Francis Wise, 4to, Oxford, 1738. This was replied to in a Pamphlet called "The Impertinence and Imposture of modern Antiquaries displayed, &c." 4to, Lond. written by Mr. Asplin, Vicar of Banbury, (under the Signature of Philathes Rusticus,) who was deservedly reprehended in another Pamphlet by Mr. George North, Rector of Coddicote, Herts, in his "Answer to a scandalous Libel, entitled" "The Impertinence, &c." 4to, Lond. 1742. Mr. Wise, the same Year, published" Further Observations upon the White Horse, and other Antiquities in Berkshire, with an Account of Whiteleaf Cross, Bucks, &c." 4to, Oxford. "History and Antiquities of Windsor Castle," by J. Pote. Cuts, 4to, Eton, 1749. "History of that most famous Saint and Soldier of Christ Jesus, St. George of Cappadocia, &c. to which is subjoined, the Institution of the most Noble Order of St. George, named the Garter," by Dr. Heylen, 4to, 1631. "The Institution, Laws, and Ceremonies, of the Most Noble Order of the Garter," by Elias Ashmole, Lond. Fol. with fine Engravings by Hollar, 1672. This was abridged and re-published by Walker, under the Title of "The History of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, and the several Orders of Knighthood extant in Europe, &c." Illustrated with Plates of the Habits. Lond. 8vo, 3715. "A New Historical Account of St. George, and the Order of the Garter," by Thomas Salmon, Lond. 8vo, 1704. "Memoirs of St. George, the English Patron," (from Selden's Titles of Honor,)" and of the Most Noble Order of the Garter," (abridged from Ashmole;) by Dr. Thomas Dawson, 8vo, 1714. "The Register of the Most Noble Order of the Garter," from the "Black Book," so called from its cover of Black Velvet; "with Notes, and an Introduction;" by John Anstis, 2 Volumes, Fol. 1724. Plates. "Dissertation on the Original of the Equestrian Figure of the George and of the Garter," by Dr. Pettingal, Lond. 1753. The System about the George in this Dissertation was refuted by Mr. Pegge, in the Fifth Volume of the Archæologia. "The Institution of the Garter, a Dramatic Poem," by Gilbert West, Esq. 4to, 1742. This was re-printed in the 2d Volume of Dodsley's Collection. "Some Account of the Antiquities of Old Windsor," by Dr., Girdler, printed with Robert of Gloucester, by Hearne. "Windsor Castle," a Poem by Otway, 1685. Re-printed in Dryden's Miscellanies. "The Rights of the Forest of Windsor," by Nat. Boothe, 8vo, 1719. "A Black "A Black Scene opened; being the true State of Mr. John Kendrick's Gift to the Town of Reading, &c." by John Watts, 1749. Some Account of Reading Abbey, by Sir Harry Englefield, is contained in the Sixth Volume of the Archæologia. "The Meyrrour of the Church of St. Austyn of Abingdon, with a Petytyon of Robert Copeland, Printer, 1521." 4to, with wooden Cuts. "Collections towards a Parochial History of Berkshire, &c." 1783, and "Some Account of the Parish of Great Coxwell," were published in the Bibliotheca Topographica. "The History of Mr. John Winchcomb, alias Jack of Newbury," was reprinted at Newbury about 20 Years since from an old Pamphlet. In Fuller's Worthies there is also an Account of the same Person. In the Philosophical Transactions, No. 261, is some Account of the Oyster Shells near Reading, by Dr. Brewer; and in the same Work, Vol. 50. Dr. Collet's Description of the Peat near Newbury. The latter is reprinted in the Bibliotheca Topographica. A brief Description of the Towns, Villages, and Scenery of Berkshire, bordering on the Thames, has been given in Boydell's and in Ireland's Account of that River. The Third Volume of the Archæologia contains an Engraving of the Pusey Horn, with some Particulars concerning it. Several Poems, descriptive of different Parts of the County, have been published. The most eminent are Pope's "Windsor Forest," Pye's "Farringdon Hill," Sir John Denham's "Coop. er's Hill," and "St. Leonard's Hill," by Robert Morris. A small Map of the County was engraved by Hollar in 1670; and "a Topographical Survey of Berks, in 18 Sheets, on a Scale of 2 Inches to a Mile," was published by John Rocque in 1761. A Map of the County 10 Miles round Newbury, with a Plan of the Town and Speenham Land, were made and printed by John Willis, 1768. VIEWS of the Town of Reading, South, Windsor Castle and Palace, and Donnington Castle, North-east, have been engraved by Buck. A View of the latter Castle has also been published by Hearne and Byrne, and a Plan of it, in its original State, in Grose's Antiquities. In the "Brauni Civitates Orbis, 1572," is a View of Windsor Castle by Hoefnagle, probably the oldest existing. The Cielings of the Apartments in the Castle, painted by Verrio, were engraved by P. Vanderbank. Four Elevations and a Plan of the Castle were drawn and engraved by B. and T. Langley, 1743. Eight Views in the Green Park, by T. Sandby, were engraved by Mason, P. Sandby, W. Austin, Canot, Vivares, and Rooker. Eight Views of Reading Abbey, by Charles Tomkins, were published in 1791; and Views of Basildon House and Pelling Place, by Angus, in his Select Views, 1800. In the CopperPlate Magazine, Vol. I. are Views of Bisham Abbey and Windsor. Vol. II. of Basildon Park. Vol. III. of Bear Place. Vol. V. of Benham House, and Abingdon Market-house; drawn by Dayes, Girtin, Corbould, &c. and engraved by Ellis and Walker. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. "The History and Antiquities of the Town, Hundred, and "The History and Antiquities of the Hundred of Desborough, Accounts of a few Places in Bucks are contained in Kennet's "An impartial Account of John Mason of Water Stratford, Some Particulars of Buckingham, Stowe, Aylesbury, &c. are Various Descriptions of Stowe have been published both in A Map of Bucks was published by E. Bower, in 1756; and Four A View of Buckingham from Maids Morton Hills was engraved INDEX. |