plicable to their present appearance, being surrounded by irregular ground, overgrown with thorns and briars. On the 30th of May, 1805, as two labourers were employed in taking down an old wall, within the precincts of this place, they discovered a large quantity of silver coin, amounting to near 16 hundred pieces, mostly of the coinage of Edward I., whose head is represented on each, crowned with an open crown of 3 fleurs-de-lis, with 2 rays, or lesser flowers, not raised: and circumscribed E. D. W.R. ANG. DNS. HYB i. e. Edward, king of England, and lord of Ireland. On the reverse, is a cross, with 3 pellets in each quarter: circumscribed, CIVITAS CANTOR, i. e. coined at the city of Canterbury. There were others coined at York, Durham, and Newcastle. LEAVING the priory, and following down the course of the river, you arrive at Grimbald-bridge, near which is ST. ROBERT's CAVE, AN hermitage; the interior part, formed out of the rock, yet remains, but, so filled with rubbish, as to render the entrance rather difficult; the roof is covered with rude carvings of crosses, initials of names, &c.. At the farthest part of the cave, is a small recess, which seems to have served for a pantry; the places where the shelves have been fixed, are yet evident. Above the entrance, on the front of the rock, are the remains of an upper appartment, the ascent to which, was by a small flight of steps, cut in the rock, part of which, are yet discernible, on that side of the rock, next the bridge. The front of this dreary mansion, which extended some yards farther towards the river, is entirely demolished. THIS cave, was also remarkable for a circumstance that led to the discovery of the long-concealed murder of Daniel Clark; in consequence of which, Eugene Aram, the criminal, was brought to justice, after making a most ingenious defence, worthy of a better cause. On the opposite bank of the river, stands a high rock, called "GRIMBALD-CRAGG;" from the top of which, is a fine prospect of the subjacent VALE, the RIVER, BIRKHAM-WOOD, and the lofty summit of ALMIAS-CLIFF. On one side of the rock, is a cavern, which, by the rude remains of a chimney, and window, seems to have been once the residence of some human being, probably, another hermit, of the name of GRIMBALD, to whose memory this rock, (by bearing his name,) is a lasting memorial. Grimbald, is a name that frequently occurs, in the early part of the church history of Britain. St. Grimbald, whose memory is celebrat . ed in the old english calendar, on the 10th of July. was living in the year 882. On the east-side of the town, is HAY-PARK,* CONTAINING about 1200 acres ;† which were granted, by the crown, to an ancestor of the late lord Bingley; and afterwards, came into the possession of sir. John Hewley, knt., some time member of parliament, for the city of York. In 1641, the keeper's-lodge, was the only house in the park: after that period, it was gradually divided into farms, cleared, and cultivated. Sir John Hewley, died in the year 1697; and his lady, did, by indenture, dated 12th and 18th of January, 1704, convey this estate to seven trustees, who were to apply the annual rents thereof, to certain pious uses. JOHN Ross, of Warwick, asserts, the first park in England to have been made by Henry I., at Woodstock, in the year 1119; but, Spelman proves, from doomsday-book, and other authorities, there were • Hay; a separate enclosure, within a forest or park, fenced with a rail, or hedge, or both. Blount. It appears by a perambulation, made in the year 1612, to have been paled round. parks in the time of the Saxons, who called them deer-folds. Kennet. JOHN METCALF, born at Knaresbrough, in the year 1717, lost his sight when only four years old. Being instructed to play on the violin, he afterwards, attended as a musician at the Queen'shead, High-Harrogate, for many years; and, was the first person who set up a wheel-carriage, for the conveyance of company, to and from the places of public resort, in that neighbourhood. In the year 1745, he engaged to serve as musician, in colonel Thornton's volunteers, and was taken prisoner at the battle of Falkirk. Being soon released, he returned to Knaresbrough, and commenced common-carrier, betwixt that town and York, and often served as a guide in intricate roads, over the forest, during the night, or when the paths were covered with snow; nor, was any person more eager in the chase, which he would fol low, either on foot, or on horseback, with the greatest avidity. Strange as this may appear to those who can see, the employment he has followed for more than forty years past, is still more extraordinary, and one of the last, to which we could suppose a blind man would ever turn his attention—that of projecting and contracting for the making of high-roads, building bridges, houses, &c.! With no other assistance, than a long staff in his hand, he would ascend the precipice, explore the valley, and investigate the extent of |