. Liber Estriae; or, Memorials of the royal ville and parish of Eastry, in the county of Kent . Imme-diately above this is the Clock chamber, which contains the worksof a very good and ferviceable eight-day clock by MefTrs. More &Son, Clerkenwell, given to the parifh by R. Springett Harvey, Efqre.,in the year 1853 ; at which time Mr. Harvey alfo gave a telefcope for theufe of the clerk, or other perfon appointed to wind up the clock, in orderthat he might notice the exad: time at which the time ball falls at Deal u 145 MEMORIALS OF EASTRY. and regulate the clock thereby. Local time, which isjl
. Liber Estriae; or, Memorials of the royal ville and parish of Eastry, in the county of Kent . Imme-diately above this is the Clock chamber, which contains the worksof a very good and ferviceable eight-day clock by MefTrs. More &Son, Clerkenwell, given to the parifh by R. Springett Harvey, Efqre.,in the year 1853 ; at which time Mr. Harvey alfo gave a telefcope for theufe of the clerk, or other perfon appointed to wind up the clock, in orderthat he might notice the exad: time at which the time ball falls at Deal u 145 MEMORIALS OF EASTRY. and regulate the clock thereby. Local time, which isjlill kept at Eajiry, is 5minutes fafler than Greenwich time. But, had our parifh been to the Weft ofGreenwich inftead of to the Eafh of it, the probability is that ** railway time would have been adopted long ago. In this chamber is kept the parifhflag—a large S. Georges enfign, purchafed in 1869, out of part of theproceeds of Penny Readings. A few fteps more bring us to the Bell chaiiiber, which, however, we hadbetter pafs by for the prefent, andhaften to the top of the Tower. Arrived. here we find the whole village, as it were, mapped out at our feet; whilfl ona clear day a very fine diflant view may be obtained, embracing portions ofthe towns of Sandwich, Ramfgate, and Deal—Ramfgate Harbour, theGoodwin Sands, Walmer Caftle, Walderfliare Tower, Goodneftone, Knowl-ton, and Walderfhare Parks, the grounds of Betteflianger and of UpdownHoufc, and the Tower or other portions of 17 or 18 parilTi churches. MEMORIALS OF EASTRY. 147 including thofe of Afh; Staple; Woodnesborough ; Minfter; S. Clements,and S. Peters, Sandwich; S. Lawrence, Thanet; S. Georges, and HolyTrinity, Ramfgate ; S. Andrews, Deal; Upper Deal; Shoulden; Word ;Great Mongeham ; Tilmanftone ; and fome others. The view is fo good on a clear fummers day, when the fun is not toohot (for then there would probably be a confiderable haze), that I thinkany of my readers who fhould be induced to venture to the top of the
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