The graphic and historical illustrator; an original miscellany of literary, antiquarian, and topographical information, embellished with one hundred and fifty woodcuts . leton inclosed inlead. Near the Abbey Mill, which is still occupied forgrinding corn, is a wide space of ground, surroundedby small dwellings, called the Bramblings, but for-merly Rome-land, which is conjectured to have beenso called from its rents being in former times appro-priated to the use of the Holy See. On this spot King 106 THE GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATOR. Henry VIII. is reported to have had a small pleasure-house, which he f
The graphic and historical illustrator; an original miscellany of literary, antiquarian, and topographical information, embellished with one hundred and fifty woodcuts . leton inclosed inlead. Near the Abbey Mill, which is still occupied forgrinding corn, is a wide space of ground, surroundedby small dwellings, called the Bramblings, but for-merly Rome-land, which is conjectured to have beenso called from its rents being in former times appro-priated to the use of the Holy See. On this spot King 106 THE GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATOR. Henry VIII. is reported to have had a small pleasure-house, which he frequently occupied on his visits toWaltham.—The statute fair is still held on this piece of land. The Gateway and bridge, represented in the an-nexed wood-cut, are a little to the northward of theAbbey Mills. The former is of stone, but has been repaired with bricks of a remarkably large exhibits two pointed arches, a larger and a smallerone: the outer mouldings of the large arch rest oncorbels, formed by two demi-angels supporting shields,on which, (but much corroded) are the royal arms ofEdward the Thirds time, viz. France and England, Beyond the gateway, about two hundred yards tothe north-eastward, near a small farm-house, is adilapidated stone bridge crossing another branch ofthe river, supported by three strong ribs of an elliptical form. The various streams of the river Lea, in this neigh-bourhood, are traditionally said to flow in the samechannels that were made by the great King Alfred,when he diverted the current of the river and left theDanish fleet on shore. They are now partly occupiedby Government, for the use of the gunpowder millsand other works which have been erected here; and which, in detached branches, extend for a distance ofnearly four miles, towards Epping. B. B. BATTLE OF ETHANDUN. Among the most remarkable and influential eventsrecorded in the history of the Anglo-Saxons, thereis scarcely one of more importance than the battl
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