this parish, some indigenous, and others originally introduced
by Dr. T. Manningham a former rector, well versed in that science.
The late eminent antiquary Mr. Warton, observes in his history of
Kiddington, page 65, "About 5 years ago, (1775) on the edge of a lane in
the parish of Slinfold in Sussex, four miles from Horsham, I saw several
deep fissures in the Stane street, a Roman road, going from Arundel, if
not from the sea side through Dorking to London. The dorsum not intended
for heavy carriages consists of sea gravel and sea pebbles abounding on
the Sussex coast, above 3 feet deep, and 7 yards long: these minute
materials must have been amassed with prodigious labour.
Springfield, a handsome brick mansion to the north of the town, is the
property of Francis Scawen Blunt esq., who now rents it to --- Thornton
Esq.
INNS AT HORSHAM
The King's Head Hotel East Street.
Anchor Hotel Town Hall square.
The Crown Carfax.
The Lamb Ditto.
The Swan West Street.
The Castle Ditto.
The Black Horse Ditto.
The Punch bowl Ditto.
The Green Dragon Bishoprick.
The Queen's Head East Street.
The Hurst Arms North Street.
The Dog and Bacon London Road.
The White Hart North Parade.
COACHES.
Coaches pass daily to and from London, Brighton, Worthing, Windsor,
Oxford, and Reading.--The Horsham and London Star Coach leaves the Swan
inn West Street, at 7 o'clock every morning, and reaches the old Bell inn
Holborn about a quarter to 12: from thence it starts the same afternoon,
at a quarter past 3, and arrives at Horsham by 8.
GAS.
The streets are now well lighted with gas, considering that this is the
first year of their illumination. The gameter is erected at the back of
Albion Terrace, another specimen of the improving state of the town. The
good people of Horsham have lately been much annoyed by the dirty
condition of their streets, occasioned by the insertion of the gas pipes,
even to such an extent as almost to merit the ancient epithet of the
county, as we find in a very old verse, or rather ryhme of the
peculiarities of each shire.
Essex ful of good hoswifes
Middlesex ful of shyves,
Kentshire hoot as fyre,
Sussex ful of dyrt and myre.
PLANTS.
RHYNCHOSPORA ALBA
SCIRPUS CARINATUS
ERYOPH
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