-especially that of John de Campden, Master of the Hospital in 1383 -that they alone would repay a collector of "rubbings" for his pilgrimage hither. The carved work of the stalls in the choir, apparently of the early Tudor period, must not be passed unobserved; and lastly, we recommend Dr. Milner's cheap account of the Hospital, from which we have already quoted. The visitor, on his return to the city, should leave the Hospital by the meadows on the south side, ascending the main stream of the Itchen along the ruins of the castle walls, and he will have time to mount one of the Hills of "Gwent," in order to take a general view of the city before his departure. Besides its Cathedral, College, and High-street, Winchester. Hospital of St. Cross, Win chester has much else of historic and antiquarian interest worthy of investigation, from the time of the Romans, who made it one of their principal fortified stations. It was also the capital of the kingdom of the West Saxons; frequently the residence of our early Norman kings. The city formerly had its mint, its treasury, and public record office. In its "Winches ter" ells and bushels it gave measures for the whole kingdom. It was the seat of many parliaments. The corporation, under a charter from Henry II., hold the superintendence of the royal kitchen and laundry at coronations. Sir Christopher Wren left incomplete a palace begun on the site of the old castle. It was of course a walled city, and had four gates, one of which only remains. Its cross, apparently not well restored, is still standing in the midst of the city. Friaries for black, white, and grey coats, as well as other monastic institutions and churches, abounded in Winchester. But all these subjects may well remain for one or more other day's excursions. The curious may consult with advantage the proceedings of the meeting of the Archæological Institute, for 1845, which was held at Winchester. The volume has especial reference to the antiquities of the city. For one day's diversion, which is all that at present we cater for, enough, and more than enough, is furnished by the Hospital of St. Cross, Wykeham's College and the Old Minster. LONDON: PUBLISHED AT THE RAILWAY CHRONICLE OFFICE, 14, Wellington-street North, Strand.-Price 2d. PLEASURE EXCURSIONS. HARROW, ON THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. [From the Railway Chronicle.] This Excursion, going and returning, by the Birmingham Railway, requires about three hours from the time of starting from the station. On the return, walking to Willesden, or to Hanwell station, on the Great Western, will lengthen it to five hours at least. Harrow from the Station. "The only visible church," replied Charles II., our monarch par excellence called "merry," to some divines who were disputing its existence-"The only visible church I know of, is to be found at Harrow." The royal wit has a literal physical truth; for Harrow church certainly stands most visibly on all sides to the counties of Essex and Hertford, Berks and Buckingham, Kent and Surrey; and it is especially_manifest to all travellers on the London and Birmingham Railway. On that line Harrow and its neighbourhood are the first objects occurring out of the metropolis which deserve an especial pilgrimage to them. The Harrow station is about a mile and a half distant from the church. The walk is an extremely agreeable one across green meadows-the ascent being gradual until we reach the foot of the hill, when it becomes very steep. The church is the main feature of the place, as it has been from all time, conferring on it its name. It is not deficient in interest in itself, and is well worthy of an archæologist's minute inspection; from all points the church and the foliage, about and below it, make picturesque combinations, the beauty of which must strike every eye. It is not our vocation to enter very fully upon a topographical history of Harrow, or we might give a pretty clear one, at least from the time of our Saxon forefathers. Its name guarantees its age for nine centuries at least, and moreover Harrow-on-the-Hill is the old descriptive Saxon name for "church on the hill." The name was anciently written "Herges," probably a derivative of the Saxon Hearge, Herge or Herige, which, translated, means church. The antiquity of the spot is further and more precisely vouched for, by that unique record, William the Conqueror's 'Doomsday Book.' In it the manor of Harrow is returned as being held by Archbishop Lanfranc. Notice is made that there was land to seventy ploughs, -especially that of John de Campden, Master of the Hospital in 1383 -that they alone would repay a collector of " rubbings" for his pilgrimage hither. The carved work of the stalls in the choir, apparently of the early Tudor period, must not be passed unobserved; and lastly, we recommend Dr. Milner's cheap account of the Hospital, from which we have already quoted. The visitor, on his return to the city, should leave the Hospital by the meadows on the south side, ascending the main stream of the Itchen along the ruins of the castle walls, and he will have time to mount one of the Hills of "Gwent," in order to take a general view of the city before his departure. Besides its Cathedral, College, and High-street, Winchester. Hospital of St. Cross, Win chester has much else of historic and antiquarian interest worthy of investigation, from the time of the Romans, who made it one of their principal fortified stations. It was also the capital of the kingdom of the West Saxons; frequently the residence of our early Norman kings. The city formerly had its mint, its treasury, and public record office. In its "Winches ter" ells and bushels it gave measures for the whole kingdom. It was the seat of many parliaments. The corporation, under a charter from Henry II., hold the superintendence of the royal kitchen and laundry at coronations. Sir Christopher Wren left incomplete a palace begun on the site of the old castle. It was of course a walled city, and had four gates, one of which only remains. Its cross, apparently not well restored, is still standing in the midst of the city. Friaries for black, white, and grey coats, as well as other monastic institutions and churches, abounded in Winchester. subjects may well remain for one or more other day's excursions. The curious may consult with advantage the proceedings of the meeting of the Archæological Institute, for 1845, which was held at Winchester. The volume has especial reference to the antiquities of the city. For one day's diversion, which is all that at present we cater for, enough, and more than enough, is furnished by the Hospital of St. Cross, Wykeham's College and the Old Minster. But all these LONDON: PUBLISHED AT THE RAILWAY CHRONICLE OFFICE, 14, Wellington-street North, Strand.-Price 2d. PLEASURE EXCURSIONS. HARROW, ON THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. [From the Railway Chronicle.] This Excursion, going and returning, by the Birmingham Railway, requires about three hours from the time of starting from the station. On the return, walking to Willesden, or to Hanwell station, on the Great Western, will lengthen it to five hours at least. Harrow from the Station. "The only visible church," replied Charles II., our monarch par excellence called "merry," to some divines who were disputing its existence-"The only visible church I know of, is to be found at Harrow.' The royal wit has a literal physical truth; for Harrow church certainly stands most visibly on all sides to the counties of Essex and Hertford, Berks and Buckingham, Kent and Surrey; and it is especially_manifest to all travellers on the London and Birmingham Railway. On that line Harrow and its neighbourhood are the first objects occurring out of the metropolis which deserve an especial pilgrimage to them. The Harrow station is about a mile and a half distant from the church. The walk is an extremely agreeable one across green meadows-the ascent being gradual until we reach the foot of the hill, when it becomes very steep. The church is the main feature of the place, as it has been from all time, conferring on it its name. It is not deficient in interest in itself, and is well worthy of an archæologist's minute inspection; from all points the church and the foliage, about and below it, make picturesque combinations, the beauty of which must strike every eye. It is not our vocation to enter very fully upon a topographical history of Harrow, or we might give a pretty clear one, at least from the time of our Saxon forefathers. Its name guarantees its age for nine centuries at least, and moreover Harrow-on-the-Hill is the old descriptive Saxon name for "church on the hill." The name was anciently written "Herges," probably a derivative of the Saxon Hearge, Herge or Herige, which, translated, means church. The antiquity of the spot is further and more precisely vouched for, by that unique record, William the Conqueror's 'Doomsday Book.' In it the manor of Harrow is returned as being held by Archbishop Lanfranc. Notice is made that there was land to seventy ploughs, on acorns, for two thousand hogs. It has, too, like many places, its legend connected with Henry VIII.: one showing a relation between the Sovereign and territorial rights, which sounds strange at the present time. Harrow, with other adjacent manors, was granted by Henry VIII. to Sir Edward, (afterwards Lord) North, who of course fell under the King's displeasure at one period. "We are informed," said the King, "that you have cheated us of certain lands in Middlesex." North humbly denied. "How was it, then? did we give those lands to you?" "Your Majesty was indeed pleased to do so." The ascent to the hill is equally steep on all its sides. From its summit in the churchyard, looking eastward, we may trace the outline of the Knockholt beeches, near Sevenoaks, in Kent, the dome of St. Paul's and the towers of Westminster Abbey. Southward, uprise in the flat horizon, the towers of Windsor Castle. Lord Byron, who was at school at Harrow, was remarkable for loitering in this spot. In one of his letters he names a particular "spot in the churchyard, near a footpath on the brow of the hill, looking towards Windsor, and a tomb under a large tree (bearing the name of Peachie or Peachey), where I used to sit for hours and hours when a boy." And, revisiting the place in after years, he sings— Again I behold where for hours I have ponder'd, As reclining, at eve, on yon tombstone I lay; Or round the steep brow of the churchyard I wander'd, On the north the views are less extensive, being confined by the wooded hills near Edgeware and Whitchurch. It is still a perfect panorama of lovely English scenery, and particularly enjoyable at sunset. The exterior of the church is most picturesque at a distance. At a near view, the details of its ancient features are much concealed by tasteless innovations, and the whole of the outside has been more or less tampered with by churchwardens. A discriminating eye will, however, detect in the western doorway some architectural remnants of the building erected eight centuries ago by Archbishop Lanfranc. The Norman pillars, supporting an unusually flat segment of a circle, are still existing. The old Norman font, which was some years since sacrilegiously removed into an adjoining garden, has been restored to the church. The interior of the church is well worth inspecting. It consists of a chancel, nave and aisles. The old oak-carved roof-probably of the fourteenth century, about which period the greater part of the church was rebuilt has been suffered to remain intact, and without mutilation; but compo, whitewash and paint, pews, galleries, and other incongruities have done all the mischief they are capable of to the picturesque. The corbel-heads of the roof (if, indeed, they may be so called, serving as they do, at the same time, for pedestals of statues) are grotesquely carved. The collector of monumental brasses should come prepared with heelball, |