are many sepulchral memorials of the Carews, for whose burialplace a small chapel, or aisle, was erected in the 16th century, by Sir Richard, or his son Sir Nicholas. Here, among other monuments, is a magnificent one for Sir Francis Carew, who died in 1611, aged eighty-one. It is supported by Corinthian columns of black marble, between which lies his effigy in complete ar mour. Against the wall of the north aisle is a tablet in a wooden frame, with a quibbling inscription, to the memory of Thomas Greenhill, B. A. steward to Sir Nicholas Carew, who died in 1634. It is headed with these words: Mors super virides montes, and concludes with the following lines: He once a Hill was fresh and Greene, Now withered is not to be seene; Earth in earth shovell'd up is shut A Hill into a hole is put. But darksome earth by power divine Bright at last as the sonne may shine. The hamlet of Wallington, in this parish, formerly gave name to the hundred, and is supposed to have been a place of considerable importance. Manning observes, that this opinion is countenanced by the foundations of ancient buildings discovered here, and in the neighbourhood at Carshalton and Beddington, together with the great number of human bones dug up at the former place; and says, that the urns and spear-heads found near the spot leave no doubt that it was formerly possessed by the Romans themselves. As an additional evidence, he appeals to the name, which he derives from the Latin vallum *. An ancient chapel, which stood in a field near the road, and is described by the same writer, was taken down about 1791. This hamlet, situated on the banks of the Wandle, is considerably more populous than Beddington, the latter containing only 65 houses K 3 Manning's Surrey I. 267. 65 houses, and the former 135, the greater part of which have been erected since 1789. At Woodcote, in the parish of Beddington, now a single farmhouse, Camden, Gale, and other learned antiquaries have fixed the Noviomagus of Antoninus; whilst others contend, that the place so denominated by the ancient writers, must have been in Kent. Notwithstanding all the arguments that have been adduced on both sides, the point still remains undecided: but so much seems to be generally admitted, that at Wallington, or Woodcote, or somewhere between both, there was formerly a town or at least a considerable station of some kind or other. At CARSHALTON is Mascall's, or Carshalton Park, the property and residence of George Taylor, Esq. It was purchased at the conclusion of the 17th century, by Sir William Scawen, whose nephew, about 1723, proposed to erect a magnificent mansion on a rising ground in the park, from designs by Leoni. The materials were prepared at a great expense, but the building was never begun. In the church of this village is a curious monument for the family of Gaynesford, who formerly had a residence at Carshalton, which was demolished in 1800. It consists of an altartomb of Purbeck marble; over it is fixed in the wall a large slab of the same material, on which are upright figures of Nicholas Gaynesford, his four sons and three daughters. These figures have been gilded and enamelled; the enamel in which the drapery of the wife has been painted still remains, which is a circumstance rarely to be met with in tombs of this kind. Her head-dress, of extraordinary size corresponds with other specimens of the same date; her robe, which has loose sleeves, is red, edged with gold. Gaynesford himself appears in armour, kneeling on one knee, his gauntlet and sword are at his feet. Behind him are his four sons, the eldest of whom appears in armour as the esquire, the second is habited as a priest, and the third and fourth as merchants. This Nicholas Gaynesford was five times sheriff of Surrey, and this place owes the improvements under which it now appears : he enlarged the mansion, which commands a pleasant and extensive view to the south, and through the adjacent grounds, into a beautiful park. He died in 1784, when this estate devolved to his only daughter, the wife of Thomas Cornewall, Esq. That lady, who survived her husband, left this place at her decease, in 1802, to her kinsman, Sir Charles Talbot, who makes it his residence. The house, a plain white building, lies low: the park is not extensive, but the surface is strikingly diversified, and planted with great taste. Denby's, or Denbigh's, was an ordinary farm-house when purchased in 1734, by Mr. Jonathan Tyers, the contriver of Vauxhall Gardens. It is situated on the very summit of the range of down, called Ranmer, which bounds the parish on the north-west, and commands one of the most extensive and delightful prospects that can be conceived. The improvements introduced at this place by Mr. Tyers were various and striking; but in a taste so totally different from what he had exhibited at Vauxhall, as to authorise the conjecture, that he intended this later design for a contrast to the former. Here every thing tended to impress the mind with serious thoughts: the principal scene was a wood of about eight acres, which he denominated Il Penseroso. It was intersected with many pleasing walks, and in the centre was a small temple loaded with inscriptions of the most grave and solemn kind; while a clock, concealed from the view, struck at the end of every minute, and forcibly proclaimed the rapid flight of time. At a little distance from the temple was an open building, on which were two figures as large as life, designed by Hayman, and representing a Christian and an Unbeliever in their last moments; with a statue of Truth treading on a mask, and directing the spectator's attention to those interesting objects. These grave conceits, however, were done away by the Honourable Peter King, father of the present Lord King, who, on the death of Mr. Tyers, in 1767, purchased this place, which, in 1781, he again disposed VOL. XIV. M of |