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consists of a nave and aisles, and a square tower containing
three bells. It was re-pewed in 1775, and its interior is
now remarkably neat. There are several monuments to the
Bellingham, Preston, and other families. At the
grammar-school here, Bishop Watson was educated by his
father, who was head master.
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The beautiful seat of the Honourable Fulke Greville Howard,
stands 'amidst its tall ancestral trees,' on the east side
of the river Kent. The hall is a venerable mansion, deeply
embosomed in wood. The interior possesses an endless variety
of excellent carved work, the oak wainscoatings being
enriched with figures, emblematical devices, and ornaments,
which are profusely lavished on every part. The gardens were
laid out in the old Dutch style, by Mr. Beaumont, gardener
to James II, and they are still kept up in the same imposing
style of heavy magnificence. The river enters the grounds by
a cascade of foaming whiteness, and pursues its way amid
lawns, sweetly diversified with trees, whilst herds of deer
'-- across their green-sward bound,
Through shade and sunny gleam;
And the swan glides past them, with the sound
Of Kent's rejoicing stream.'
As an object for the attention of the antiquary, or the
lovers of the picturesque, this hall is unrivalled in this
part of the country. Levens chapel, a new
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