= Bart. (d. 1845), so well known for his (A mysterious headless dog travels nightly between Overstrand and Beeston. It is known as "Old Shuck," and the lane at Overstrand through which it passes is "Shuck's Lane." Shuck" is the A.-S. scucca, sceocca = the evil one.) are numerous and pleasant. The | Esq.), about 1 m. S., was long occuvisitor should first seek the Light-pied by the late Sir T. Fowell Buxton, house, on the high ground about 1 m. E. of the village. It stands on a common covered with furze and brake; and the view from it will show at once the difference between these hills of the coast and the inland country. The old lighthouse (which remained standing after the new one was built in 1832) disap-ing itself, with the sea in full peared in the spring of 1867, when view, and the whole surrounding a great landslip occurred, the ruins scenery, are highly picturesque." caused by which are still lying at His son, Sir E. Buxton (d. 1858), the foot of the cliff. It is impossible is also buried in this chancel. A to calculate the extent to which the small new ch. was opened here in headland, known as "Foulness" may 1867. The ruins of the old ch. have once stretched seaward. Its date from the reign of Richard II., name is perhaps a relic of the before which a former building had Danish settlement on this coast, as been undermined by the sea. are more certainly those of "Overstrand," "Sidestrand," and N. and S." Repps" (the Icelandic hreppar districts), belonging to adjoining villages. A walk beyond the lighthouse, in the direction of Sidestrand, will afford excellent proof of the rapidity with which these cliffs are receding. Enormous masses of land-slip" are there seen, partly in ruins on the beach below, and partly resting halfway down, with grass and wild flowers still covering them. The cliffs at the lighthouse are 220 ft. high. Looking over the sea from the high ground of the lighthouse, the visitor may be reminded that Mr. Scott Surtees, the ingenious rector of Sprotborough, in Yorkshire, has fixed on Cromer as the first landing-place of Cæsar, whom he supposes to have sailed from the mouth of the Rhine. The suggestion is at least novel. Mr. Surtees, in an earlier lucubration, had shown (to his own satisfaction) that nearly all the important events of early English history occurred at Sprotborough. 66 From the lighthouse a field-path may be followed to Overstrand, 2 m. from Cromer by the road. North Repps Hall (J. H. Gurney, The Cottage at North Repps, of which the grounds are very pleasant, was long the residence of Miss Gurney, whose name is remembered with respect and gratitude throughout the whole neighbourhood. (A good pedestrian may extend his walk 3 m. farther to Sidestrand and Trimingham. Sidestrand is a lonely fishing village. The Ch. of Trimingham, on the coast, 5 m. from Cromer, anciently possessed a celebrated relic, venerated as the head of St. John the Baptist. (A head, said to be that of the Baptist, is still shown at Amiens. The block on which he was beheaded, brought from the East by Coeur-de-Lion, was the chief treasure of the ch, of Charing, in Kent.) The cliffs of Trimingham (300 ft.) are said to be the highest ground in Norfolk, and Norwich Cathedral may be seen. 30 or 40 chs. may be counted from the Beacon Hill, about 1 m. from the ch.) On the other side of Cromer, the (On the W. side of Felbrigge Park are the churches of Gresham and Aylmerton. Gresham Ch. Iras been restored. It is Dec., with a good S. porch, and a tower round at the base, octagonal above. On the font are the 7 Sacraments. Aylmerton Ch. has a round tower.) walk to Felbrigge (24 m.—to the ch., | the parish of Felbrigge, called the through the park is 1 m. farther) is "Bruery" (Bruyère-bruerium, bruilvery pleasant. The road should be lum), was enclosed and laid out under taken that passes Cromer Hall (B. the direction of Kent. Bond Cabell, Esq.), and then running through the woods, leads to the lodge at Felbrigge Park. Thence turn 1. toward the village, where the key of the ch. is kept. Felbrigge Park (John Ketton, Esq.) is large and well wooded. The house, the ancient seat of the Felbrigges and the Windhams, passed, with all its contents-pictures, plate, and library -from the late unhappy representative of the Windhams to the present owner of the property. It is a mixed James I. and William III. mansion, with an open parapet inscription, "Gloria Deo in Excelsis." Among the pictures are a good Rembrandt, and some sea-fights by Vandervelde. Telbrigge was the residence of the statesman William Windham, who is buried in the Ch. This is a small Perp. building in a corner of the park, somewhat neglected. It contains a very fine bust by Nollekens, of William Windham (born 1750, d. 1810), and some remarkable brasses. In the chancel are those of Simon of Felbrigge, circ. 1351, and some others; but the finest (and one of the finest in this country) is that of Sir Simon Felbrigge (d. 1443) and his wife. It is in the nave, and a sight of it will amply repay the antiquary for the labour of his walk. This Sir Simon was standard-bearer to Richard II.; and his wife, Margaret, a native of Bohemia, was a "domicella" of Richard's queen, Anne, with whom she came to England. This is one of the five brasses of knights of the Garter which alone remain. He supports within his left arm a small standard with the arms borne by Richard II. (those assigned to the Confessor). His wife bears the fetterlock badge. Many of the Windhams are buried in the chancel, including the last proprietor of that race. In 1825 a large tract of land in A good pedestrian may extend his walk to Sheringham (3 m. beyond Felbrigge Ch., passing by Aylmerton), but this round will be better included in the drives from Cromer. The Holt road should be taken; and after passing the turn to Felbrigge, 1., a road turns rt. on an open heath, whence fine views are obtained in the direction of Cromer, and soon reaches a high point overlooking the sea, on which is an enclosure or entrenchment called the "Roman camp." It is of singular form, squared on the S., with a small square projection, and apparently rounded toward the sea. On that side, without the entrenchments, are some circular pits, which are to all appearance the foundations of huts, of very similar character to those found on the Yorkshire moors. There are similar pits on Beeston Heath, where they are called "hills and holes;" and on Aylmerton Heath, where they are known as "the shrieking pits." At Aylmerton there are at least 2000 of these pits. Local folk-lore asserts that loud shrieking is sometimes heard proceeding from them; and that a white figure may be seen at certain seasons gazing into the pits and wringing its hands. At Weybourne (on the coast 4 m. W. of Sheringham and Beeston) are many hundreds of pits. They are on the high ground above the valley in which the village is placed, and are all formed in one way. “A Much has since been ridge of stones having been firmly | house are conspicuous, rt. A steep placed in the outer side of a circular road, commanding some picturesque excavation, the soil from the interior views, winds down to Sheringham, was thrown out, the circle of stones where is a plain Perp. Ch., with preventing it from falling again into a very plain rood - loft remaining. the pit. At the bottom of each pit Close to the village is the entrance is a large quantity of stones, which to Sheringham Bower (H. Upcher, may partly have served to line it. Esq.), the prettiest spot on the coast. The diameter varies from 8 to 20 ft., The elder Repton described it in and the depth of each pit is from 2 1816 as more capable of being to 6 ft. The main body of the pits rendered an appropriate gentlemanis placed directly over a spring which, like residence than any place he had bursting forth at the foot of the rising ever seen." ground, runs through the present done here; and the visitor should village of Weybourne." (Mr. Harrod, by all means drive through the park, in 'Norf. Archæol.,' who has carefully which he is permitted to do. The examined these pits.) No relics were house is not important; but the found during the examination of higher ground is very lovely, with these pits; and the tradition runs fine trees, an undergrowth of rhodothat they were formed by Cromwell dendrons, and hillocks covered with when he destroyed Weybourne fern and wild hyacinths. Across Priory." (Remark the evident con- this broken foreground the sea is fusion between the two Cromwells.) seen at intervals. The whole reFor Weybourne see the next rte. sembles parts of the Isle of Wight. On Marsham Heath (S. of Aylsham) there are many pits (said to have been made by the rebels under Littester, routed by Bp. Spencer); and Grimes Graves, near Thetford (see Rte. 32), are of similar character. Without doubt, all these pits mark the settlements of a primæval population along this coast. They may be compared with other primeval settlements in Yorkshire, Derbyshire, and Wiltshire. The "village" of Stanlake, in Oxfordshire, also resembles them, and the hut foundations on Dartmoor should be compared. In all these instances, what differences exist seem to be the result of soil, situation, and the nature of the local stone. The general arrangement and character are alike. The view from the Roman camp is very fine-perhaps the finest in Norfolk and should be seen by all visitors to Cromer. In front is broken ground, with fern, heath, and much wood, descending towards the sea, near which the churches of Runton, Beeston, and Sheringham are visible. Cromer Ch. and light At Old Hythe Point, W. of Sheringham, an enormous pinnacle of chalk, between 70 and 80 ft. in height, is flanked on either side by vertical layers of loam, clay, and gravel. “This chalky fragment is only one of many detached masses which have been included in the drift, and forced along with it into their present posi tion. The level surface of the chalk, in situ" (below this fragment), "may be traced for miles along the coast, where it has escaped the violent movements to which the incumbent drift has been exposed."-Lyell. (See the fragment figured in his Antiq. of Man,' p. 221.) From Sheringham the return to Cromer may be made by Aylmerton and Felbrigge. The whole round will be about 12 m. (For the coast beyond Triming ham, which may easily be visited from Cromer, see Rte. 23.) At Beeston (nearer the sea than Sheringham, from which it lies about 1 m. N.E.; it is 3 m. from Cromer) The road to Holt is bordered by wood and plantation, a great deal of which is the property of the Gurney family. Otherwise the country has little interest. are the ruins of a Priory, founded ringham, drive through the beautifor Augustinian canons by Lady ful grounds of Sheringham Bower, Isabel de Cressy, temp. John. An and emerge thence into the Holt arcade and part of the tower (E. road. This will prolong the journey Eng.) remain. Beeston Hill (the by 3 or 4 m.) beacon) is the highest point of the cliffs westward. The view from it Somewhat resembles that from the So-called "Roman camp" (see ante). The walk along the cliffs from Cromer in this direction is, however, mot so pleasant as that W. toward Trimingham. At Runton, between Cromer and Beeston, "an ancient rural practice still prevails: namely, the separation of field from field, not by hedges or fences, but by a strip of land a rod in width, called a balk, or mereing-balk; in which term we have the old Saxon word for boundary. The balk is never ploughed or dug, and is commonly overgrown with grass, on which horses and cattle are tethered to feed; and in places where you can see over a broad surface, as by Runton Gap, the numerous rectangular green stripes have a singular effect." White's Eastern England.' (Balca, A.-S. a heap or ridge; Meare = a boundary.) = ROUTE 25. CROMER TO WELLS BY HOLT. The distance is 21 m. There are no public conveyances. Holt is 12 m. from Cromer. (In driving from Cromer, it is possible to take the by-road to She 12 m. Holt (Pop. 1563; Inn: The Feathers) is a clean market-town, standing on high ground, with much wood round it, in accordance with its name. (It is a mistake to suppose, as is very usual, that Norfolk is an unwooded county. The zeal of its great proprietors for preserving game has caused the recent planting of considerable tracts, and has ensured the careful preservation of the ancient woodland-once, no doubt, far more extensive than at present. A great deal of old timber, besides thinnings from plantations, is yearly brought from the northern part of the county.) The Ch. of Holt is Perp., but is hardly worth a visit. Sir Thomas Gresham, founder of the Royal Exchange, was born at the manorhouse here, in 1507. His brother, Sir John Gresham, Alderman of London, founded the Grammar School here in 1554. This has been rebuilt (1858-60) of brick; but the old house, with the arms of the Greshams on it, has been allowed to remain. In front of it, Thomas Cooper, its master, was hanged for. his adherence to the cause of Charles I. At the E. end of the town is a new and very pretentious Wesleyan chapel. The manor of Holt-Perrers, in this parish, belonged to the family whence sprung Alice Perrers- the mistress whose ascendancy tarnished the latter years of Edward III. She had been a lady of Queen Philippa's bedchamber, and on the death of the Queen in 1369 she became all-powerful with Edward, then aged 59. He gave her his wife's jewels, and on one occasion she rode from the Tower to Smithfield, attired as the "Lady of the Sun," and accompanied by a great concourse of lords and ladies, to be present at a tournament, which lasted 7 days. She "interfered greatly with the course of justice," and was proceeded against by the famous Parliament of 1376. She was then compelled to remove herself from the King; but she afterwards returned, and was at Shene when Edward died in 1377. She fled after the King's death, having robbed him of his finger rings. [The Church of Cley-next-the-S6 m. N. of Holt, is fine, and deserv a visit. The grand old church in a 'sad state of dilapidation, a is fast becoming ruinous. It chiefly Perp.; and the double-heal eagles which ornament one of i chapels have been thought to relat to a guild of German merchants ond established here. The font display the 7 Sacraments. richness of the ch. indicate at arate the former importance of Cle a harbour from which much wheat still exported. In 1174, during th "war The size a between Henry II. and ni sons, Roger Bigod, nephew of th [7 m. S.W. of Holt (and nearly Great Earl at Framlingham (se the same distance from the Ryburgh SUFFOLK, Rte. 16), who had bee Stat. on the rly. between East Dere- driven from his castle in Axhoin ham and Fakenham: see Rte. 28) is crossed from the Lincolnshire cou Melton Constable, the seat of Lord to Cley, and was there taken by th Hastings. The house, built about "rustics" (Ben. Abbas). The con 1680, ranks fourth in splendour and here is little more than a leve importance among the great houses marsh, and is uninteresting. A of Norfolk. It contains some fine Weybourne, 5 m. E., where the cli pictures, one of the finest collections begin to rise, the wires of the tel of old china in England, a noble ar- graph are connected with the sub moury, and a rare collection of medi- marine cable that crosses to Emder val antiquities, bought by Lord (There was a Priory of Augustinia Hastings with great knowledge and Canons at Weybourne, founded by liberality. Here are the buff coat, Sir Ralph Meyngaryn before 1189 embroidered vest, and sword-belt Great banks lie off this coast, th worn by Sir Jacob Astley, Serjeant- accumulated debris of its perish in Major of the Forces in the reign of cliffs. Blakeney, about 1 m. W. Charles I. The suit forms the most Cley, is another small harbour fo complete and striking specimen pro- grain. It is full of interest for th bably now in existence of the military ornithologist. At low tides, th costume of the last Civil Wars. The mud-flats swarm with all sorts coat is richly overlaid with gold and sea-birds. Independently of spor silver lace in stripes. Sir Jacob the cries of the various sea-birds, Astley was created in 1644 Baron they float over the vast expanse Astley of Reading. Here, too, may sand and mud, form one of be seen a pair of embroidered dress-weirdest sounds imaginable. gloves of thin leather, fringed with silver lace-presented, it is said, by Queen Elizabeth to Sir John Astley; also a cushion cover, exquisitely embroidered by, as is believed, the queen's own hands. A lofty prospect tower called the "Bellevue is passed 1., shortly before reaching Melton Constable from Holt.] From Holt the journey to Well may be continued either by Las ham (5 m.), where Captain Marry the well-known novelist, lived many years (see, for an interesting notice of his life here, the Cornhil Magazine,' August, 1867); or a mor interesting road by Field Dalling |