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Waller in 1644. A curious picture of the cross is on the outside of the south wall of Christ's Hospital, facing the river. The abbey gateway still stands to the eastward of the market-place, and a little beyond it, on the right, are some very interesting remains of the old abbey itself, now in the occupation of a brewer, but readily accessible to visitors. Here, at the extreme end of the yard, some crumbling steps with a time-worn wooden balustrade at the top lead to the abbot's apartments, now used as lofts, in which are the remains of a fine fireplace, said to be of the time of Henry III., with a capacious chimney, some good windows, and well-preserved pointed arches to the doorways. The roofs are lofty and the walls of immense thickness. Underneath this room is a remarkable crypt, also unusually lofty. The entrance to the crypt is close to the backwater of the Thames, and is shaded by some splendid chestnuts-for which indeed Abingdon is remarkable. upper windows facing the river at this point are in good preservation, and, from a lane between the brewery and the abbey gateway, is a very picturesque view of the great chimney above mentioned.

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The church of St. Nicholas adjoins the abbey gateway, and, although it has been somewhat severely restored, will repay a visit. It contains a painted mural monument with a carved stone base, reaching from the floor almost to the ceiling, dedicated to the memory of John Blacknall and Jane his wife, "who both of them finished an happy course upon earth, and ended their days in peace on the 21st day of August, 1625.' They are represented by two figures in black kneeling on red and gilt cushions, she with her two children praying behind her; and the epitaph runs as follows:

When once the liv'd on earth one bed did hold Their bodies, which one minute turned to mould,

Being dead, one grave is trusted with that prize,

Until the trump doth sound, and all must rise;
Here death's stroke, even, did not part this pair,
But by this stroke they more vnited were:
And what left they behind you plainly see,
One only davghter, and their charity.
What though the first by death's command did

leave us,

The second, we are sure, will ne'er deceive us.

Blacknall was a great benefactor to the

town, and among his charities is a dole of forty-seven loaves of bread, which are distributed from his tomb every Sunday. There is a small brass with an inscription to the Bostock family (1669); some curious old stained glass panes with an almost undecipherable inscription; an old carved stone font; a quaint old carving of the Crucifixion, with a knight and bishop as supporters, in the wall of the chancel; and a very curious old stone cross on the north wall of the nave. The registers date back to 1558, are in splendid order, and most carefully bound and preserved, and contain many curious entries; among others, the records of several civil marriages, after publication of the names three times in the market, attested by John Bolton and others, mayors of the town in 1657. The church has a tower with a singular square turret attached, and a good Norman doorway.

A much finer church is St. Helen's, close to the river, the spire of which, with its flying buttresses, is a landmark to this portion of the Thames. This really handsome church has a nave and chance! of equal breadth, and side aisles, with timbered roof, good throughout and in the nave and chancel very elaborate. In the north aisle the roof is still decorated with curious paintings, many of which are gradually but surely fading. There is a new carved marble font as well as a modern oak rood-screen, both of considerable beauty. Among the monuments is the memorial in the north aisle to John Roysse, founder of the Abingdon Grammar School, who died in 1571, leaving express orders that the great stone in his arbour in his London garden should be the upper stone of his tomb at Abingdon, round about which four-andtwenty pensioners should for ever kneel on Sundays to receive alms; and with further careful provision that "twelve pence in white bread, being good, sweet, and seasonable," should be distributed every Sunday at his tomb, to twelve old widows, women or men, of whom every one at the receipt thereof should say, The blessed Trinity upon JOHN ROYSSE'S Soul have mercy!" Another stone monument, in the west of the north aisle, bears the following inscription:

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This tombe is honord with the bones vof Our pious benefactour, Richard Curtaine, gent., a principal magistrate

of this Corpå, hee was buried July ye 18, Ano Dominy 1643;" and elsewhere on the tomb are these lines, which at the time were no doubt considered to embody a quaint conceit:

Our Cvrtaine in this lower press,
Rests folded vp in natvre's dress.

At the foot of this tomb is a brass, with a half-length figure in action of prayer, Galfridus Barbur, 1417; and behind the organ is another brass, nearly obliterated, displaying a full-length female figure. In the east of the south aisle is a curious painting of the genealogical tree of W. Lee, 1637. Mr. Lee was five times Mayor of Abingdon, and "had in his lifetime issue from his loins two hundred lacking but three." The organ displays a quaint wood-carving of King David, with gilded harp and crown. The tomb of Mrs. Elizabeth Hawkins, 1780, is a capital example of what should be avoided in the way of monumental sculpture. It is crowded with busts of fat naked children, weeping tears of colossal size, and all the usual devices and properties of the most conventional stonemason. The perpetrator of this work of genius was, it appears, one Hickey, who was fortunate enough to receive for it £400 under the deceased lady's will.

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In the churchyard of St. Helen's is a row of almshouses in memory of Charles Twitty, 1707, who gave £1,700 for building and endowing "an hospital for maintayning in meate, drinke, and apparrel, and all other necessarys of life 3 poor aged men, and the like number of poor aged women.' Abutting on the churchyard also are the cloistered buildings of the charity of Christ's Hospital, which was refounded in 1553-having been dissolved by Henry VIII.—at the instance of Sir John Mason, who procured for it a charter from Edward VI. Over the central porch of the hospital are some curious old paintings, representing such subjects as the giving of alms, the story of the Good Samaritan, and other Scripture subjects, as well as a portrait of Edward VI. The picture of the old market cross has already been noticed. The oak-panelled hall, which is lighted by a lofty lantern, has several odd pictures, among them one representing the building of Abingdon Bridge, in memory of Jefforye Barbur and John

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Howchion." On the frame is inscribed: "Frauncis Little, one of ye governors of this hospital, gave this table, An. Dni. 1607," and underneath the picture stands the table in question, a fine one of oak, with curiously carved legs. A portrait of Edward VI. hangs, with several others, in the hall; and there is also preserved the original charter, which shows considerable signs of age. The latter portion of the hospital buildings, which runs parallel to the river, dates from 1718, and it is just below this point that the waters of the Ock and of the Wilts and Berks Canal join the Thames. There is an embankment at this point which affords a pleasant walk along the river from St. Helen's Church to the Ock.

At the north side of the town is the Albert Park, presented to the town by the trustees of Christ's Hospital in 1864. It is well laid out and planted, and in it stands a monument to the late Prince Consort, with his statue in the robes of the Garter. Adjoining the park are the new buildings of the grammar school, founded by John Roysse in 1563. The profligacy of John Roysse's son was the immediate cause of the foundation of Abingdon Grammar School. It is said that nothing but the universal estimation in which men held his father, "as well in the west country as also in Kent or otherwise," saved the criminal from the penalties of the law. Roysse disinherited him, and, after providing for his grandson and making certain other bequests, bequeathed the residue of his fortune, directing that as it was endowed A.D. 1563, and in the 63rd year of its founder's life, it should educate 63 boys for ever. Thomas Teesdale, the first scholar admitted into this school, endowed an ushership in the school, and left funds for purchasing lands for the maintenance of fellows and scholars from Abingdon school at Balliol College, Oxford. His trustees, however, combined with Richard Wightwick to found Pembroke College, Oxford, at which college the school possesses five of the incorporated scholarships. Of these one is filled up annually, and two boys who have been educated at the school for two years are nominated as candidates. Each scholarship is of the value of £50 per annum, with rooms rent free, and is tenable for five years. The fees for boarders under the age of 13 are £57; over 13, £63.

Hard by Roysse's school is Sir Gilbert Scott's church of St. Michael, which serves as a chapel-of-ease to St. Helen's. The street leading to the park from Ock-street is by the side of the almshouses founded by Benjamin Tompkins in 1733.

The angler should not be afraid of fishing near the town, as there are some excellent swims close by. In Blake's Lockpool there are barbel, chub, perch, &c., and on the tow-path side, opposite Thrup, just past the overfall, there is a swim of considerable length, and full six feet deep, reachable from the bank.

BANKS.-Gillett & Co., The Square; London and County, Market-place.

FAIRS.-First Monday in Lent, May 6, June 20, July 1, September 19 and 30, December II.

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POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS.-Post Office (money order, savings bank, telegraph, and insurance), Market-place. Mails from London, 6.30, 9.30, and 11.45 a.m., 5 p.m.; Sunday, 6.30 a. m. Mails for London, 11.10 a.m., 1.45, 3.50, and 10 p.m.; Sunday, 9 p.m.

NEAREST Bridge, Ferry, Lock, and Railway Station, Abingdon. Nearest Bridges, up, Oxford, 7 mil-s; down, Sutton, 2 miles. Locks, up, Sandford, 5 miles; down, Culham, 2 miles.

FARES to Paddington: 1st, 10/10, 18/3; and, 8/2, 13/9; 3rd, 5/1.

Albert Bridge, a handsome new suspension bridge, crossing the river from Albert-road, which skirts the west side of

Battersea Park to Cadogan Pier, and the Chelsea Embankment. It affords the nearest means of communication between the district about Clapham and South Kensington.

Albert Bridge, Windsor Home Park. -An iron bridge of elegant design. Connects Berkshire and Buckinghamshire, crossing the river to the south of the park, about half a mile below Datchet.

Albert Embankment.-The Albert Embankment, London, S. E., on the right bank, from a point a little below Vauxhall Bridge to Westminster Bridge. The carriage way diverges to the right after leaving Lambeth Palace, and enters Westminster Bridge-road at the corner of Stan. gate; St. Thomas's Hospital, and a walk for foot passengers only, occupying the river frontage at this point.

NEAREST Railway Stations, Vauxhall and Westminster Bridge; Omnibus Route, Westminster Bridge-road; Steamboat Pier, Lambeth.

Alexandra Yacht Club, Southendon-Sea. Club-house, Southend.-Election by ballot; five members form a quorum; one black ball in five excludes. Entrance fee for yacht owners, LIIS.; non-yacht owners, £2 25.; subscription, £2 25. Members residing beyond two miles from the club pay only LI IS. Officers: Commodore, vice-commodore, rear commodore, hon. secretary. The committee consists of the officers and 12 members, three to form a quorum. Red ensign; burgee blue, with the arms of the county of Essex.

Amateur Qualification.-At a meeting of the Stewards and Committee of Henley Regatta in April, 1879, the following definition of what constitutes an amateur was adopted: No person shall be considered an amateur oarsman or sculler-First, who has ever competed in any open competition for a stake, money, of entrance fee; secondly, who has ever competed with or against a professional for any prize; thirdly, who has ever taught, pursued, or assisted in the practice of athletic exercises of any kind as a means of gaining a livelihood; fourthly, who has been employed in or about boats for money or wages; fifthly, who is or has

been, by trade or employment for wages, a mechanic, artisan, or labourer.

At a subsequent meeting it was reSolved: That the entry of any crew out of the United Kingdom must be accompanied by a declaration, made before a notary public, with regard to the profession of each member of the crew, and to the effect that he is a member of a club duly established at least one year before the day of entry; and that he has never competed with or against a professional for any prize; has never taught, pursued, nor assisted in the practice of athletic exercises of any kind as a means of gaining a livelihood; has never been employed in or about boats for money or wages; and is not, nor ever has been, by trade or employment for wages, a mechanic, artisan, or labourer and such declaration must be certified by the British Consul, or the mayor, or the chief authority of the locality.

Anglers' Tickets. (See GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY and LONDON AND SOUTH WESTErn Railway.)

Anglian Boat Club.-Established 1878. Subscriptions, rowing members, 1 IOS.; Coxswains, ros.; honorary members, LI IS. Entrance fee of £1 Is. may be remitted in certain cases. Election by ballot in general meeting; one black ball in six excludes. Colours, chocolate and white. Boathouse, Strand on the Green, Chiswick.

Angling Clubs.-The following list of London Angling Clubs has been kindly furnished by Mr. W. H. Brougham, Secretary of the Thames Angling Preservation Society.

THE ANGLERS' ASSOCIATION, Foresters' Hall, Clerkenwell-road, Clerkenwell.-Secretary, Mr. R. Ghurney, 116, Murray-street, New North-road, Hoxton. Ordinary Meetings, the third Monday in every month. Committee meet the first Monday in each month, at halfpast seven o'clock.

CENTRAL ASSOCIATION, "Bedford Head Hotel," Maiden-lane, Covent-garden.-Secretary, Mr. W. J. Wade, 6, Paiter-road, Bermondsey. Meet on the first Monday in each month, at 8.30 o'clock. ABERCROMBIE BROTHERS, Abercrombie," Artillery-street, Woolwich.

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ACTON, "George and Dragon Hotel," High.
street, Acton.
ALBERT PISCATORIALS, 'Cowley Arms,"
Normandy-place, Brixton.

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ALLASON UNITED BROTHERS, "Duke of Sussex," Uxbridge-street, Notting Hill Gate. ALLASON UNITED BROTHERS," Allason Arms," Uxbridge-street, Notting Hill Gate. ALLASON, Golborne Liberal Club," 363, Portobello-road, Notting Hill.

ALLIANCE, "Clerkenwell Tavern," Farringdon-road.

ALMA," Crown Distillery," Vere-street, Clare Market.

AMICABLE EXCELSIOR, "Prince Arthur," Arthur-street, Battersea.

AMICABLE BROTHERS, "Bald-Faced Stag," Worship-square.

AMICABLE WALTONIANS, "The Sun," Great
Sutton-street, Clerkenwell.

ANCHOR AND HOPE, "The Royal George,"
Canal Bridge, Old Kent-road.
ANERLEY PISCATORIALS, "6 Anerley Arms,"
Anerley.

ANGLERS' PRIDE, "The Princess of Wales,"
South-street, East-street, Walworth.
ANTWERP, Antwerp Arms," Church-road,
Tottenham.

ATHENÆUM, 14, Ospringe-road, St. John's College-road, N.W.

BARBICAN," The White Bear," St. John's-street, Clerkenwell.

BATTERSEA FRIENDLY, "" Queen's Hotel," Queen's-road.

BATTERSEA UNITED PISCATORIALS, "Lord Ranelagh," Verona-street.

BEAUFOY, Kennington Liberal Club," 143, Upper Kennington-lane.

BERMONDSEY BROTHERS," Woolpack Tavern," Bermondsey-street. "Pitt's Head,"

BETHNAL GREEN UNITED,

Lucas-street, Bethnal Green-road. BLACKFRIARS, "Winchester Arms," South

"Rose and Crown,"

wark-street, Blackfriars. BLOOMSBURY BROTHERS, Broad-street, Bloomsbury.

BOMORE, "The Brittania," Clarendon-road, Notting Hill.

BOROUGH OF FINSBURY, 6, Bryan-street, Caledonian-road.

BOSTONIAN, "Dalby Tavern," Dalby-street, Prince of Wales-road, Kentish Town. BRENTFORD AND DISTRICT PISCATORIAL, "Castle Hotel," Brentford.

BRIDWELL, 69, Bromehead-street, Commercialroad.

BROMPTON, "D'Qyley Arms," Marlboro'-road, Chelsea.

BROOK, "Lord Brook," Shernhall-street, Walthamstow.

BROTHERS WELL MET, "Berkeley Castle," Rahere-street, Goswell-road.

BRUNSWICK BROTHERS, "Cherry Tree," Brunswick-road, Bromley,

BURDETT, "Joiners' Arms," 118, Hackney-rd. BURTON PISCATORIALS, "The Globe," Derbystreet, King's Cross.

BUXTON BROTHERS, "Walthamstow Liberal Club," Buxton-road, Walthamstow.

CALEDONIAN, 23, Caledonian-road, N.

CAMBRIDGE FRIENDLY, "Masons' Arms,' Tichborne-street, Edgware-road.

CAMDEN, "Royal Exchange," Hartland-road, Camden Town.

CAMDEN AND KENTISH TOWN PISCATORIALS, "East St. Pancras Reform Club," Prattstreet, Camden Town.

CAMPBELL UNITED, "Sir Colin Campbell," High-road, Kilburn.

CANNING TOWN, "Marquis of Salisbury," Hermit-road, Canning Town, E.

CHERTSEY ANGLING ASSOCIATION, Chertsey. CITY PISCATORIALS, "Coffee Pot Tavern," Warwick-lane, City.

CITY OF LONDON, and RISING SUN, "The George," Brook-street, Holborn, W.C. CLAPHAM JUNCTION, "The Clarence," Winstanley-road, Clapham Junction.

CLAPTON," Wayland Hotel," Wayland-avenue
Dalston.

CLAPTON PARK AND INSTITUTE,
Brooksby's-walk, Homerton.

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CLARENCE, "Red Lion Hotel," Harrow-road,
Paddington.

CLERKENWELL PISCATORIAL, "Duke of York,"
Gloster-street, Clerkenwell.
CLIFTONVILLE,

Cliftonville Hotel," Ilderton

road, South Bermondsey. CLISSOLD,

Edwards-lane,

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GLOBE, "Earl Russell," Isledon-road, Holloway.

GOLDEN BARBEL, "York Minster," Foleystreet, Portland road.

GOOD INTENT, "The Crown," Church-street, Shoreditch.

GRANGE, "Earl of Derby," Grange-road, Bermondsey.

GREAT EASTERN, "Castle Hotel," Leytonroad, Stratford New Town. "Robin

NORTHERN

GREAT
"Free Trader,'
Church-street, Stoke Newington.
COBDEN, "Cobden Club," Kensal-road. W.
CONSERVATIVE, 4, Queen's-villa, Chingford
Green, E,

CONVIVIAL, "City of London," Sydney-street,
City-road.

COPENHAGEN, "The Copenhagen, "York-rd., N.
CORINTHIAN, THE, "Prince of Wales Hotel,"
Eastbourne-terrace, W.

"Middlesex Arms,"

COWLEY PEACHEY, "The Packet Boat," Cow-
ley Peachey. near Uxbridge.
CROWN AND BUCKLAND,
Clerkenwell Green.
CROWN PERSEVERANCE, "Prince of Wales,"
Walpole-road, New Cross.

DALSTON, "Brownlow Arms," Brownlowstreet, Queen's-road.

DE BEAUVOIR, "Jolly Farmers," Southgateroad, Islington.

DUKE OF NORFOLK, "The Apollo," All Saints'road, Westbourne Park.

"The Eagles," Chestnut-road, Tot

EAGLE, tenham.

EALING, "Red Lion," St. Mary's-road, Ealing. EARLSFIELD, "Half-way House," Dunt'shill, Earlsfield, Wandsworth.

EASTERN PISCATORIALS, "Spread Eagle," Gill-street, Limehouse.

EAST LONDON, "London Hospital Tavern," Whitechapel-road, E.

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ECLIPSE, Ledbury Arms," Ledbury-road, Bayswater.

EDMONTON ANd Tottenham, "The Globe," 202, Fore-street, Edmonton.

ENTERPRISE, "City Arms," High Cross-road, Totter ham.

EPSOM, "The Wellington," Epsom.

BROTHERS,

Hood," Southampton-street, Pentonville. GREENWICH, "Prince Albert," Royal Hill, Greenwich, S.E.

GRESHAM, Masons' Hall Tavern," Basinghall-street, E.C.

HAMMERSMITH CLUB, Grove House, Hammersmith Broadway. HAND-IN-HAND,

'Queen's Head," Great Garden-street, Whitechapel.

HARLESDEN, "The Green Man," High-street, Harlesden.

HATCHAM BROTHERS, "Hatcham Arms," New Cross-road.

HAVELOCK, "Good Intent," Mowlem-street, Bishop's-road, Cambridge Heath.

HEARTS OF OAK, "The Old Crown," Harestreet, Brick-lane, Bethnal Green. HERTFORD ANGLING PRESERVATION, "Station Hotel," Hertford.

HIGHBURY, "Hornsey Wood Tavern," Seven Sisters-road, Finsbury.

HOLLOWAY, "Junction Arms," Junction-road, Holloway.

HOPE BROTHERS, "The Champion," Weymouth-terrace, Hackney-road.

HORSEFERRY, "Duke of Clarence," Horseferry. road, Westminster.

HOUNSFIELD OTTERS, "Cross Keys," Lower Edmonton.

HOWICK BROTHERS, "Lord Howick," Trinity. street, Woolwich."

HOXTON BROTHERS, "Spread Eagle," Kingsland-road, Shoreditch.

IMPERIAL, "Imperial Hotel," Southwarkstreet, Blackfriars-road.

INDEPENDENT BROTHERS, "Three Grey. hounds," 23, Greek-street, Soho.

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