Class JlAlliL 
 
JDJSSCJUFTIOJSr OF 
 
 KRIGHTHEJJ^fSTOIsTE,, 
 
 and 
 TFTK 3$I>JA_ CENT. C O^nSTTRYi ^ j y 
 
 or 
 Ihe^New Guide for Ladies and Gentlemen 
 Vtsiiihj that J* lace gfJTealth and ^Amusement . 
 
 Of purest Air and Healing* "Waves we tell , 
 "Where -welcome jyTaidHygiaea lores to dwell. 
 
 Sjrigmtmej^i-stojvs '.• 
 
 JHrtted for F.G.TislLer. 
 z8oo- 
 
BRIGHTON NEW GUIDE; 
 
 OR, A 
 
 DESCRIPTION 
 
 OF 
 
 BRIGHTHELMSTON, 
 
 AND THE 
 
 ADJACENT COUNTRY; 
 
 WITH / 
 
 An Account of the f.llozving Places: 
 
 EAST BOURN, 
 LEWES, 
 NEWHAVEN, 
 SHORE HAM, 
 ROTTENDEAN, 
 
 WORTHING, 
 
 ARUNDEL, 
 
 SEAFORD, 
 
 STEYNING, 
 
 PRESTON, 
 
 Sfc. Xs. $c\ 
 
 LONDON: 
 
 Printed, for the Editor, 
 By T. Burton, No. 31, Little Queen-Street; 
 
 AND SOLD BY 
 
 MR. DEBRET, PICCADILLY; MR. WRIGHT, PICCADILLY; 
 
 MR. HOOKHAM, OLD BOND-STREET ; MR. CARPENTER, 
 
 OLD BOND-STREET; AND F. G. FISHER, ON THE 
 
 STEYNE, BRIGHTHELMSTON. 
 
 1800, 
 

 ■541% 
 
 "02 
 
TO 
 
 THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES 
 
 THE 
 
 PRINCE and PRINCESS of WALES, 
 DUKE and DUCHESS of YORK, 
 
 AND SUCH OF THE 
 
 NOBILITY and GENTRY, 
 
 AS FREQUENTLY VISIT 
 
 BRIGHTHELMSTON, 
 
 THE FOLLOWING PAGES 
 
 ARE RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED BY 
 
 THEIR VERY OBEDIENT, 
 
 AND EVER GRATEFUL HUMBLE SERVANT, 
 
 The Editor. 
 
 ©ntetea at Stationer* ftalf. 
 
ADVERTISEMENT. 
 
 ilS the experience of many years 
 has now confirmed the truth, that 
 fea-bathing is the mod efFe£iual cure 
 for chronic diforders, we cannot 
 wonder that the fkuation, of which 
 the following pages are defcriptive, 
 ihould have of late years been fo 
 much reforted to. The falubrity of 
 the air, the excellent quality of the 
 water, the pleafing, healthful, and 
 convenient, fituation of the town, its 
 moderate diftance from the metropo- 
 lis, the unrivalled beauty of the ad- 
 8 jacent 
 
VI ADVERTISEMENT. 
 
 jacent country, and many other ad- 
 vantages, both of nature and art, 
 unite in giving Brighthelmfton a de- 
 cided fuperiority over all other water- 
 ing places. 
 
 ■Brighthelmfton, 
 April 21, i2oOo 
 
 PREFACE, 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 A HE rapid increafe of buildings 
 and improvements, which for feveral 
 years paft have been made, and ftill 
 are making in Brighthelmflon, ren- 
 der a work of this kind particularly 
 neceffary to be renewed almoft everv 
 year: the Editor, therefore, flatters 
 himfelf the prefent edition will be 
 found acceptable to the nobility and 
 gentry who may honour Bright- 
 helmfton this feafon with their pre- 
 fence ; as all recent improvements 
 are particularly noticed, errors of 
 
 former 
 
Vltt PREFACE. 
 
 former editions corre&ed, and many 
 ufeful pieces of information added, 
 with refpett to roads, diflances of 
 places, ftage-coaches, waggons, days 
 and hours of poft, &c. &c. &c. fo as 
 to render the prefent work a ufeful 
 and, he hopes, agreeable companion 
 to all whom health, pleafure, or buii- 
 nefs, may attraft to Brighthelmfton, 
 to enjoy pure air, rational amtife- 
 jnent, and fea-bathing. 
 
 A DESCRIF- 
 
A 
 
 DESCRIPTION 
 
 OK 
 
 BRIGHTHELMSTON, ic. 
 
 SITUATION- 
 
 JDrighthelmston, the fubjecSt of the 
 following pages, is fituated in 50° 55" N. 
 latitude, and about 3 to the weftward of 
 the meridian of London, at the diftance of 
 54- miles, but if a ftraight line could be 
 drawn, not more than 43. The town ftands 
 on an eminence, which declines towards 
 the fouth-eaft, in a regular and gradual 
 fweep, to the Steyne, (a beautiful lawn, fo 
 named,) from thence it again rifes with a 
 gentle afcent to the eaftward, along the Cliff 
 for a confiderable diftance; an amphitheatrical 
 range of hills prote6l it from the boiflerous 
 affiults of the north, and north-eafterly winds ; 
 B ajid, 
 
U A DESCRIPTION OF 
 
 and, on the weft, extenfive corn-fields gen- 
 tly decline from the Downs towards the 
 iea. 
 
 SAME. 
 
 The ohfcurity and perplexity in which 
 the hiftory of SufTex has, for many years, 
 been involved renders any certain informa- 
 tion as to the true etymology of the name 
 aimoft impoffible to be procured. The 
 common, and indeed mofl probable, opinion 
 is, that the town was called after a Saxon 
 bifliop, of the name of Brighthelui, who, 
 in the early ages of Chriftianity, fettled in 
 the place. As we have many inftances of 
 towns taking their names from the firft fee- 
 lers of confequence in former times, we 
 ihall not endeavour to make the credit on 
 which this account is founded, as we know 
 of none better to fubftitute in its room. 
 
 Suffice it to fay, for many hundred 
 vears that we have traced the hifiory of 
 this town, it has ever retained the name of 
 
 Bricrhr- 
 
BRXGHTHELMSTON, &fc. 3 
 
 Briglithelmflon. Indeed, of late years, It has 
 been fafhionable to abriviate it to Brighton, 
 by which name it has received fuch de- 
 cided marks of public approbation, as to 
 render it now one of the moft defirable fum- 
 mer and winter relidences in the kingdom. 
 
 GENERAL DESCRIPTION. 
 
 Brighthelmfton formerly contained feven 
 principal ftreets, exclufive of a num- 
 ber of lanes, and was defended by ftrong 
 fortifications. On the Beach, under the 
 Cliff, the ruins of walls are ftill to be per- 
 ceived, which are faid to have been built 
 by Queen Elizabeth. The wall was 14 feet 
 high, and extended 400 feet from the eaft to 
 the weft gate. The eaft gate remained till 
 within thefe forty years, and was taken 
 down to afford room for conftru£ting a bat- 
 tery. This battery was totally deftroyed by 
 the fea, in November, 1786. 
 
 Two others, however, have been fince 
 
 ere&ed on fituations where they will not be fo 
 
 B 2 liable 
 
4- A description o1r 
 
 liable to receive damage from the fea ; one t& 
 the eaft, and the other to the weft, of the town. 
 On the eaftern battery are mounted five 24 
 pounders, taken from the French, and ofi 
 the weftern, eight pieces of the fame weight 
 of metal ; behind the latter is a handfome 
 houfe, built by government, for the ufe of 
 the gunner, w r ith magazines, ftore-houfes, &c. 
 Among the number of caftles, built by 
 Henry VIII. for defending the fea-coaft, 
 was one fituated at fome diftanee from the 
 edge of the Cliff, and called the Block- 
 houfe, the ruins of which were to be ken 
 a few years ago: it was built A. D. 1539, 
 but the continual attacks of the fea gradual- 
 ly carried away the intermediate land, and 
 at length the waters encroached to the very 
 foundations, which they undermined ; in 
 confequence whereof, the interior tower fell 
 down, and the ruins were to be feen under 
 the Cliff, in the year 1761. Since that 
 time, what remained of the caftle has been 
 removed, in order to afford a more conve- 
 nient paflage for carriages. 
 
 According 
 
-B RIGHT HE LMSTON* SCc. $ 
 
 According to a tradition, which, notwith- 
 ftanding its abfurdity, is flill extant, the 
 Block-houfe is faid to have been conftruited 
 in the centre of the town: the building 
 was ereited for the defence of the coaft ; 
 but, if fituated in the middle of the town, 
 it could not poflibly anfwer that purpofe. 
 
 It is related, that anciently there was a 
 ftreet below the Cliff, which has been waihed 
 away by the fea, and that the foundations, 
 of the houles were to be difcerned beneath 
 the water, &c. &c. Ruins may formerly 
 have been feen under water, but, at prefent, 
 there are no veftiges of buildings to r be dis- 
 covered. 
 
 In the year 1699, it is computed that 
 130 tenements were deftroyed by the fea, 
 and the damage was eftimated at 40,000/. 
 To avoid a fimilar fate in future, a fund has 
 been eftablilhed for repairing the groyns 
 (which are a kind of fence to prevent the 
 ravages of the water, and at the fame time 
 to* collect and retain the gravel which the fea 
 B 3 would 
 
6 A DESCRIPTION OF 
 
 would other wife fweep along the coal!:,) 
 and alfo for the lighting, paving, and cleanf- 
 ing the ftreets, removing nuifances, and 
 regulating the market. To accomplifh 
 thefe purpofes, an aft of parliament was 
 paired, in the year 1772, which impofed a 
 tax of fix-pence upon every chaldron of 
 coals brought into the town ; but this fum 
 being found, infufficient, application has 
 been made to parliament for a new bill, in 
 which larger powers are to be granted to 
 commiffioners, with additional duties, to 
 enable them to carry the neceffary improve- 
 ments into effe6b. 
 
 Brighthelmflon confifts of one parifh 
 only ; the living is a vicarage in the alter- 
 nate gift of the bi(hop of Chichefter, and 
 Henry Courthope Campion, Efq. of Danny, 
 and has the redtory of Weft Bietchingtcn, 
 (about two miles and a half north-weft of 
 Brighthelmfton.) annexed to it ; the church 
 at Weft Eletchingtoii Is in ruins. 
 
 Brighthelmfton church fiands at a 
 ft nail diftance north-:voft from the town; 
 
 ant 1 , 
 
BRIGfcTHELMSTOtt, SfC, 7 
 
 and, being on a rifing ground, is plainly 
 difcernable at fea, and ferves as an excellent 
 land-mark ; the height of the church-yard, 
 above the level of the fea at low water, is 
 150 feet. In the year 1777, eight fine 
 toned mufxcal bells, the tenor, weighing 
 fixteen hundred, pitched in F, and call: by 
 Mr. Rudhall, cf Gloucefter, were hung in 
 the belfry of the church. As the living is 
 but fmall, the curate's fallary arifes chiefly 
 from the fubfcriptions of the gentry reforting 
 to the place. 
 
 The town of Brighthelmfton is at prefent 
 nearly of a quadrangular form ; the ftreets 
 inrerfedr. each other at right angles ; and, as 
 the Steyne was originally the boundary of 
 the town, we (hall begin our account with 
 tLofe ftreets, lanes, &c. which are to the 
 weilward of that admired promenade, the 
 Steyne, at Brighton : — Thefe are, North-, 
 ftreet, Eaft-ftreet, Ship-ftreet, and Weft- 
 ftreet; the fmaller ones are, Middle- ftreet, 
 Little Eaft-ftreet, Black Lion-ftreet, Mar-r 
 kct-fbeet, Nile-ftreet, Duke-ftreet, Ruf-. 
 B 4 fell- 
 
8 A DESCRIPTION Of 
 
 fell-ftreet, Little Ruffell-ftreet, New-ftreet, 
 Queen-ftreet, King-ftreet, and Church-ftreet ; 
 Boyce's Lane, Ship-ftreet-lane, Steyne-lane, 
 Poole-lane, Golden Lion-lane, Mercer's 
 Buildings, Warden's Buildings, Kent's Build- 
 ings, Brighton-fquare, Caftle-fquare, Little 
 Caftle-fquare. 
 
 Eaft Cliff, Middle Cliff, Weft Cliff, 
 Artillery-place, and Bellevue thefe five laft- 
 mentioned are facing the fea, and com- 
 mand moft extenfive and delightful prof-* 
 pedis. 
 
 The buildings, which form North-row 
 and Weft-row, are pleafantly fituated, and 
 amqngft them are feveral commodious lodg- 
 ing-houfes. 
 
 THE STEYNE. 
 
 This beautiful lawf*, lb univerfally ad- 
 mired, takes a ferpentine courfe, of many 
 miles, amongft the hills. From whence it 
 derives its name is uncertain ; feme think, 
 from having joined the Roman way, called 
 
 Steyne- 
 
BRIGHTHELMSTON, <Vc. ^ 
 
 Steyne-ftreet, or Stayn-ftreet, running from 
 Arundel, in Suffex, to Dorking, in Surry, 
 paffing through Steyning, gave name to 
 that Borough-town ; others fay, Steyne is 
 a provincial word, common, in the eaftem 
 part of the county, to denote a flat, or level, 
 piece of ground. We cannot pretend to 
 determine which interpretation is neareft the 
 truth, but certain it is, this beautiful lawn 
 is univerfally admired ; and the nobility and 
 gentry, who, morning and evening, aflemble 
 on this celebrated promenade, are not to be 
 equalled, for numbers and refpe&ability, by 
 any place in the kingdom ; while a fmall, 
 but excellent, band perform favourite pieces 
 of mufic, in a neat orcheftra. 
 
 The names, by which the different rows 
 of buildings are diftinguifhed, on this charm- 
 ing fpot, are, Pavilion Parade, Blue and Buff, 
 North Parade, South Parade, and South-row ; 
 befides thefe, there are feveral elegant houfes, 
 which fhall be particularly defcribed in the 
 courfe of the following pages. It is needlefs 
 to add, that, all the buildings on the Steyne. 
 
 are 
 
10 A DESCRIPTION OF 
 
 are univerfally admired for elegibility of 
 iltuation. 
 
 The flreets, which are to the eaftward 
 of the Steyne, and now form a confiderable 
 part of Brighton, have all been built within 
 thefe few years ; they are, Steyne- ftreet, Man- 
 chefter-ftreet, Charles-ftreet, Broad-ftreet, 
 Margaret-ftreet, New Steyne-ftreet, George- 
 ftreet, Princes-ftreet, Craven-buildings, Prof- 
 pe£t-row, German-place. 
 
 Marine Parade, New Steyne, Rock-build- 
 ings, and Rock-Houfe ; thefe laft four front 
 the fea, and, confequently, enjoy agree- 
 able and extenfive profpedts. 
 
 Moft of the houfes are built of flint-ftones, 
 cemented with common mortar ; for the 
 purpofe of building, fuch flints are collected, 
 from the beach, as have had the*r afperities 
 worn ojfF by the motion of the water ; but 
 the forms of the ftones being irregular, and 
 their fizes various, though they make a 
 wall uncommonly ftrong, yet brick-work 
 is obliged to be ufed, where the doors and 
 window-frames are received, 
 
 MARL- 
 
BRIGHTHELMSTON, &C. II 
 
 MARLBOROUGH-HOUSE. 
 
 At the north-weft corner of the Steync 
 ftands a commodious manfion, belonging to 
 his Grace the Duke of Marlborough, where, 
 during the fummer months, his Grace and 
 family relide. 
 
 Adjoining to Marlborough-Houfe Hands 
 the 
 
 MARINE PAVILION, 
 
 Built by his Royal Highnefs the Prince 
 of* Wales, in the year 1787, this handfome 
 and commodious ftru&ure, extends near 
 160 feet in front towards the Steyne. It 
 confifts of two wings, each of which con- 
 tain two elegant rooms on the firft floor, 
 with chambers, &c. fitted up in a truly fu- 
 perb ftyle, Thefe wings are united with a 
 circular building, having a beautiful dome 
 riling above the reft of the edifice, and are 
 continued backwards, towards the read, a 
 confiderable diftance ; and, with the other 
 buildings, fWm a fquare court. In thefe 
 wings are a number of apartments for his 
 Royal Highjpefs's fulte. In the court is a 
 
 haiulfome 
 
12 A DESCRIPTION OF 
 
 handfome dial, fupported by the figure of a 
 Negro, which is much admired for its beauty 
 and accuracy, as is the figure for its elegance 
 and juftnefs of fculpture. 
 
 On the Steyne, is another elegant manfion, 
 built by the late Right Honourable W. G. 
 Hamilton, Efq. then member of Parliament 
 for Haflemere. This building confifts qf an 
 elegant hall, in the centre, 20 feet by 18. 
 On the right fide -of the hall is a fuperb 
 dining-room, 34 feet by 20; on the left, a 
 handfome drawing-room, 34 feet, 6 inches, 
 by 24 feet 6 inches. 
 
 The hall and dining-room are beautifully 
 ftuccoed and painted. The drawing-room 
 is hung with an exceeding elegant paper, 
 and has a chimney-piece, on which is re- 
 prefented a Venus drawn by Cupids, which 
 is reckoned an excellent piece of ftatuary. 
 The front is finifhed with Adams's artificial 
 flone, and looks extemely handfome. The 
 whole building is, indeed, juftly admired for 
 its elegance of architecture as uniting fim- 
 plicity with true grandeur. 
 
 8 On' 
 
^ERIGHTHELMSTON, SCc 13 
 
 On the weft fide of the Steyne, near the 
 Marine Pavilion, is fituated the 
 
 CASTLE-TAVERN, 
 
 Kept by Mr. Tilt, who has confiderably 
 enlarged the houfe, and rendered it, in every 
 refpedt, perfectly commodious and elegant. — 
 Exclufive of a large handfome Coffee- 
 room, and a great number of other apart- 
 ments for the tavern bufinefs, there is alfo 
 a beautiful fuite of Affembly-rooms, built 
 under the direction of Mr. Crunden, of 
 Park-ftreet, London ; who, we may juftly 
 fay, has united fimplicity with grandeur, and 
 elegance with propriety. 
 
 The Anti-room is a plain, handfomq, 
 commodious, apartment, meafuring 30 
 feet by 20, and has a communication with 
 the Tea-room ; but it is feldom ufed, ex- 
 cept when the company is too numerous 
 to be accommodated in other apartments. 
 
 Nothing of magnificence is attempted in 
 the Tea-room ; but it is exceedingly neat : it 
 
 alfo 
 
14 A DESCRIPTION OF 
 
 alfo communicates with the Card-room, and 
 its dimensions are 56 feet by 30. 
 
 The Card- room forms a fpace of 40 feet 
 by 25, and difplays great neatnefs and fim- 
 plicity in the ftyle of the architecture. 
 
 The plan cf the Ball-room forms a rect- 
 angle of 80 feet by 40, with recefTes at each 
 end and fide, 16 feet by 4, decorated with 
 columns correfponding with the pilafters, 
 which are continued round the room, di- 
 viding the fides and ends into a variety of 
 compartments, ornamented with paintings 
 from the Admirander and the Vatican, re- 
 prefenting part of the ftory of Cupid and 
 Pfyche, and the Aldrobrandini marriage ; 
 with Air-nymphs, and divers other figures, 
 in the ancient grotefque ftyle. The ceiling, 
 which is curved, forms an arch of one-fifth 
 cf the height cf the room, which is 35 
 feet, and it is finiihed plain, excepting that 
 it has three compartments of fTucco orna- 
 ments, from which the chandeliers depend* 
 Over the entablature, at each end of the 
 
 room, 
 
liRIGHTnBXMSTON, SCc. 15 
 
 room, there is a large painting ; one is a 
 reprefentation of Aurora, and the other is 
 a figure of Nox. Thefe pieces are univss- 
 fally allowed to be finely executed. 
 
 During the Brighthelmfton feafon, a ball 
 is held, every Monday, at Tilt's rooms; 
 and the Card-aflemblies are on Wednefdays 
 and Fridays. The other public rooms are 
 kept by Mr. Hicks, of the 
 
 OLD SHIP TAVERN, 
 
 In Ship-flreet ; a very commodious houfe, 
 in every refpect well calculated for the re- 
 ception of company. 
 
 Befides feveral other apartments on the 
 ground-floor, there is a handfome Coffee- 
 room, fronting the fea, with feveral elegant 
 and commodious bed-rooms over it. 
 
 On the firft llory is a capacious Dining- 
 room, the wainfcot of which exhibits part 
 of the ftory of Telemachus, painted on 
 bronze, on a blue ground. 
 
 On the fame floor is the Ball-room, which 
 is large, and finifhed in a flyle of remark- 
 able 
 
16 A DESCRIPTION OF 
 
 able neatnefs and fimplicity. In this room 
 there is an admirable portrait of the cele- 
 brated Dr. Ruffel, whofe memory is juftly 
 held in high veneration by the inhabitants of 
 Brighthemfton, 
 
 Mr. Hicks has lately made very consider- 
 able additions to his houfe. Among other 
 conveniences, is an elegant Card-room, 
 xneafuring 50 feet by 30, and 25 in height. 
 The ceiling is curved, and embellifhed 
 -with a variety of curiouily-executed defigns. 
 The fides are decorated with pannels, painted 
 in the ancient grotefque ftyle. On the 
 ♦eaft is a circular recefs, fupported by two 
 •columns. 
 
 The Tea-room adjoins to the Card and 
 Ball room ; it is a plain, handfome, com- 
 modious, and well-finifliec, apartment. 
 
 The Card-room was built by Mr. 
 Golden, of Lamb's Conduit-ftreet, London, 
 who, we may juftly fay, has difptayed a 
 great fhare of knowledge and ingenuity. 
 At Hicks's Rooms, the ball is on Thurf- 
 vdays, and the card-aftembly on Tuefdays and 
 
 Saturdays. 
 
BAIGHTHELMSTON, SCc. 17 
 
 Saturdays. William Wade, Efq. is Mafter 
 of the Ceremonies at both I\ooms. 
 Among the other Inns and houfes of good; 
 accomodation may be enumerated 
 
 TPIE NEW SHIP, 
 
 in Ship-ftreet, kept by Mr. Eaulcomb ; 
 
 THE NEW INN, 
 
 in North-ftreet, kept by Mr. Kenwood ; 
 and 
 
 THE WHITE HORSE, 
 
 in Great Eaft-ftreet, kept by Mr. Allen. 
 
 In North-ftreet, is built a circular range 
 of neat commodious fhops, called Prince's 
 Place, intended chiefly for the accomoda- 
 tion of the London tradefmen, who come 
 here with various kinds of wares for the 
 feafon. At the upper end of the range is 
 the entrance to the 
 
 PROMENADE-GROVE, 
 
 or Public Gardens, which are under the 
 particular patronage of His Royal Higknefs 
 the Prince of Wales. 
 
 c Thefe 
 
IS A DESCRIPTION OF 
 
 Thefe beautiful gardens being furroundccT 
 with large overfpreading trees, compofed 
 chiefly of elm, afford, in the hottefr day of 
 fummer, a fhade moil luxuriantly refreshing. 
 They are Supported by fubfcription, and are 
 open every day. On every Wednefday 
 morning, during the ieafon, is a public 
 breakfait, when a band of mufic attend, and 
 play, at proper intervals, ielecl pieces of 
 mufic. The breakfafts, if the mornings are 
 tolerably fine, have general! v to boaft of all 
 the elegance and faihion of the place. Par- 
 ties alfo at other times come here to break- 
 fart, drink tea, take refrefh meats, (which. 
 are provided in abundance,) read the papers, 
 &c. &c. The vifitors to thefe charming 
 gardens will not fail to notice the Saloon,, 
 which is fitted up in a ftyle of neatnefs inex- 
 preiiibly elegant. The orcheftra is an ccta- 
 gan building adjoining ; the gardens are 
 brilliantly illuminated on particular nights,, 
 and fire-works difplayed of the firit. kind, at 
 which times, the admifiion is half acrown ; the 
 whole is conducted with great regularity, and 
 
 thefe 
 
tTR T G H T fl ELMSTON, SCc* I 9 
 
 thefe gardens promife to be one of the moil' 
 fa fliionable places of amufement in Brighton. 
 
 Very confiderable improvements have 
 been made in Brighthelmfton within thefe 
 few years, by the eredrion. of many perfectly 
 elegant and convenient buildings ; the repa- 
 ration of the old houfes, lighting, paving, 
 and numbering the town, removing feveral 
 n-urfances and obftiu6l!ons. 
 
 About twelve years ago, at the corner of 
 North-ftreet, a barn was taken down, for the 
 purpofe of rendering the paffage more com- 
 modious, and Mr. Hall, furgeon, has fince* 
 built a handfome houfe there; and this • 
 alteration has proved a great addition to the. 
 beauty and convenience of the place. ■ 
 
 There are at Brighthelmfton, three 
 
 CIRCULATING LIBRARIES, 
 
 Two on the Steyne, and one on the Marine 
 Parade ; that on the eaft fide of the Steyne, 
 oppofite the Caftle Tavern, is kept by Mr, 
 Gregory; that on the Marine Parade, (lately 
 eftablifhed) is kept by Meffrs. Donaldfon 
 c 2 and 
 
20 A DESCRIPTION QI 
 
 and Wilkes ; that on the fouthern extremity 
 of the Steyne, which is likewife the 
 
 POST-OFFICE, 
 
 Is kept by Fred. Geo. Fisher, pub- 
 lisher of this pamphlet, who humbly hopes, 
 by affiduity and attention^ to merit a con- 
 tinuance of that fliare of public favour 
 hitherto received by his predeceffor, Mr. 
 Crawford, 
 
 To an already valuable and extenfive 
 collection of books, will be added all 
 works of real merit, as foon as they ap- 
 pear, and have received the approbation of, 
 the public. The daily, morning, and even- 
 ing, papers, are regularly taken in, for the 
 ufe of the fubferibers. The Library com- 
 mands agreeable views of the Steyne, Downs, 
 Cliff, &c. &c. is well Sheltered from the fun, 
 and fitted up in a neat commodious manner. 
 The proprietor, therefore, refpectfully aflures 
 thofe ladies and gentlemen, who may ho- 
 nour him with their patronage, that every 
 effort will be ufed to render it an apreeabb 
 lounge, during the feaibn, 
 
 BANKS. 
 
BRIGHTHELMSTON, SCc. 21 
 
 BANKS. 
 
 There are at Brighthelmfton, two Banks, 
 for the accommodation of the noblity, gen- 
 try, and public in general. 
 
 THE OLD BANK, 
 
 Cinder the firm of Shergold, Michell, Rice, 
 Rice, and Mills, is fituated in North-Greet, 
 No, 103. Their notes are payable in Lon- 
 don, at Meflrs. Newnham, Everett, Drum- 
 mond, and Co. Manlion-houfe^flreet. 
 
 THE NEW BANK, 
 
 Under the firm of Wigney, Rickman and Co. 
 is fituated No. 2, Steyne-lane; their notes 
 are payable in London, at Meflrs. Mafter- 
 man, Peters, Walker, and Mildred, White- 
 Hart-Court, Gracechurch-flreet. 
 
 The hours of tranfadting bufmefs at both 
 banks are, from ten in the morning till five 
 in the evening, every day, Sundays ex- 
 cepted. 
 
 o S Near 
 
A DESCRIPTION CF 
 
 Near to the Stevne are fituated the 
 
 j 
 
 HOT AND COLD BATHS, 
 
 Built after a plan of Mr. Golden, architect; 
 the firft ftone whereof was laid in the year 
 1759. On one fide of aipacious vefHbrde, 
 are fix cold baths; pon the other fide, are hot, 
 baths, fweating-baths, and fhowering -baths,; 
 the baths areiupplied from the. lea, by means 
 of an engine. 
 
 Dr. Awfitef, in a pamphlet, called 
 
 Thoughts on 'Bfighthehnfton, published 
 
 in 1768, fays, " The utility of theie baths 
 
 41 is obvious: they may be ufed either 
 
 " for hot or cold bathing. There are ibme 
 
 " individuals to whom cold bathing would 
 
 " be ferviceable, could they be able to bear 
 
 *' the fatigue of being dipt in the lea, and 
 
 f! (what is more material) to be expofed to 
 
 " the cold air. If the weather happens to 
 
 61 be ftormy, and the fea fo rough, as not to 
 
 Ai admit of bathing in it, recourfe may be 
 
 " had to the baths: by this means bathing 
 
 <; would become more univerfal, be unat- 
 
 *? tended with terror, and no cure protracted, 
 
 " Moreover 
 
•fclUGKTHE'LMST'O'N, &C. 23 
 
 "Moreover, invalids would have the ad- 
 " vantage of this bathing remedy all the year 
 " round; whereas, on account of the vari- 
 " ablenefs of our climate, it is denied theni 
 " at prefent, except in the furnmer months, 
 " and then only in calm weather." 
 
 Mr. Smith, of Artillery-place, has, at 
 much trouble and expence, found out a 
 method of curing the gout, by means of an 
 air-pump, from whence many perfons of rank 
 and coniequence have received great benefit. 
 
 METHOD OF BATHING. 
 
 It may not be improper here to introduce 
 a fliort account of the manner of bathing in 
 the lea at Brighthelmiion. By means of a 
 Hook-ladder the bather aicends the machine, 
 which is formed of wood, and raifed on 
 high wheels ; they are drawn to a proper dis- 
 tance from the fhore, and then plunge into 
 the fea, the guides attending: on each fide to 
 affiit them in recovering the machine ; which 
 being accomplimed, they are drawn back to 
 fhore. The guides are ftrong, active, and 
 c -4 careful ; 
 
24 A DESCRIPTION OF 
 
 careful; and, in every refpedt, adapted to 
 their employment. 
 
 There are bathing-machines at the eail 
 and weft parts of the town, and the bathing 
 is confidered particularly good at Brighton. 
 
 But little encouragement was given to 
 theatrical exhibitions, at Brighthelmfton, till 
 within thefe few years; no other temple 
 w r as dedicated to Thalia and Melpomene 
 than a barn, or iome fuch fimilar building. 
 
 But as Brighton increafed in population 
 . ccnfecjuenc.e, a theatre was deemed ne- 
 cefiary; and about twenty- fix years ago, 
 Mr. Samuel Payne built a tolerable hand- 
 fame one, in North-ftreet ; which was like- 
 *wife found too fmall (eight years fince) to 
 thold the company; accordingly a 
 
 NEW THEATRE 
 
 Was built in Duke-ftreet, by the late Mr. 
 Fox, who, regardlefs of trouble or expence, 
 provided a variety of fcenes, dreffes,and other 
 decorations, equally to be admired for ele- 
 gance and propriety, ..being, perhaps, inferior 
 
 only 
 
"BRIGHTHEL"MSTON, 8fC, 25 
 
 only to thofe of the London theatres. The 
 fcenes were painted by Mr. Carver, of 
 Covent-Garden theatre, and they do honour 
 to the abilities of that ingenious artifL The 
 Playhoufe -opens about the beginning of 
 July, and clofes about the end of October, 
 which is the principal part of the Bright- 
 .helmfton feafon. The days of performance 
 are, Tuefdays, Wednefdays, Fridays, and 
 Saturdays ; and if the abilities of the aftors 
 are not fufficiently powerful to excite the en- 
 thufiafm of applaufe, they are not fo con- 
 temptible as to create difguft. Candour 
 muft acknowledge, that the theatrical bufi- 
 nefs at Brighthclmfton is conducted with 
 great regularity, and that if perfection is not 
 reached, mediocrity is furpafTed. 
 
 Literature is not neglected in. this town: 
 there are two 
 
 ACADEMIES, 
 
 Which have been long eftablifhed ; that i a 
 Weft-ftreet, of which Mr. Brooke is proprie- 
 tor, where young gentlemen are boarded and 
 
 educated 
 
26 A DESCSirilON F 
 
 educated both in ClalTics, according to the 
 Eton plan, and alio the Sciences, after the 
 moft approved methods; and that in North- 
 ftreet, kept by Mr, Paine, principally to qua- 
 lify youth for bufmefs. Both thefe femi- 
 naries are conducted with the greateft pro- 
 priety, and reflect much credit on the fe- 
 vera! niaflers employed in them. 
 Id ere are alfo four 
 
 BOARDING-SCHOOLS, 
 
 For the inftraSion of young ladies in the 
 various branches of ufeful and polite litera- 
 ture and accomplishments ; thefirft, in Ger- 
 man-Place, kept by Mifs Wayte, and Mifs 
 Harben ; the fecond, in Great Eaft-ftreet, 
 kept by Mrs. Pullen ; the third, in Weit- 
 ftreet, kept by Mifs Rickwood; and the 
 fourth, in the fame ftreet, kept by Mrs. 
 Townley and Mrs. Adean. 
 
 It gives us great pleafure to inform our 
 readers, that the ladies, by whom thefe dif- 
 ferent fchools are conducted, are extremely 
 vivell qualified for the fituations they are in, 
 
 and 
 
B R i G H THE L MSTON. 81 C . 27 
 
 rand are defer ving of every fuccefs. The 
 health, morals, and improvement of the 
 •young ladies committed to their care, we 
 believe to be molt confcientioufly attended 
 to. 
 
 Amongft the improvements deferring par- 
 ticular notice, is the 
 
 CHAPEL ROYAL, 
 
 Situated in Prince's Place, North-ftreet, built 
 within thefe few years, to afford accom- 
 modation to the nobility, gentry, and fuch 
 other of the principal inhabitants, as, from 
 the rapid increafe of population, and con- 
 fequent complaints of want of room in the t 
 church, could not get pews. 
 
 It is built from a plan of Mr. Saunders, 
 architect, of Golden-fquare, will conve- 
 niently hold a thoufand perfons, and is cer- 
 tainly one of the neateft buildings of the 
 kind in England. 
 
 We fmcerely hope it will anfwer the ex- 
 pectations of the proprietors, in as much, as 
 
 it 
 
2S A DESCRIPTION OF 
 
 it does credit to the abilities of its ingenius 
 architect. 
 
 The other places of public worfhip are, a 
 
 QUAKERS MEETING-HOUSE, 
 
 PRESBYTERIAN MEETING-HOUSE, 
 
 METHODIST MEETING-HOUSE, 
 
 ANABAPTIST MEETING-HOUSE, 
 
 AND A 
 
 JEWS SYNAGOGUE ; 
 
 All built in a plain neat ftyle, and vary- 
 ing in fize, according to the numbers of 
 their different congregations. 
 
 About twenty-fix years ago, a neat and 
 convenient 
 
 MARKET-PLACE 
 
 was built; it is open every day (Sunday ex- 
 cepted), and is very well fupplied with but- 
 cher's meat, vegetables, and fruit of the 
 beft kinds : but the principal market-days 
 are Tuefdays, Thurfdays, and Saturdays. 
 
 On 
 
BRI<GHT-HELMSTON, &C. 29' 
 
 On the Beach is likewife a market for 
 rifli ; and it is fcarcely neceflary to obferve, 
 no place in the kingdom can boaft of having 
 a more abundant fupply of this article, in 
 greater variety, or in higher perfection. 
 
 From the want of an harbour for fliip- 
 ping, there is no commerce carried on at 
 Brighthelmfton. To the company referring, 
 thither in the feafon, and the 
 
 FISHERY, 
 
 The inhabitants principally depend for a; 
 livelihood. The fiming-boats belonging to 
 this place are eftimated at an hundred ; and 
 the average complement to each is three 
 perfons ; therefore, this fi flier y mufr, of 
 courfe, prove an excellent nurfery for fea- 
 men. 
 
 The Mackarel-fifliery continues during 
 the months of May, June, and July. To- 
 wards evening, the. Mackarel-boats fail, and 
 return the next day with what they have 
 caught. At the ufual time of the boats com- 
 ing 
 
50 A DESCRIPTION o? 
 
 ing in, the dealers are affembled on the. 
 Beach, in order to purchafe the hlh. for the 
 London-market. Notwithstanding the Mac- 
 karel are in general monopolized for the. 
 fupply of the metropolis, the fineft of thofe 
 frill are frequently retailed, at Brighthelm- 
 fton, at very low rates. The red Mullet is 
 caught, in tolerable plenty, in the month of 
 May; and, in July, Lobfters and Prawns are' 
 taken in great abundance. Various other 
 kinds of fiih are alfo caught, as, Dorees, 
 Turbots, Soals, &c. by means of trawl-nets ; 
 Hooks are made ufe of, in September and 
 October, to take Whiting. The fiiherv for 
 Herring commences in the month of Octo- 
 ber. The boats employed in this fifhery 
 venture out to fea in the moft boifterous 
 weather, even when deftruction feems to 
 await thofe veflels, which, on account of 
 their bulk and ftru&ure, are better adapted 
 to refift the force of the contending elements. 
 Great quantities are fent frefh for the fup- 
 ply of the London-markets, and the reft are 
 cured for exportation. 
 
 Bright- 
 
B R I GHTKELMSTGN, $Tc. 3 1 1 
 
 Bngiithcmfton is the neareft fiihing-coaft 
 to London • and, on account of this ad- 
 vantage,' the people, employed in the fUhery, 
 receive great encouragement from thofe 
 whofe bufmefs it is to provide ftfli for the 
 markets of the metropolis. 
 
 Water is procured, at Brighthelmfton,- 
 from wells of ' confiderable depth, and being 
 filtered through chalk, of which thefe parts 
 are one immenfe rock, it is of courfe per- 
 fectly cleared of every fpecies of foulnefs. 
 The following phenomenon is obfervable in 
 feveral of the wells of this town ; at the 
 time of high water they are empty, and at 
 low water they are fuiL 
 
 elmore's stables. 
 
 Elmore's new Stables, in Church-ftreet, 
 are certainly the firft of the kind, in point 
 of magnitude and convenience, in the 
 county; they are built after the London 
 fafhion, with long projecting roof, fo that 
 the horfes may be drefi and exercifed under 
 
 cover^ 
 
32 A DESCRIPTION* OF 
 
 cover, whenever the weather renders it ne~~ 
 eeffary. 
 
 In the yard is a Blackfmith's fhop, forge, 
 &c. large coach-houfes, and granaries, com- 
 plete the whole ; and nothing have we feen 
 at other places of public refort that can bear 
 a comparison with this truly commodious, 
 neat, and extenfive, range of buildings. 
 
 At a little diftance, on the Lewes-road, 
 is the Prince of Wales's 
 
 CRICKETING-GROUND ; 
 
 It is railed round, and, during the Summer 
 months, ufed by his Royal Highneis, and 
 friends, for the manly amufement of cricket* 
 
 HISTORICAL EVENT. 
 
 After the battle of Worcefter, King Charles 
 II. fled for refuge to Brighthelmfton, and 
 arrived at the George-Inn, in Weft-ftreet, 
 on the 14th of October, 1651. The hcufe 
 (which has now the fign of King Charles's 
 head) was kept by a man, named Smith, who 
 3 had 
 
B RIG H T HE L MSTON, &C. S3 
 
 had lived about the court. He recognized 
 the perfon of his Royal gueft ; but had too 
 much loyalty to betray him. The following 
 morning, his Majefty embarked in a fmall 
 veflel, commanded by Nicholas Tatterfall, 
 and, the next day, landed at Fecamp, near 
 Havre-de-grace, Soon after the reflora- 
 tion, the captain brought his veflel into the 
 river Thames, and moored her oppofite 
 Whitehall, in commemoration of the So- 
 vereign's providential e'fcape. An annuity 
 of 100/. was granted to Captain Tatterfall, 
 and his heirs for ever, as a reward for his. 
 fteady loyalty ; but, by foroe means, this 
 annuity has been discontinued a number of 
 years. 
 
 The remains of Captain Tatterfall lie 
 interred near the chancel-door, in the 
 church-yard, at Brighthelmfton, and over 
 the grave is a black marble, on which is 
 the following infeription : 
 
 « P. M. S." 
 
 11 Captain Nicholas Tatterfall, through 
 
 M whefe prudence, valour, and loyalty, 
 
 a « Charles 
 
54 A DESCRIPTION OF 
 
 " Charles II. King of England, after he had 
 " efcaped the fword of his mercilefs rebels, 
 S and his forces received a fatal overthrow 
 " at Worchefter, September the 3d, 1651, 
 " was faithfully preferved, and conveyed to 
 " France, departed this life the 26th- of July, 
 " 1674. 
 
 M Within this marble monument doth lie 
 " Approved faith, honour, and loyalty; 
 (( In this cold clay he has now ta'en up his flation $ 
 '" Who once preferved the church, the crown, and 
 
 " nation; 
 *' When Charles the Great was nothing but a breath-, 
 *< This valiant foul flept 'tween him and Death: 
 xe Ufurperi* threats, nor tyrant rebels' frown, 
 '" t'ould not affright his duty to the crown; 
 * c Which glorious act of his, for church and flate, 
 e< Three princes, in one day, did gratolate— 
 " <e Pro fe fling all to him in debt to be, 
 (t As all the world are to his memory. 
 
 " Since earth could not reward the worth him 
 " given, 
 (e He now receives it from the Kingof Heaven. 
 * c In the fame cheft one jewel more you have, 
 <( The partner of his virtues, bed, and grave.'" 
 
 There 
 
BRIGHTHELMSTOK, S(C. 5*5' 
 
 There is no part in the kingdom where 
 the air is more falubruous than at Bright- 
 helmfton. This is owing, in a confider- 
 able degree, to its being powerfully im- 
 pregnated with the fea vapour ; and it 
 poffeffes the virtue of affording great re- 
 lief to perfons afflidled with confump- 
 tive and afthmatic diforders. It is. con- 
 sidered as an extraordinary cafe, when .4 
 native of (or aconftant refident in) thefe parts 
 is troubled with a cough, or any complaint 
 of the lungs ; and, indeed, the climate here 
 is of fo happy a temperature, that phyficians 
 iiniverfally concur in recommending this 
 fituation, as fuperior to any other in the king- 
 dom, for the recovery and prefervation of 
 health. The adjacent hills defend the town 
 from the rude northern winds of winter; 
 and the intenfe heat of fummer is agreeably 
 moderated by a continual refrefhing breeze 
 from the fea. 
 
 Brighthelmfton is greatly indebted for its 
 
 prefent celebrity to the recommendation of 
 
 D 2 the 
 
36 A DESCRIPTION DF 
 
 the late admired Dr. Ruffel ; and this gen- 
 tleman's judgement has been confirmed by ! 
 the concurring teftimony of the moil cele- 
 brated phyficians that England has pro- 
 duced. 
 
 ADJACENTS. 
 
 About half a mile to the weftward of the 
 church, rifes a fpring of 
 
 CHALYBEATE-WATER, 
 
 which, having been lately much frequented, 
 renders it neceffary to particularize it. — 
 Dr. Relham, having a considerable time 
 fince analyzed it, fpeaks of it thus : 
 
 " This water is moft abundantly flocked 
 " with a white earth,' impregnated with a 
 " fpirit of fea-falt. 
 
 " When tailed it is fofr, not unpleafantly 
 " martial, and temperate in point of heat. 
 " It has the imell always perceptible in feru- 
 
 *' ginous waters. 
 
 The 
 
BRtGHf HELMSTON, STC. 3? 
 
 * The water, ftripped of its heavy ochre, 
 ** frill retains what is called a ferruginous 
 " tafte, and mews, by every experiment, 
 " that it is impregnated with a martial 
 " earth. 
 
 " Calcined and tried with the load ftone, 
 " the refiduum difcovered no marks of con-- 
 " tained iron. 
 
 " It appears manifeftly, that this water 
 " contains a large portion of air, part of 
 ** which is incoercible. It neither ferments 
 " with acids nor alkali. 
 
 " The peliucidity of this water is pre- 
 " ferved, improved, and recovered, if loft, 
 ct by a fmall addition of any mineral acid; 
 " but deftroyed, if an alkali, either fixed or 
 K volatile, be added to it: from thence it 
 " may be inferred, that acids are more con- 
 " genial to this water than alkali. 
 
 " As foon as the water begins to warm, 
 
 " an immenfe quantity of air-globules fepa- 
 
 " rate, and efcaping to the furface, the 
 
 4i water becomes turbid, with fmall particles 
 
 I> 3 " cf 
 
3S A DESCRIPTION OF 
 
 " of ochre floating through the mafs, which 
 u increafe in bulk, as the water grows 
 " warmer. 
 
 " From experiment, it is evident the quan- 
 " tity of foiid matter, really exifting in a pint 
 " of this water, is at leaft equal to 20 
 " grains. 
 
 M CONTENTS. 
 
 " Ochre, white earth, martial earth, {pi- 
 u rit of fea-falt, airy, impregnated with a. 
 " ftyptic matter. 
 
 • " The advantages which appear to arife 
 V from the ufe of this water, drank in a pro- 
 " per quantity, are an increafe of appetite 
 f ana fpirits ; and in habits of a lax and en- 
 *f feebled nature, an additional power of ex- 
 Q ercifing without laffitude." 
 
 Thus far Dr. Relham. From fubfe- 
 quent experiments made by Dr. rlenderfon, 
 k appears that there have been feme errors in 
 Dr.. Relham's analysis ; particularly as to 
 the folid matter contained in the water, ana 
 die exiflcnce cf iron in the calcined re- 
 
 fiduum, 
 
BRIGHTHELMSTON, SCc. 3$ 
 
 liduum. The fubftance of a few of Dr. 
 Henderfon's experiments as following: — 
 
 " This water, when firft taken i}p from 
 " the fpring in a glafs, greatly refembles, in 
 " appearance, a folution of emetic tartar, in 
 " common water. The tafte is not unplea- 
 " fant, fomething like that upon a knife, 
 " after it has been cutting lemons. It does 
 " not feem to contain the fmalleft portion of 
 " fulphur ; it neither changes vegetable 
 " blues red, nor does it effervefce with alka- 
 " line falts, calcareous earths, magnefia, of 
 M foffil alkali; neither does it change vegetable 
 " blues green, nor does it effervefce with 
 " acids ; yet it curdles foap, and renders a 
 " folution of it, in vinous fpirits, milkv. 
 
 " It feems to contain a confiderable por- 
 " tion of calcareous earth, mixed with the 
 " vitriolic acid, in the form of felenites, and 
 " alfo a confiderable portion of iron, as will 
 " appear from the following experiment. 
 
 " Sixty-four ounces of this water, by 
 
 " meafure, was evaporated to drvnefs ; there 
 
 D 4 " WS.S 
 
4Q A DESCRIPTION OF 
 
 " was a refiduum of a brownifh fubftance full 
 M of faline fpiculae, weighing eight grains,. 
 " four -grains of which, with an equal quan- 
 " tity of charcoal, was made intoapafle with 
 <4 oil, and calcined. Upon trying the cal- 
 <; cined matter with the magnet, two pieces, 
 4i nearly in a metallic form, adhered to the 
 ** magnet, and when put upon paper, at 
 w the diftance of half an inch, moved in 
 " every direction that the magnet was moved 
 " in. Thefe two pieces weigh one -eighth 
 44 of a grain. 
 
 44 The grofs refiduum neither effervefces 
 <4 with alkali nor afcids,. and is difficultly 
 44 foluble in. water. 
 
 44 This water becomes inftanfcly tranfpa- 
 44 rent like diftilled water, on the addition of 
 44 any of the mineral acids, efpecialiy the 
 44 vitriolic. 
 
 44 A fclution of galls in common water, 
 44 z&ded to an equal portion of this water,, 
 44 becomes black, like ink, in a very few 
 ** minutes. 
 
 "- This 
 
BR2GHTHELMST0N, Sfc. 41 
 
 vt This water has been found ferviceable 
 " in feveral cafes of general debility, 
 * 4 crapulas, indigeftion, atonja of the fto- 
 M mach, fluor albus ; and in all thofe dif- 
 " eafes, where chalybeate and tonic reme- 
 " dies are required ; it promifes, under due 
 ** regulation, to be ufeful." 
 
 For the more immediate ufe of fubfcn- 
 hers, the late proprietor of this chalybeate, 
 Thomas Scutt, Efq. deceafed, eredted over 
 the fpring a fmall neat building, where at- 
 tendance is conftantly given during the fea- 
 fon. To the northward of the building, he,. 
 with great difficulty, reared plantations, 
 which are now fufficiently grown, to afford 
 a friendly and agreeable fhade. 
 
 The falutiferous effects of this water, as 
 being the primary, are certainly the moft 
 material fubjedts of recommendation. Al- 
 moft every individual, for whom it has been 
 prefcribed, have happily experienced that it 
 anfwers every wifh both of phyfician and pa- 
 tient. 
 
 RIDES,. 
 
42- A DESCiUPTlON OF 
 
 RIDES. 
 
 About a mile and a half from the town, 
 on the north-eaft, lies the 
 
 RACE-GROUND. 
 
 The races are generally at the latter end of 
 the month of July, and are well reforted to 
 by the nobility and gentry of Suffex, and the 
 neighbouring counties. There are always 
 three fifties, exclufive of feveral fweepftakes, 
 matches, &c. and the fport is moftly very 
 good. There is a handforne and conveni- 
 ent ftand, capable of containing a great 
 number of fpe£tators, built upon the courfe, 
 by a fubfcription of the inhabitants of 
 Brighthelmfton. 
 
 The height of the ftand at the race- 
 ground is 384 feet above the level of the fea, 
 at low water ; the profpeS exteniiye and de- 
 lightful. The Ifle of Wight, which is 
 plainly difcernible, and many other beauti- 
 ful cbje£ts, add greatly to the pleafure of the 
 
 races. 
 
B R IT7HTH EL MSTON, dftii 43 
 
 races, which are equal to any in the king- 
 dom. 
 
 A little diftance from the race-ground is a 
 place called Whitehawke-hill ; on the fum- 
 mit of which has lately been built a 
 
 SIGNAL HOUSE, 
 
 One of feveral others erected this war, on 
 the fouthern coaft, to convey intelligence 
 from Dover to Portfmouth, Plymouth, &c... 
 This hill was formerly a Roman ftation. 
 The eaft and weft fides have declivities of 
 confiderable depth : the ground towards the 
 fea falls in a gradual defcent, and the place 
 could not be afiailed with any profpecl: of 
 fuccefs, except on the north fide, it being 
 in no other part accelfible ; and even here 
 the paffage, though level, is very narrow. 
 On the fummit of Whitehawke-hill, there 
 are ramparts of a. circular form; and here is 
 an ample reward for the toil of climbing the 
 hill. On the eaft and weft there is a noble 
 profpecl: of the fea ; and on the fide which 
 defcends toward . the fea, entrenchments 
 1 appear 
 
44> A DESCRIPTION OF 
 
 appear to have been raifed, which have 
 extended to the very bafe of the hill. 
 
 About two miles north of the town lies 
 Hellingbury-hill, which the country people 
 denominate Hollingbury-Caftle, and which 
 is erroneously rtOted as a caftle in feveral 
 maps. Here are evident marks of an en- 
 campment : its figure ft ill remains complete, 
 being a very extenfive circle, containing a 
 number of tumuli, or fmall eminences ; one 
 of which has been opened to a considerable 
 depth. 
 
 Tradition fays, that an inhabitant of Bright-- 
 helmfton, having dreamt that he mould find 
 a veffel containing a quantity of treafure, 
 dug this hill to a great depth; but at 
 length, defpairing of fuccefs, declined his 
 fearch, after having juftly rendered himfelf 
 an object of public ridicule, 
 
 THE DEVIL'S DYKE, 
 
 Was formerly a Roman encampment, it lies 
 
 about fix miles north-weft of the town. 
 
 This place received the name of the 
 
 Devil's Dyke, from a hollow of great 
 
 depth* 
 
BRIGKTHELMSTON, dfc, 45 
 
 depth, by which it is feparated from the 
 adjacent hill. 
 
 This eminence is greatly admired, and 
 much reforted to, on account of the delightful 
 profpe& it affords ; here the fcene changes 
 at a fmgle ftep, from rude • and extenfive 
 heaths, to a beautifully inclofe^ and finely 
 cultivated country, en one fide, and on the 
 other, an uninterrupted view of the fea, for 
 many leagues. Some years fince, an urn, 
 containing a great number of filv er coins, of 
 the latter Roman emperors, was dug up in 
 this neighbourhood. 
 
 At the mouth of the river Adur, about 
 four miles to the weftward of Brighthelm- 
 ftcn, is that ancient port, called Portus 
 AdumU where the Roman explorators held 
 their ftation at the period when our feas 
 were infefted with Saxons. In this neigh- 
 bourhood, there ftill remain a few houfes, 
 formerly a part of the village called Port- 
 SUule, fignifying the way to the port. 
 
 From Brighthelmfton to Lewes, over the 
 the Downs, is a rnoft delightful ride: the 
 
 diftance 
 
4(5 A' DESCRIPTION or 
 
 diftance eight miles, on a fine carpet ground, 
 the traveller commands a mod charming 
 knd-profpe£r., and an extenfive view of the 
 fea. 
 
 The foil of the Downs is of a chalky na- 
 ture, hut exceedingly prolific. It is fup- 
 pofed that there is no fpot in the univerfe 
 which produces finer mutton than that fed 
 on thefe Downs. The exquifite flavour of 
 the meat is owing to the lands being entirely 
 free from marfh or fvvamp, the falubrity of 
 the air, the fine quality of the grafs, and the 
 abundance of aromatic herbs with which it 
 is intermingled. 
 
 Great number of Wheat-ears, which are 
 Jby many called EngliJIi Ortolans, are caught 
 on the South Downs. This fmall, but deli- 
 cately-flavoured bird is the Beccajica, of 
 Italy. It is conjectured that they dire£t 
 their flight northward, in confequence of a! 
 deficiency of infe£t.-food in their native 
 climate. 
 
 The feafcn for Wheat ears .is autumn, 
 when the heat of the weather will not "per* 
 
 mit 
 
BRIGHTHELMSTOtf, SCc. 47 
 
 init their being killed and fent to London. 
 Some few, however, are conveyed thither 
 alive, and are fold at high prices. Thefe 
 birds are found in feveral parts of this coun- 
 try ; but, probably from a want of proper 
 food, they are not remarkably pleafmg to 
 the palate, while thofe taken in the neigh- 
 bourhood of Brighthelmfton have the full 
 perfection of that delicate flavour for which 
 the Italian Beccafica is fo highly celebrated. 
 About three miles and a half from Bright- 
 helmfton, on the Lewes turnpike-road, is 
 
 STANMER ; 
 
 A beautiful feat of Lord Pelham's, fur- 
 rounded with a fine park. Half a mile far- 
 ther is a village called Falmer, which is re- 
 markable for the ruins of a monaftery. 
 The remains of this building are converted 
 into a farm-houfe, which joins the church. 
 The road through Falmer is delightfully 
 pleafant, and may be paused in the worft fea- 
 
 fori 
 
4$ A DESCRIPTION OF 
 
 fen with little inconvenience, being fheltered 
 on each fide by the adjacent hills. 
 
 Near two miles, on the left-hand fide of the 
 road from Brighton, ftand the new-ere£ted 
 
 BARRACKS, 
 
 Built, this war, for the reception of horfe 
 and foot. It is a large regular building, ex- 
 tending fome confiderable diftance along the 
 road, and allowed by judges to be a very 
 complete ftrucliure for the intended purpofe. 
 About a mile before you enter Lewes 
 ftands another Barrack, but not built on fo 
 large or firm a plan as that near Brighton ; 
 the former being a brick and ftone edifice, 
 the latter only w r ood-frame, covered with 
 boards. 
 
 LEWES. 
 
 Lewes is a large and populous town, Stu- 
 nted eight miles from Brighton, and about 
 fifty from the metropolis. We are inclined 
 to think that it derives its name from the 
 
 8 word 
 
word Lew/a ; which, in the Saxon tongue, 
 fingifies paftures. It is recorded that Athel- 
 ftan eftablifhed two mint-houfes at Lewes, 
 and that the town had one hundred and 
 twenty-feven burgefles in the reign of Ed- 
 ward the Confefior. 
 
 Lewes is built on the borders of the South 
 Down-;, upon a rifmg ground, within fix 
 or (even miles Oi the fea, on the banks of 
 the river Oufe, which is navigable for barges* 
 &c, to a considerable diftance above the 
 town : it fends two members to parliament. 
 : prefent representatives are, Thomas 
 Kemp, Efq. and John Creflett Pelham, Efq- 
 The election was eftablifhed, May 8, 1735, 
 to be in the inhabitants, being: houfeholders, 
 paying fcot and lot- Number about 400. 
 It is faid, formerly, to have been a large 
 walled town, and to have confifted of twelve 
 parifhes ; but fix only remain at prefent. 
 Thefe are St. Peter, and St. Mary Weftout, 
 certified by the name of St. Anne, St. Mi- 
 chael in Foro, St. John fub Caftro, All- 
 Saints, St. John the Baptift, Southover, and 
 r St 
 
5X>. A . D K S C R J P T I<0 N r f 
 
 St. Thomas in the Cliffe, a peculiar belong- 
 ing to the Archbifhpp of Canterbury. The 
 church of St. .Thomas in the Cliffe is greatly 
 admired for the elegant fimplicity of its 
 architecture. In the middle of the altar are 
 two pillars, between which the Ten Ccm~ 
 mandments are written, and on the outiule 
 m are two pilafters ; thcie arc all oi the. Doric 
 order, ornamented with carved and giltarchi- ■ 
 trave, cornice, and frieze : on the north fide, 
 bftween the pillar and pilafter, is the Lord's 
 Prayer ; and the Creed appears between the 
 pillar and pilafter on the oppofite. fide. 
 
 Notwdthftanding the advantage of a na- 
 vigable river, manufacturers receive but little 
 encourgement at Lewes : yet the inhabi- 
 tants .in general are wealthy : and it miift 
 be* obfervevl, that the women are beautiful, 
 even to a proverb. From the Caftle, the re- 
 mains of which ftand on an -elevated fpot, 
 there is a profpeel, that, perhaps, cannot be 
 furpaffed in any part of k , the kingdom. To 
 the weft, there is a view 6f the fea, to the 
 full extent of thirty, miles ; and -to. the eaft> 
 
 the. 
 
BRIGHTHELMSTON, 8Cc. 51 
 
 the eye direfts itfelf over a beatifully-diver- 
 filled country, and is gratified with a view 
 of Banftead Downs, in Surry, which ter- 
 minate the proipe<St, at the difiance of forty 
 miles. 
 
 Under the Saxon government, the Caftle 
 01 l^ewes was in a flourishing condition, 
 and it gave the title of Earl to the perfon 
 then in poiTeffion of it. Tiie priory founded 
 here, in the year 1 178, in the ancient church 
 of St. Pancras, by William de Warren and 
 his wife, the Lady Gundreda, was the firfl 
 houfe eftablifhed in England of the Cluniac 
 order. 
 
 The Earl of' Warren and his lady fet out 
 on a pilgrimage to Rome, and having vilited 
 feveral religious houfes in France, they came 
 , into Burgundy, -and were there informed, 
 that, by pinniing their journey, they would 
 fubjedt themfelves to great danger,- as a war 
 then prevailed between the Pope and the 
 Emperor ; in confqquence thereof, they di- 
 rected their courfe towards the monaftery 
 of Cluni, greatly famed for the fandlity, 
 E 2 bene- 
 
52 A DESCRIPTION OF 
 
 benevolence, and humanity, of its monks,,- 
 The friendly, humane, and honourable, re- 
 ception which they experienced, infpired 
 them with a high eireem for the whole 
 order; and as the Earl and Countefs had 
 previoufly determined, on their return to 
 England, to build and endow a religious 
 home, with lands and cattle of fufficient 
 value to maintain twelve monks, they ac- 
 c ordingly granted land to the order of Cluni, 
 and gave them the church of St. Pancras, 
 under Lewes-Caftle, which the Earl rebuilt 
 with ftone, being at firft only a wooden 
 itruflure, and confirmed, by ftronger grants, 
 under royal confirmation, the gifts they had 
 already bellowed on the priory of St. Pan- 
 cras. 
 
 The sera of the monairery confifled of 
 39 acres, 2 roods, 1 1 perches ; and it was 
 environed by four walls, the fides of which 
 correfponded nearly with the four cardinal 
 points of the compafs. The walls on the 
 weft, north, and eaft, are in tolerable pre- 
 servation ; but they plainly appear to have 
 
 been 
 
KRIGHTHELMSTON, <$fc. 531 
 
 been repaired in many places. There ap- 
 pears only about one-half of the fouth wall, 
 and this is evidently of modern ftru&ure ; 
 though, in many places, the vefliges of the 
 old wall are traced, and they are eafily dif- 
 tinguiihed by their being covered with turf. 
 
 It is beyond difpute, that this monaftery 
 was a building of lingular magnificence ; 
 but fo great have been the ravages of time, 
 that none of the carved work, and indeed 
 fcarcely a ftcne, on which the fquares are 
 preferred, can be difcovered by the moft 
 induftrious of thofe who are curious in mat- 
 ters of antiquity. 
 
 Lewes is famous for a bloody battle, 
 fought between King Henry III. and the 
 Barons, headed by Simon Mountford, Earl 
 of Leicefter, in which the King was intirely 
 defeated. 
 
 At Lewes there have been, for many 
 years, Boarding-Schools, where young gen- 
 tlemen are inftructed in the feveral branches,^ 
 of the polite and ufeful arts 3 particularly 
 the Mathematics. 
 
 E 3 A bank 
 
S4< A DESCRIPTION OF 
 
 A Bank has alfo, for fome time pad, been 
 eftabli/hed there under the firm of J ill iff eld 
 Comber, Molineux, and King. Their drafts 
 and notes are payable, in London, at Sir 
 James Ejdaile's and Co. It is called the 
 New Bank, to diftinguiili it from one 
 which has for forne time been difcontinued. 
 
 PRESTON. 
 
 Near Brighthelmfton, at the diftance of a 
 mile, upon the road which leads towards 
 London, through Cuckfield, &c. is the de- 
 lightful village of Prefton. It commands 
 many finely-variegated and extenfive prof- 
 pefts ; and this truly rural fpot receives 'a 
 considerable addition from a great number 
 of ftately elms, which afford a pleafing 
 retreat from the heat of fummer, and a 
 convenient fhelter for travellers in the win- 
 ter feafon. Here is a large building called 
 Prefton-houfe, with extenfive and well- 
 planned gardens, late the property of Charles 
 Callis Weftern, Efq. of River-hall, in Effex, 
 
 but 
 
BRIGHTHELMSTON, Si'C. 55 
 
 but now of Mr. Stanford. In Prefton-houfe 
 is a fine portrait of Anne of Cleves,. con- 
 fort to Henry VIII. who, it is recorded, re- 
 iided in this houfe, but afterwards retired to 
 a convent, at Falnier, which is about three 
 miles difkmt, where me. died : and was in- 
 terred. At Prefton there is a houfe for 
 the reception of company ; and, in the gar- 
 dens, a very handfome tea-room has been 
 lately eredted. The great neatnefs in which 
 the houfe and gardens are kept, the excel- 
 lence of the accommodations-, the delightful 
 iltuation of the place, and the obliging 1 diipo'- 
 fition of the proprietor, enfure him frequent 
 viiits from Brighthelmfton r and the places . 
 adjacent. 
 
 ROTTINGDEAN. ■ 
 
 Oil the road to Newhaven, at the diftance ' 
 of near four miles from Br-ighthelmfton^ 
 lies the pleafant and delightful village of 
 Rottingdean. This place is remarkable for 
 its wells, which are nearly empty athigb. 
 E 4. water.,, 
 
56 A DESCRIPTION OF 
 
 water, but which rife as the tide declines 
 It has of late been the refort of a coniider- 
 able number of genteel company ; for which 
 bathing-machines, and every accommodation . 
 have been provided. Here are a variety of 
 well fitted-up lodging -Ironies, a good inn % 
 with convenient {tabling, coach-houfes, Sec. 
 It is moftly frequented by fuch families as 
 prefer a little - retirement to the buftle and-, 
 gaiety of Brighthelmflon, and who occasion- 
 ally may wiili to mix with the company 
 there, for which its fltuation renders it, at 
 any time, perfectly convenient. 
 
 NEWHAVEN. 
 
 At the distance of nine miles from Bright-. 
 helmfton, along the Sea-coaft to the eaft, is 
 the port of NewLaven. It lies upon the 
 mouth of the river Oufe, and is chiefly in- 
 habited by maritime people. The harbour 
 of Newhaven formerly afforded a remark- 
 ably fafe fhelter for {hips of confiderable 
 burden,, but the neceffary repairs being neg- 
 lected? 
 
BRIGHTHELMSTON, &ۥ 57 
 
 lected, for a long feries of years, the har- 
 bour was choaked up. However, an aft 
 was paCTed, in the year 1731, for repairing 
 the piers, and keeping the harbour in good 
 condition ; fince which the trade has con- 
 fiderably increafed. There are feveral Ship- 
 builders at Newhaven, and veffels large 
 enough for Weft-India .men have been built 
 there. Many neat houfes are in the town, 
 and one good inn, where poft-chaife and able 
 horfes may be procured, for thofe travelling 
 ooaftways to Eaft Bourn, Haftings, &c. 
 
 Here is alfo a -handfome draw-bridge, built 
 over the river Oufe, which renders travelling 
 much pleafanter than as formerly over a 
 dangerous ferry. 
 
 This place is much celebrated for brewing 
 fine ale, which is drank and admired for. 
 many miles round. 
 
 SEAFORD. 
 
 Twelve miles eaft of Brighthelmfton 
 Hands the borough of Seaford. It is a 
 
 branch, 
 
58 A DESCRIPTION OJF 
 
 branch or member of the Cinque Ports'; 
 has fome neat lodging-houfes, . and a few 
 bathing-machines ; is vifited in the fummer 
 by thofe families who prefer retirement lo 
 the buftle of more fafhionable watering 
 places : it fends two members to parliament^ 
 and has had more contefted elections, with- 
 in thefe twenty years, than any place in the 
 county. 
 
 The prefent reprefentatives are, Charles 
 Role Ellis, Efq . - and George Ellis, Efq. 
 
 From Seaford, the cliffs gradually rife till 
 we reach Beachy-Iiead, eighteen miles eaft 
 of Brighthelnifton; Thofe called the Three 
 Charles's are about 560 feet high, by much 
 the higheft on the Suffix coaft; To thefe 
 cliffs great numbers of birds, of divers 
 fpecies, refort to breed ; and, at theTatter 
 part of the feafon, they pafs to "warmer 
 climates. There are two apartments, cut in 
 the chalk-rock, under the cliff, which bear 
 the name of " Par/on Darby's Hole" It 
 is afferted, that Darby formed thefe caves, 
 intending them as his conftant refideriee*; 
 
 but 
 
ffRIGHTHELMSTON, &'C. 59 
 
 but that he had enjoyed his retirement only a 
 ihort time, when he fell a facrifice to the 
 dampnefs of his fituation. 
 
 EAST BOURN, 
 
 Twenty-two miles eaft from Brighthclm- 
 fton, and nxty-four from London, ft and s the ; 
 fafhionable village of Eaft Bourn. 
 
 Nature has certainly been lavifh of her: 
 gifts to this delightful fpot; the fertility of 
 the foil exceeds any thing, we have witnefTed 
 on this coaft, — the trees are lofty, and grow 
 almoft to the water's edge; the profpefts are 
 varied and beautiful ; the rides and walks un- 
 commonly fine ; and the bathing remarkably 
 good; yet, with all thefe advantages, the in- 
 habitants (from, .what caufe.we know not) 
 have made the feweft advances towards im- 
 proving the place of any town within, our 
 knowledge. We would advife the proprie- 
 tors of lands there to remove the cottages 
 and ftables from amongfl their bell houfes, 
 atfea fide, and fouth, pave their flreets, and 
 
 mend 
 
60 A DESCRIPTION OF 
 
 mend their roads: with attention to thefe 
 hints, Eaft Bourn would, in a few years, be 
 fecond only to Brighton, in point of eligi- 
 bility of Htuation. 
 
 Lord G. H. Cavendiih. has a feat here, 
 called Compton-place. There are two very 
 good inns, where great attention is paid to 
 the accommodation of their guefts, Circu- 
 lating Libraries, Theatre, Stage-coaches,. 
 Bathing-machines, &c. &c. are already efta- 
 bliihed in very good ftyle ; and families of 
 the firft diftin£r.ion have made this their firm- 
 mer retreat for many years paft. 
 
 A pack of excellent hounds are kept in 
 the town, and the Downs are uncommonly 
 fine for hunting on. 
 
 At a place called Wilmington, between. 
 Lewes and Eaft Bourn, and about eighteen 
 miles from Brightheimfton, is a hill, on the 
 fide of which the figure of a man appears, 
 by a very remarkable difference in the colour 
 of the grafs. The length of this figure is 80 
 yards, and each hand feems to grafp a ftaff, in 
 a parallel direction with the body. The 
 3 fpot 
 
B R I C II T II ELMSTON, SfC. 61 
 
 fpot is faid to have been formerly paved with 
 bricks, whence the difference of the verdure 
 is fuppofed to have arifen. 
 
 In the pariih of Arlington, adjoining Wil- 
 mington, there is a fand-pit, where, at about 
 fix feet beneath the furface, petrified wood is 
 found in a variety of forts. 
 
 NIW SHOREHAM. 
 
 New Shoreham is fituated about fix miles 
 weft of Brighthelmflon. It fends two mem- 
 bers to parliament. The prefent represen- 
 tatives are, the Right Hon. Charles William 
 Wyndham, and Sir Cecil Bifhopp, Bart. 
 Excluiive of the houfeholders, the freeholders 
 of the Rape of Bramber, in which it is 
 fituated, have a right to vote, as fettled by a6t 
 of parliament, 1771. The number of voters 
 are about 750. New Shoreham is princi- 
 pally inhabited by people depending on the 
 building and fitting up of fliips, in which 
 -they are confidered to be proficients. Ship- 
 building is carried on with great advantage at 
 
 this 
 
$2 A DESCRIPTION OF 
 
 this place, on account of the plenty and 
 cheapnefs. of the timber, which is brought 
 down the river Adur at a trifling expenoe. 
 
 A new bridge over the river Adur, which 
 renders the road to Arundel, Chichefter, &c. 
 £?.fe.aj>d commodious (there being before but 
 a dangerous ferry), was, built a few years 
 ago. For the accompliihm ent of this, the 
 fum of five thoufand t pounds was raifed by 
 way of tontine. 
 
 HOVE 
 
 "Is a fmall village, on the banks of the fea,> 
 -with a few lodging-houfes, and one or two 
 bathing-machines, a very good puhlic-houfe, 
 fitted up in a neat commodious manner, and 
 where parties of pleafure from Brighton, 
 Shoreham, Sec. are fure to meet with good, 
 accommodation. 
 
 About a mile north- weft of .Hove is the 
 pariih of Aldrington, in which there is not a 
 fmgle dwelling. The church is in ruins, 
 and the living, being a rectory, is conse- 
 quently 
 
BRIGHTHEI/MSTCVN, 8fc. '63 
 
 -. quently a imecure of upwards of fixty 
 pounds a year. In this pariih was fituated 
 the Porius Adarni,. according to the opinion 
 of many learned antiquaries . 
 
 WORTHING. 
 
 Fourteen miles weft of ' Brighthelmilon 
 ftands the pleafant village of Worthing, of 
 late years much frequented as a watering- 
 place ; there are feveral good lodging-houfes, 
 and two inns ; the inns are oppoiite to each 
 other, and what is rather remarkable, the 
 fxroprietor's name of one. is Hogsflefb, and 
 jf the other, Bacon.. 
 
 •BRAMBER. 
 
 The borough of Bramber lies on the 
 banks of the Adur, about four miles from 
 New Shoreham. At this place are to be 
 feen the ruins of a caftle, built in the reign 
 of : William the Conqueror, by one of the fa- 
 mily of the Breofes. ' It confifts of about 
 
 fixteen 
 
6,4 A DESCRIPTION OS 
 
 fixteen houfes, and fends two members to 
 parliament. The prefent members are, Sir 
 Charles William Roufe Boughton, Bart* 
 and James Adams, Efq. The election was 
 agreed to be in the perfons inhabiting ancient 
 houfes, or in houfes built on ancient founda- 
 tion?, paying icot and ]ot, lft June, 1715, 
 iattixhejthe number was twenty. 
 
 STEYNING. 
 
 About a mile from Bramber, to the 
 wefi, lies the borough of Steyning. This 
 town contains little worthy the obfervation 
 of the curious. It fends two burgefies to 
 parliament. The prefent are, John Henni- 
 ker Major, Efq. and James Martin Lloyd, 
 Efq. The ele£rion was eftablimed, 17 th of 
 February, 1710, to be in the conftables and 
 houfeholders not receiving alms, but paying 
 fcot and lot. The number about eighty. 
 "JThis town takes its name from the Roman 
 way having paiTsd through it, as before re- 
 naaxked in the account of- the Steyne. 
 
 There 
 
BRIGHTHELMSTON, SCc. 65 
 
 There is a delightful road from Steyning 
 to Brighthelmfton, commanding, on the left, 
 a view of the lower country, bounded by a 
 fweep of green hills, of furprifmg height, pro- 
 jecting and retiring with a noble irregularity. 
 The wild, or more properly weald, leems to 
 be in another region ; and on the flat is feen a 
 mod extenfive circuit of fine inclofures, 
 richly covered with wood and verdure ; fifty 
 miles from London. 
 
 ARUNDEL. 
 
 From New Shoreham the fea-coaft leads 
 to Arundel, which is a borough-town, fifty- 
 five miles from London. The prefent repre- 
 sentatives for Arundel are, James Greene, Efq. 
 and Nefoit Belfour, Efq. The election is in 
 the inhabitants of the borough, paying foot 
 and lot. The number about 200. The 
 town is built upon the banks of the river 
 Arun, from which it derives its name. The 
 mullet, which is caught in great plenty in 
 the Arun, is efieemed to be fuperior to what 
 F is 
 
66 A DESCRIPTION OF 
 
 is taken in any other part of the kingdom, 
 A collegiate church was founded here by 
 Richard, Earl of Arundel ; and here was 
 like wife a priory of Benedidline Monks. At 
 Arundel are the remains of the once famous 
 caftle, given by William the Firft, to Roger 
 de Montgomery, by whom it was repaired. 
 The caftle now belongs to the family of the 
 Howards ; and is again undergoing a com- 
 plete repair, by direction of his Grace of 
 Norfolk, who makes it his principle refi- 
 dence. It gives its poiTefTor the title of Earl, 
 and Peer of the realm, without creation. 
 In the church are four ancient monuments 
 of the Earls of Arundel. By means of the 
 river Arun, immenfe quantities of fine tim- 
 ber are conveyed and /hipped for Woolwich, 
 Peptford, Chatham, Newcaftle, and other 
 Ciip-building towns to the north and eaft; 
 and weflward, to Portfmouth and Plymouth. 
 In the year 1733, an act paffed for erecting 
 peers in,. and repairing and keeping in repair, 
 the harbour of Arundel. 
 
 10 On 
 
BRIGHTHELMSTON, Sfc. 67 
 
 On the road to Arundel there is an eleva- 
 ted fpot, called Highdown-hill, which is 
 plainly feen from Brighthelmfton, and ferves 
 as a landmark to navigators. From this 
 hill is a delightful prefpeft, both by land and 
 fea. 
 
 On one fide of this hill is a tomb, fur- 
 rounded with rails, and has a yew tree at 
 each corner. An inscription expreffes, that 
 in the year. 1766, this tomb was ere£ted by 
 John Oliver, miller, for the reception of his 
 body, after his deceafe. On the top appears 
 the following Scripture Sentences : 
 
 For as in Adam all die, even fo in Christ (hall all be 
 made alive. 2 Cor. xv. 22. 
 
 For the law was given by Mofes, but grace and truth 
 came by Jz s a s Christ. St. 'John i. 1 7. 
 
 That whofoever believeth in him mould not perim, but 
 have eternal life. St. John i\\. 15. 
 
 Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better than 
 that a man mould rejoice in his own works 5 for that is 
 his portion ; for who mall bring him to fee what mall be 
 after him ? Ecclef. iii 22. 
 
 Knowing that (hortly I muft put off this tabernacle, 
 even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath (hewed me. 
 2 Pet. i. 24. 
 
 f2 The 
 
6$ A' DESCRIPTION OF 
 
 The following lines are engraven at the 
 eaft end : 
 
 Why mould my fancy any one offend, 
 Whofe good or ill on it does not depend 5 
 *Tis at my o//n expence except the land 
 (A gen'rous grant) on which my tomb doth ftand : 
 This is the only fpot that I have chofe, 
 Wherein to take my lafting, long repofe. 
 ■ Here, in the duii, my body lieth down ; 
 You'll fay it is not confecrated ground: 
 I grant the fame 5 but where fhali we e'er find 
 The fpot that e'er can purify the mind 5 
 Kor to the body any luftre give; 
 This more depends on what a life we live, 
 When the trumpet mall begin to found, 
 'Twill not avail 'em where the body's found. 
 
 A MORAL. 
 BlefTed are they, and only they, 
 
 Who in the Lord their Saviour die, 
 Their bodies wait red mption's day, 
 
 And fkep in peace where e'er they lie. 
 
 And the weft ?nd exhibits an hieroglyphic 
 of Time contending with Death, between 
 the firft and fecond of the following 
 ftanzas : 
 
 Death ! why fo faff ? pray fiop your hand, 
 And let my glafs run out its fand : 
 
 As 
 
BRIGHTHELMSTCN, ■%€. €9> 
 
 As neither Death nor Time will ftay, 
 Let us improve the prefent day. 
 
 Why ftart you at that (keleton ! 
 
 'Tis your own pidlure which you fhun : 
 
 Alive it did refemble thee ; 
 
 And thou, when dead, like that mall be. 
 
 But tho' Death muft have his will, 
 
 Yet old Time prolongs the date, 
 'Till the meafure we mall fill, 
 
 That's allotted us by fate. 
 When that's done, then Time and Death- 
 Both agree to take our breath. 
 
 The Scripture fentences were fele<5ted by 
 Mr. Oliver, and the verfes are the produc- 
 tion of his mufe. About ten yards from the 
 tomb, a variety of flowering fhrubs are 
 planted, and an alcove is here formed, 
 which is painted with Death's heads. In 
 this retreat the miller, during his life, fpent 
 moft of his leifure hours. We fhall mention 
 another circumftance expreflive of the whim- 
 fical difpofition of this extraordinary cha- 
 racter : he had, fome years previous to his 
 death, prepared a coffin, on which were in- 
 f 3 fcribed 
 
70 A DESCRIPTION OF 
 
 fcribed the words, memento mori; it run 
 upon caftors, and was every night wheeled 
 under the bed of its intended pofieffor. Mr. 
 Oliver's refidence was about a quarter of a 
 mile from the tomb, on the declivity of the 
 hill. Near the miller's houfe, in a tree, is 
 fixed a curious piece of machinery (the pro- 
 duction of his own hand) reprefenting an 
 old woman and her dog, endeavouring to 
 refcue a fmuggler from a cuftom-houfe 
 officer The figures were formerly all put 
 in motion by four fweeps, like thofe of a 
 mill, being turned by the wind ; but it is 
 now fo much out of repair, that only one 
 figure has any motion, and Mr. Oliver 
 being dead, it will probably never be re- 
 paired. 
 
 Mr. Oliver's remains were committed to- 
 this tomb, May 1, 1793, in the prefence of 
 about 3000 fpe&ators. The body was borne, 
 by eight men drefled in white, from his houfe 
 to the place of interment ; and the funeral 
 iervice, according to the church of England, 
 and alio a Termori, adapted to the occafion, 
 
 were 
 
BRTGHTHELMSTON, SCc. 71 
 
 were read by a girl about twelve years of 
 age. Mr, Oliver died in his 84th year. 
 
 CONCLUDING REMARKS. 
 
 To enumerate all the advantages Bright- 
 helmfton enjoys, over other places of genteel 
 refort, would extend the limits of this publi- 
 cation, beyond the intention of the editor^ 
 and perhaps trefipafs too much on the time 
 and patience of the reader ; he will, there- 
 fore, briefly ftate a few, and leave the re- 
 mainder to a difcerning public. 
 
 The diftance from London is by many 
 miles fhorter than any other fea-bathing 
 place in the kingdom, the roads, winter and 
 fummer, are kept in the beft poflible ftate of 
 repair, and reflet much credit on the dif- 
 ferent commiffioners. 
 
 Provifions of every kind are in great 
 
 plenty, daily in the market; and, when 
 
 weather permits, fifh in abundance, va- 
 
 F 4 riety 
 
72 A DESCRIPTION OF 
 
 riety, and high perfection, may be had on 
 reasonable terms. 
 
 The ftreets, from the foil being chalk and 
 gravel, dry tip in a few minutes after the fe- 
 vereft rains ; which renders walking, at all 
 times, particularly pleafant; a thing not 
 very common in country towns. 
 
 The poft-hours are fo well regulated, that 
 if any bufmefs of confequcnce demands at- 
 tendance in town, a perfon may be in Lon- 
 don by 2 o'clock on the fame day with eafe. 
 
 The morning daily papers are regularly 
 received at the libraries every evening, by 
 the coaches ; by which means, all news of 
 importance is known at Brighton on the fame 
 day as In London ; an advantage that no 
 other watering place in the kingdom enjoys. 
 
 The great number of houfes, lately built, 
 affords better accommodation for large or 
 fmall families than are to be found at any 
 other watering-place. 
 
 The inns and boarding-houfes are kept in a 
 fuperior ft vie to moil town-, and from the 
 
 encou- 
 
BRIGHTHELMSTON, 8Cc 73 
 
 encouragement they have experienced of 
 late years, no doubt but they will exert 
 every endeavour to retain the kind patronage 
 of the public. 
 
 The ftage-coaches and waggons are con- 
 duced by proprietors of great refpeftability, 
 and no place has neater coaches, better 
 horfes, or more attentive drivers, than are to 
 be found on the Brighton-road. 
 
 As thefe and many other advantages are 
 enjoyed all the year at Brighthelmfton, it is 
 not to be wondered at, that a number of fa- 
 milies of the firft refpeftability have of late 
 years made it a place of winter residence, as 
 well as fummer refort; for thefe eight or ten. 
 winters paft the numbers have rapidly in- 
 creafed, and in a few years Brighthelmfton 
 bids fair to become a fecond Bath, and have 
 two feafons in the year. A circumflance of 
 considerable confequence is the reduction 
 which takes place in the price of lodgings, 
 during the winter months ; in moft cafes 
 two-thirds, and fometimes more ; this, with 
 the fall of provisions, ufual about Chrift- 
 
 mas, 
 
74< A DESCRIPTION OF 
 
 mas, renders a winter's refidence at Brighton 
 very defirable, particularly as people of the 
 firft rank are fure to be met with At the 
 libraries/ on the Steyne, &c. &x, and as a 
 proof that the climate of Brighton is 
 warmer than the more interior parts of the 
 ifland in winter, fnow feldom or ever re- 
 mains on the ground 'beyond a few days, 
 owing to the mildnefs of the air from the fea, 
 which diflblves it much fooner than in more 
 inland fituations. 
 
 We fhall here conclude our account of 
 Brighthelrnfton and its adjacencies ; obferv- 
 ing that whether health or pieafure are the 
 objects ftrught, no part of the kingdom can 
 pofiibly be vifited with a more favourable 
 profpecl of fuccefs, than the delightful fpot 
 of which thefe pages have been feebly 
 defcriptive. 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
BRTGHTHELMSTON, 8Cc. 
 
 15 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 
 JL HE Editor prefumes that the following 
 account of Roads, Stage-Coaches, Wag- 
 gons, Pacquets, Pofts, &c. will not be un- 
 acceptable to the vifitors of Brighthelmfton* 
 
 ROADS. 
 
 From Brighihelmfton to London, 
 
 Lewes. 
 
 ly 
 
 Falmer . . . * 
 Lewes .... 
 Uckfield . . . 
 Maresfield . . 
 Nutley .... 
 Witch Crofs . 
 Foreft-Row . 
 Eaft-Grinftead 
 Fell-Bridge 
 New Chapel . 
 Godfton . . . 
 Croydon . . . 
 Streatham . , 
 London . . . 
 
 
 H 
 
 H 
 
 8 
 
 si 
 
 iei 
 
 2 
 
 m 
 
 n 
 
 22 • 
 
 3 
 
 25 
 
 2§ 
 
 27 f 
 
 ok 
 
 ^2 
 
 30 
 
 2 
 
 32 
 
 2 
 
 34 
 
 6 
 
 40 
 
 H 
 
 49| 
 
 H 
 
 54 
 
 5 
 
 59 
 
 By 
 
76 
 
 A DESCRIPTION OF 
 
 By Cuckfield, 
 
 Prefton 
 
 Patcham . . * 
 
 Clavtcn 
 
 Cuckfield 
 
 Hand Crofs 
 
 Crawley . . 
 
 Horley 
 
 Ryegate 
 
 Sutton 
 
 Mitcbam 
 
 Lower Tooting 
 
 UDper Tooting 
 
 Ballam L . , . . 
 
 London 
 
 If 
 n 
 
 7 
 
 7 
 14 
 
 4 J. 
 
 18* 
 
 23 
 
 4 
 
 27 
 
 6 
 
 33 
 
 10 
 
 43 
 
 3 
 
 46 
 
 2 
 
 48 - 
 
 i 
 
 2, 
 
 1 
 
 4Sf 
 49| 
 
 54 
 
 -FVc?m Brighihelmjlon to London, by 
 Horffiam. 
 
 HenfieM . . . 
 Cowfold . . . 
 Horfham . . . 
 Capel .... 
 Dorking . . . 
 Mickleham . . 
 Leatherhead . 
 Aftited .... 
 Epfom .... 
 ill .... 
 left . . . 
 Merton Abbey 
 London . . . 
 
 5 
 6 
 
 7 
 6 
 
 2 ! 
 2 
 
 n 
 
 "4 
 
 10 
 15 
 21 
 23 
 34 
 36| 
 38| 
 40 
 421 
 44 
 47i 
 50 
 57 
 From 
 
BRIGHTHELMSTON, Sfc. 
 
 77 
 
 From Brighton to Tunbridge-Wells> by 
 Lewes. 
 
 Falmer 
 
 Lewes 
 
 Uckfield 
 
 Growbo rough Beacon 
 Tunbridge-WelJs . . 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 8 
 
 6 
 
 16 
 
 7 
 
 23 
 
 7 
 
 30 
 
 OR, 
 
 Lewes 
 
 Mare sii eld . . . , 
 Groombridge . , 
 Tunbridge-Wells 
 
 104 
 
 13 
 
 2 
 
 18* 
 
 31| 
 
 33| 
 
 From Brighthelmjion to Margate, along 
 the Coajl of Kent and SuJ/'ex. 
 
 Rottingdean 
 Newhaven . 
 Bifhopftone 
 Bietchington 
 Seaford . . 
 Eaftdean . . 
 Eaft Bourn . 
 Pevenfey . . 
 Bexhill . . . 
 Hailings . . 
 Geftling . . 
 Winchelfea 
 Rye . . . . 
 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 9 
 
 2 
 
 11 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 "i 
 
 i 
 
 A- 
 
 12i 
 
 H 
 
 18 
 
 3 
 
 21 
 
 5 
 
 26 
 
 8 
 
 ,34 
 
 6 
 
 40 
 
 4 
 
 44 
 
 4 
 
 48 
 
 3 
 
 51 
 
 
 Lydd 
 
78 
 
 A DESCRIPTION OF 
 
 Lydd ...... 
 
 Romney . . . . 
 Hythe . . . . . 
 
 Sandgate-Caflle 
 Folkltone' . . . 
 Dover ...... 
 
 Ringlwold . . . 
 
 Walme 
 
 Deal ...... 
 
 Sandwich . * . 
 Ebb's Fleet . . 
 Cliff's End . . 
 St. Lawrence . 
 JRamfgate . . . 
 St. Peter's . . . 
 Margate .... 
 
 From Brighthelm/lon to Margate, inland. 
 
 Falmer 
 
 Afhcomb ...... 
 
 Lewes 
 
 Ringmer 
 
 Short Gate . . . . . 
 
 Black Boy 
 
 Crofs in Hand . . ■ 
 Heathfield-Park . . 
 Milkhurft-Toll . . . 
 
 Burwafh 
 
 Etchingham . . . , 
 Hurft-Green . . . . 
 Cuper's Corner . . 
 Hawkhurft, (Kent) 
 
 12 
 
 1 63 
 
 3 
 
 66 
 
 9 
 
 15 
 
 2 
 
 77 
 
 2f 
 
 79f 
 
 H 
 
 88 
 
 6 
 
 94 
 
 If 
 
 95\ 
 
 H 
 
 97 
 
 5 
 
 102 
 
 2 
 
 104 
 
 H 
 
 1051 
 
 H 
 
 106| 
 
 3 
 4 
 
 107^ 
 
 3 
 
 110± 
 
 3 
 
 II3f 
 
 inland. 
 
 
 4f 
 
 n 
 
 &f 
 
 H 
 
 8* 
 
 3 
 
 II* 
 
 3 
 
 H| 
 
 3 
 
 Wi 
 
 3| 
 
 20£ 
 
 H 
 
 22£ 
 
 2* 
 
 24£ 
 
 H 
 
 28£ 
 
 2 
 
 30£ 
 
 2 
 
 S2i 
 
 1 
 
 331 
 
 2 
 
 35£ 
 
 Hig 
 
 igate 
 
BRIGHTHELMSTON, SfC. 
 
 Tlighgate . . . 
 Tubs Lake . . . 
 Hartley .... 
 C ran brook . . . 
 Milkhoufe-Street 
 Bidenden . . . 
 Smarden .... 
 Pluckley .... 
 Little Chart . . 
 Charing .... 
 Pearsfield-Green 
 .Rumfonlees 
 Sheldwick . . . 
 Boughton-Street 
 Boughton-Hiil . 
 Harbledown . . 
 Canterbury . . . 
 
 Sturry 
 
 Upfireet .... 
 
 Sarr 
 
 Monkton .... 
 Acol 
 
 Margate 
 
 1 
 
 36$ 
 
 2 
 
 38± 
 
 1 
 
 m 
 
 2 
 
 4]| 
 
 H 
 
 42{- 
 
 4 
 
 46| 
 
 
 50$ 
 
 H 
 
 5^4 
 
 J 2 
 
 " 4- 
 
 55 
 
 2 
 
 57 
 
 4| 
 
 61* 
 
 1 
 2 
 
 61! 
 
 2 A 
 
 Z 4- 
 
 64 
 
 4* 
 
 H z 
 
 68f 
 
 1 
 
 69A 
 
 Z 8 
 
 72£ 
 
 9& 
 
 ^8 
 
 74| 
 
 Z 8 
 
 "| 
 
 J 8 
 
 81 
 
 ^8 
 
 83-| 
 
 n 
 
 86 
 
 '* 
 
 87| 
 
 9I± 
 
 ifyom Brightkelmfton to Port/mouth and 
 Southampton, continued to Bath and 
 Briftol. 
 
 Hove 2 
 
 New Shoreham 4 6 
 
 Lancing Pad 1 7 
 
 Arundel , 14 21 
 
 Chichefter 10 31 
 
 Portfmouth 
 
80 
 
 A DESCRIPTION OF 
 
 Portfmouth . 
 Southwick . 
 Wickham . . 
 Southampton 
 Rumfey . . 
 Salisbury • , 
 Deptford-Inn 
 Warminfter 
 Bath .... 
 Briftol . . . 
 
 18 
 
 49 
 
 8 
 
 57 
 
 4 
 
 61 
 
 14 
 
 75 
 
 7 
 
 82 
 
 15 
 
 97 
 
 11 
 
 108 
 
 11 
 
 119 
 
 18 
 
 137 
 
 12 
 
 149 
 
 N. B. Thofe who wifh to avoid Portf- 
 mouth may turn off at Southwick, which 
 will fave eight miles in the diftance to 
 Southampton. 
 
 POSTS. 
 
BRIGHTHELMSTON, &"c. 81 
 
 POSTS. 
 
 HP 
 JL HE London Mail is difpatched from 
 
 Brighthelmfron every evening (Sunday ex- 
 cepted), at feven o'clock, from Fifher's 
 Library, on the Steyne ; and returns every 
 morning (except Monday), between the 
 hours of kven and eight in the morningv 
 
 Bye-letters, by the London Mail, 
 every day (except as above), to and from 
 L^ckfield, Eaft-Grinftead, Godftone, Croy- 
 don, and places adjacent. 
 
 Cross-post to and from Shoreham and 
 Steyning, every day ; and to Arundel, Pet- 
 worth, Midhurft, Chichefter, &c. on Tuef- 
 day, Thurfday, and Sunday mornings, at 
 fix o'clock; and returns on Wednefdays, 
 Fridays, and Sunday, afternoons. 
 
 N. B. Letters to and from Lewes every 
 day; and three times a- week, during the 
 winter, and fix times during the fummer, 
 to and from Eaft Bourn, Newhaven, and 
 Seaford. 
 
 g COACHES. 
 
$# A DESCRIPTION OF \ 
 
 COACHES. 
 
 LONDON POST COACHES, 
 
 by Meffrs. Henwood, Croffweller, Pockney^ 
 Cuddington, and Harding, fet out every 
 morning in the furnmer, at feven, eighty 
 and nine,, o'clock, from the Coach-office*, 
 No. 44, in Eaft-ftreet, to the BlolToms Inn,. 
 Lawrence -lane, Cheapfide ; and Hatchett's v 
 White Horfe-cellar, Piccadilly, through. 
 Cuckfield, Ryegate, &c. &c. and reach Lon~. 
 don, between five and fix. o'clock in the 
 evening. 
 
 LONDON POST COACHES, 
 
 by Meffrs. Boulton, Tilt, Hicks, Baulcomb,. 
 $nd Co. to the Golden-crofs, Charing-crofs, 
 Old White Horfe-celiar, Gloucefter Coffee- 
 houfe, Piccadilly, and Swan w r ith two Necks, 
 Lad-lane, every morning, at feven, eight,, 
 and nine, o'clock, during the furnmer, from 
 the General Coach-office, corner of North-. 
 
 ftreet, 
 
BRIGHTHELMSTON,; &fc, 82 
 
 fireet, paffing through Cuckfield, Ryegate, 
 &c. &c. reach London about the fame hours 
 in the evening, as the other coaches. 
 
 LONDON POST COACHES, 
 
 by Meffrs. Boulton, Tilt, Hicks, Baulcomb, 
 and Co. from the General Coach-office, corner 
 of North-ftreet, for the fame inns in London, 
 by way of Lewes, Uekfield, Eaft-Grinftead, 
 Croydon, &c. every morning at feven 
 o'clock, and reach Town between five and 
 fix in the evening. 
 
 LONDON POST NIGHT COACH, 
 
 alternately from, the Office in Eaft-ilreet, 
 and corner of North-ftreet, every night in- 
 the fummer feafon-, at ten o'clock, and get 
 to London about feven in the morning. 
 
 LONDON COACH,; 
 
 from the Gun-Inn, on the Eaft Cliff, every 
 Monday, Wednefday, and Friday, mornings,, 
 at feven o'clock, during the fummer feafon, 
 to the Spread Eagle, Gracechurch-ftreet, 
 G 2 thought 
 
84 A DESCRIFTI0N OF 
 
 through Henfield, Horfham, Dorking, 
 Leatherhead, Epfom, &c. and returns from 
 thence every Tuefday, Thtirfday, and Satur- 
 day, evenings, at feven o'clock. 
 
 CHICHESTER, PORTSMOUTH, BATH AND 
 BRISTOL POST COACH, 
 
 from the Old Ship, in Ship-ftreet, every 
 Tuefday, Thurfday,. and Saturday mornings, 
 through Shoreham, Arundel, Chichefler,, 
 Portfmouth, Southampton, Salisbury, &c. 
 &c. and returns on Mondays, Wedncfdays, 
 and Fridays. 
 
 WAGGONS. 
 
 LONDON STAGE-WAGGON, 
 
 from the Waggon-office, No. 17, Eaft- 
 ftreet, by William Bradford ; fets off every 
 Monday evening for London, through Cuck- 
 field, Ryegate, &c* to the Nag's Head-Lnn, 
 Borough ; return^ from thence Wednefday 
 noon, and arrives at Brighton Friday eve- 
 ning. 
 
 LONDON. 
 
SRIGHTHSLM3TCN, S, r C. 85 
 
 LONDON STAGE-WAGGON, 
 
 by Meffrs. Law and Croflweller, from the 
 General Waggon-office, No. 22, Little Eaft- 
 ftreet, to Hatchett's, New White Horfe- 
 cellar, Piccadilly ; Swan-Inn, I lolborn^ 
 bridge ; and George-Inn, Borough; Monday 
 and Thurfday evenings : and returns from 
 the White Horie-cellar, Piccadilly, and 
 Swan-Inn, Holborn-bridge, every Wed- 
 nesday, and from the George-Inn, Borough, 
 every Saturday evening. 
 
 LONDON STAGE-WAGGON, 
 
 by John Davis, through Cuckfield, Ryegate, 
 &c. &cc. every Tuefday and Saturday evening, 
 from the General Waggon-office, No. 53, 
 Middle-ftreet, to the Talbot-Inn, Borough, 
 and Harrifon's Old White Horfe-cellar, Pic- 
 cadilly ; where they arrive every Monday 
 and Wednesday noon, return from Harris 
 fon's every Monday and Wednefday noon, 
 and from the Talbot-Inn every Tuefday and 
 Thurfday morning, and reach Brighton 
 every Wednefday and Friday evening. 
 
 LEWES 
 
hG A DESCRIPTION OF 
 
 LEWES WAGGON, 
 
 by Meffrs. Nicholas and John Elphick, fete 
 out from No. 3, Nile-flreet, every Tuefday, 
 Thurfday, and Saturday, morning, at feven 
 o'clock, and returns the fame evenings. 
 
 STAGE-CARTS. 
 
 LEWES CART, 
 
 by Edwards, fets out at three o'clock every 
 day, from the Grey Hound, in Eaft-ftreet, 
 -and returns from Lewes, the next morning., 
 about twelve. 
 
 EAST BOURN CART, 
 
 by Erridge, every Tuefday morning, about 
 eight o'clock, from the Gun-Inn, on the 
 Eaft Cliff, through Rottendean, Newhavea, 
 Seaford, &c. &c. and returns every Mon- 
 day evening about feven. 
 
 SHQREHAM 
 
mm* ght H.E1M s rant* <&v. 87 
 
 SHOREHAM CART, 
 
 t>y Moorey, fets out every day, about three 
 o'clock, from the King's Head, in Weft- 
 ftreet, and returns from Shoreham, about 
 twelve the next morning. 
 
 P ACQUETS. 
 
 In Times of Peace the following P acquets 
 are coii/iantly employed between Bright- 
 hem/ion and Dieppe. 
 
 The Prince of Wales (a Schooner), 
 •Captain Burton, fails from Brighthelmfton, 
 (wind and weather permitting), every Sa*- 
 ■turday evening, and returns from Dieppe 
 every Tuefday. 
 
 The Princefs Royal (a Schooner), Capt. 
 Chapman, fails from Brighthelmfton for 
 Dieppe (wind and weather permitting), every 
 Tuefday evening, and returns from Dieppe 
 every Saturday. 
 
 The 
 
ti A DESCRIPTION OF 
 
 The Speedwell (a Cutter), Captain Lind, 
 fails from Brighthelmfton for Dieppe, every 
 Thurfday evening, and returns from Dieppe 
 to brighthelmfton every Monday. 
 
 N. B. From London to Paris, by way of 
 Brigthelmfton and Dieppe, is ninety miles 
 nearer than by way of Dover and Calais. 
 The Pacquets always fail from Brighthelm- 
 fton, in the evening, about two or three hours 
 after the coaches arrive from London. 
 
 TIDE* 
 ILofC. 
 
BRIGHTHELMSTON, &'C. 
 
 89 
 
 TIDE-TABLE 
 
 BRIGHTHELMSTON, 
 
 Moon's Age. 
 
 K 
 
 gh-Water. 
 
 Low- Water. 
 
 
 Mil 
 
 . 
 
 H. 
 
 Mia 
 
 
 H. 
 
 New Moon o 
 
 
 
 
 II M 
 
 
 
 
 5 E 
 
 I 
 
 51 
 
 paft 
 
 II M 
 
 l 5x 
 
 paft 
 
 5 E 
 
 a 
 
 4* 
 
 - 
 
 12 D 
 
 142 
 
 - 
 
 6 E 
 
 3 
 
 33 
 
 - 
 
 I ES 
 
 33 
 
 - 
 
 7 E 
 
 4 
 
 *4 
 
 - 
 
 2 D 
 
 24 
 
 - 
 
 8 N 
 
 5 
 
 15 
 
 - 
 
 3 D 
 
 Us 
 
 - 
 
 9 N 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 - 
 
 4 D 
 
 ! 6 
 
 - 
 
 IO N 
 
 
 57 
 
 - 
 
 4 D 
 
 57 
 
 - 
 
 10 N 
 
 
 43 
 
 - 
 
 5 J5 
 
 48 
 
 - 
 
 II N 
 
 
 39 
 
 - 
 
 6 E 
 
 39 
 
 - 
 
 12 N 
 
 
 30 
 
 - 
 
 7 E 
 
 30 
 
 - 
 
 I M 
 
 
 21 
 
 - 
 
 8 N 
 
 2£ 
 
 - 
 
 2 M 
 
 
 12 
 
 - 
 
 9N 
 
 12 
 
 - 
 
 3 M 
 
 
 9 
 
 - 
 
 10 N 
 
 9 
 
 - 
 
 4M 
 
 Full Moon 
 
 o 
 
 
 II n| 
 
 O 
 
 
 5 iw 
 
 
 43 
 
 - 
 
 ii N 
 
 48 
 
 - 
 
 5 M 
 
 
 36 
 
 - 
 
 12 N ! 
 
 36 
 
 - 
 
 6M 
 
 
 *4 
 
 - 
 
 I M 
 
 24. 
 
 - 
 
 7M 
 
 
 12 
 
 - 
 
 2M 
 
 12 
 
 • 
 
 8M 
 
 
 O 
 
 
 3 M 
 
 
 
 
 9 M 
 
 
 4S 
 
 - 
 
 3 M 
 
 43 
 
 - 
 
 9 M 
 
 
 36 
 
 - 
 
 4M 
 
 36 
 
 - 
 
 IOM 
 
 
 2+ 
 
 - 
 
 5 M 
 
 2-4 
 
 - 
 
 II M 
 
 
 12 
 
 - 
 
 6 M 
 
 12 
 
 - 
 
 12 D 
 
 
 
 
 
 7M 
 
 
 
 
 I 1) 
 
 
 43 
 
 - 
 
 7 M 
 
 48 
 
 - 
 
 I D 
 
 
 36 
 
 - 
 
 8 M 
 
 36 
 
 - 
 
 2 D 
 
 
 14 
 
 - 
 
 9 M 
 
 2-4 
 
 
 3 D 
 
 
 12 
 
 - 
 
 IOM 
 
 r2 
 
 - 
 
 4 O 
 
 This Tide-Table is not mathematically cor- 
 reel, but will be found fufficiently fo for thofe 
 who confult it only for the purpofes of bathing. 
 
 USEFUL 
 
90 A DESCRIPTION OT 
 
 USEFUL HINTS. 
 
 The infinite number of miflakes which 
 frequently happen during the fummer, in 
 regard to letters, being fent to wrong people, 
 or laying at .the Poft-office many days, and, 
 at laft, returned to the dead letter-office, in 
 JLondon, there to be opened, &c. &c. has 
 been long complained of as a great evil 
 attending Watering Places ; the only way 
 to prevent thefe unpleafant circumftances, is 
 for every perfon, foon as they are fettled 
 in lodgings, to leave their chriftian and fur- 
 name, and place of abode, at the Poft-office; 
 and likewife, -when they leave Brighton, 
 where they wifh their letters or parcels to 
 ^ be fent after them. It frequently happens 
 that many perfons of the fame furname 
 come down to Brighton about the fame 
 time, and, therefore, too much care cannot 
 be taken to prevent letters, and parcels of 
 .confequence, falling into wrong hands ; and 
 this can only be done, by early leaving a 
 coneft addrefs at the Poft-office. 
 
 Thofe 
 
BRIGHTHELMSTON, dfc. Dl 
 
 Thofe ladies and gentlemen who frequent 
 the libraries, to prevent being difappointed 
 of books, in the hurry of the feafon, mould 
 write out a lift of fifteen or twenty numbers 
 from the catalogue, by which means they 
 would be fure of having fome amufing 
 book or other, if the particular one wifhed 
 for fhould be out. 
 
 Pleafure-boats, and careful feamen, may 
 be had at Wallis's, the Rifmg Sun, in Eaft- 
 ftreet ; but an hour or two's notice fhould 
 be given, if poffible, to get lines, hooks, &cc* 
 &c. for thofe who may chufe to amufe 
 themfelves with fiihing, during the ex- 
 curfion. 
 
 If Hot Baths are wanted out of the ufual 
 hours, notice mould be fent, fome time pre- 
 vious, to the Bath, where conftant attendance 
 is given. 
 
 The Editor prefumes thefe few hints will 
 
 !be found ufeful by thofe who may honour 
 
 3 the 
 
92 A DESCRIPTION, &C m 
 
 the place with their company ; and if his 
 firft affay to amufe the Public fhould be fo 
 fortunate as to fucceed, he will take particular 
 care, in any future edition, to correct thofe 
 errors which, through want of experience, 
 or hurry of bufmefs, may have efcaped his 
 notice, in this New Guide to Brighthelmfton, 
 
 THE END. 
 
POST-OFFICE, 
 
 AND 
 
 CIRCULATING LIBRARY. 
 
 F. G. Fisher refpedtiully begs leave to 
 inform the nobility and gentry, frequenting 
 Brighthelmfcon, he keeps conftantly on fale 
 an elegant afTortment of Jewellery, Stationary, 
 Tunbridge Ware, Perfumery, Gloves, Para- 
 fols, uieful and entertaining Books, Patent 
 Medicines, &c. &c. &e. with the largeft 
 collection in Brighton of Grand and Small 
 Piano Fortes for hire, by the beft makers, 
 and great variety of new Mufic ; and all who 
 honor him with their commands may depend 
 en having articles, of the beft quality, on. the 
 moft reaibnable terms, and every endeavour, 
 in his power exerted, to merit a continuance 
 of their kind patronage. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 Academies. 25 
 
 Arundel 65> 
 
 Banks . y *. 21: 
 
 Barracks 48 
 
 Baths (hot and cold) 22 
 
 Batoing 23 
 
 Boarding-Schools . . . . . . . . .. , . . . 26 
 
 Bramber 53 
 
 Caflle-Tavern 13 
 
 Chalybeate-Water . $6 
 
 Chapel Royal ............... 27 
 
 Circulating. Libraries 19 
 
 Coaches 82 , 
 
 Concluding Remarks .71 
 
 Cricketing-Ground . ... . . ,.. 32 
 
 Devil's Dyke ................ 44, 
 
 Eaft Bourn 59 ; 
 
 Elmore's Stables. 2b 
 
 Fifhery 29 
 
 General Defcription ............. 3. 
 
 Hamilton-Houfe , 12 
 
 Highdown-Hill 67 
 
 Hiilorical Event 32 
 
 Hove . . , , ..........!! 62 
 
 Inns. 
 

 CONTENTS, 
 
 Inns . . ,17 
 
 Lewes . . 48 
 
 Marine Pavilion ] J 
 
 Market-Place 2S 
 
 Marlborough-Houfe . 11 
 
 Name 2 
 
 Newhaven 56 
 
 New Shoreham 61 
 
 Old Ship-Tavern L5 
 
 Pcacquets ...... - S7 
 
 Port 81 
 
 Pott-Office ................. 20 
 
 Prefton . .54 
 
 Promenade-Grove ■-...:-. 17 
 
 Public Worfhip (Places of) • ... 23 
 
 Race-Ground 42 
 
 Rides . . , 42 
 
 Roads 75 
 
 Roltir.gdean 55 
 
 Seafbrd . 57 
 
 Situation 1 
 
 Signal-Houfe 45 
 
 Stage-Carts 86 
 
 Stanmer 47 
 
 Stevne 8 
 
 Steyning 64 
 
 Theatre 24 
 
 Tide-Table 8.9 
 
 Ufeful Hints 90 
 
 "Waggons 84 
 
 Worthing G3 
 
 T. Burton, Printer, V 
 tittle Queen-ftrest. J 
 
Library of Congress