having only one bell. The Church is picturesquely situated in the heart of a romantic wood, having, according to Horsfield (in 1835) no hut or house of any kind within a quarter of a mile. Mr. Hayley describes it in his letter of Sir William Burrell in 1777, as being situate " in the middle of a wood (Church Wood), and having no memorial of interment of any person therein. The general style of the Church appears to be early English, and Perpendicular, with later insertions. It now appears to have been refaced with stone, and a new porch added, and otherwise restored. The graveyard now contains many handsome monuments of the rich, but it still retains something of the beauty of its sequestered situation." Present Incumbent, Rev. A. B. Taylor, the Rectory. Mr. William Harmer, of Hollington, published a Souvenir of Hollington Old Church in 1865, giving its history. It would therefore appear that when Charles Lamb described his visit in 1823, he had made no research.
Readers of this book are assured that Hastings and its environs are just as beautiful and health-giving, and the walks and drives around it as lovely as when Charles Lamb penned his eulogy.
The original of this is a beautiful executed coloured engraving and inscribed, "Painted by Catton, engraved by Sutherland," and described as above. There is a good deal of speculation in regard to the spot from which the artist drew this picture, which he describes as a "View near Hastings." It is one of a very fine collection possessed by Lieut.-Col. F. G. Langham, who himself believes the hill -
