From the short interval between these calamitous events, and the foundation of the town, it may reasonably be questioned if it was ever completely finished ; but the many spacious vaults which have been found, some casually within these few years, are a sufficient evidence that it was numerously, if not fully inhabited. Queen Elizabeth, in a tour she made along the coast, in the year 1573, passed through this town, and was so much pleased with the place and situation, that she called it Little London.
A considerable traffic appears, to have been carried on, but of what sort is only conjecture ; though from its relative situation to Boulogne sur mer, and from similar vaults there in use at this day, it is not improbable that this was the mart for French wines imported to England, before the trade of Portugal was established.
The remains of three parish Churches, which, as Lambard affirms, were standing within memory when he wrote, which was in 1575, are a further evidence of its popu-
