belonging to the General. From hence is a very fine view of Hastings Castle, the sea, and surrounding country. Through these grounds enter a lane which leads to Hastings by the Limekilns.
BATTLE ABBEY.
The Town of Battle, which is about seven miles from Hastings on the London road, and derives its name from the great battle fought there between Harold, King of England, and William, Duke of Normandy, afterwards surnamed the Conqueror, is small, consisting of only one street indifferently built. The Church is a neat building, the incumbent whereof is styled the Dean of Battle. Here is a Charity School for forty boys. The trade of this Town consists chiefly in making gunpowder, which is esteemed the best in Europe. King Henry I. granted a market to be kept here upon every Lord's day, as was used in several other places in his time, free from all duties what ever ; but Anthony, Viscount Montague, who, about the year 1600, built himself a beautiful house here, obtained an Act of Par-
