|This place is but badly supplied with water, chiefly from a pond |in the middle of the town, at one end of which is the town close. |The church stands about a mile and a half from the town. | |On the Downs are annual horse races, which are generally much |frequented. The race-course being on an elevated situation, |commands an extensive view of the surrounding country. | |Epsom contains 414 houses, and 2404 inhabitants. | 15|Epsom Common, Surrey, 62. | 252|Erme, St., Cornwall, 158. A parish containing 70 houses, and 358 |inhabitants. | 15|Esher, Surrey, 25. A parish containing 154 houses, and 874 |inhabitants. It commands a pleasant and beautiful prospect over |the surrounding country. | 17|Esher Common, Surrey, 25. | 22|Eton, Bucks, 175. This village, which consists principally of one |street, is pleasantly situated on the north bank of the river |Thames, opposite Windsor, to which it is connected by a bridge. It |contains 290 houses, and 2026 inhabitants. | 22|Eton College, Bucks, 175. This noble seminary of learning was |founded by the unfortunate Henry the Sixth, in the year 1440. It |is most advantageously situated in a valley both healthy and |fertile, through which the river Thames winds its delightful |course at a short distance from its walls, contributing greatly to |the beauty of this truly interesting scene. | |This institution supports a provost, vice-provost, and seventy |scholars, with various officers and assistants. Besides which |there are seldom less than 300 noblemen and gentlemen’s sons, who |board with the masters, and receive their education at this |seminary. | |The college consists of two quadrangles: one of them is |appropriated to the school, and the lodging of the masters and |scholars; the other contains the apartments of the provost and |fellows, and likewise the library, which is regarded as one of the |finest in Europe. Some very valuable drawings, paintings, and |oriental manuscripts, are among its curiosities. | |The chapel is a fine gothic structure, ornamented with pinnacles |and embrasures. | 68|Ewell, Kent, 10. A parish containing 34 houses, and 172 |inhabitants. | 13|=Ewell=, Surrey, 61. A market town and parish, containing 194 |houses, and 1112 inhabitants. It is pleasantly situated, and |remarkable for its numerous crystal springs, which unite and form |the head of a fine stream, called Hog’s Mill River, which falls |into the Thames at Kingston. The market is on Thursday. | 172|EXETER, Devon, 116, 147, 197. This city was formerly called |_Excestor_, or a city standing on the river Ex, and more anciently |_Isex_; it was the _Isca Danmoniorum_ of the Romans. It is about