|England, except that of Westminster; the grandeur of its ruins |still convey an idea to the beholder of its ancient magnificence. |The abbot lived in all the state of regal splendour, with an |income of near forty thousand pounds _per annum_. The last abbot, |refusing to surrender his abbey to King Henry the Eighth, was, |with two of his monks, drawn on a hurdle to the Torr, near the |town, and there hanged. | |This is said to be the burial place of the famous King Arthur. | |The town and environs of Glastonbury abound with religious relics; |the most conspicuous of which is the Torr, or St. Michael’s Tower, |which still remains an object of admiration to travellers. | |The town was built by king Ina, about the year 708, when after |having been destroyed by the Danes, and subsequently by fire, it |was rebuilt by Henry the Second. | |Near the town are found several petrifactions, resembling snakes, |cockles, oyster-shells, &c. The market is on Tuesday. | 277|Gluvias, St., Cornwall, 130. | 33|=Godalming=, Surrey, 27. A market town and parish, containing 680 |houses, and 3543 inhabitants. This town is delightfully situated |in a valley by the side of the river Wey, which is navigable from |thence to Weybridge, where it falls into the Thames. The church is |a neat building with a high and handsome spire. Its chief |manufactures are woollen goods, particularly stockings and fleecy |hosiery. Market on Saturday. | 20|Godstone Green, Surrey, 55. | 181|Golds Cross, Devon, 148. | 275|Gonree, Cornwall, 130. | 275|Gonree Moor, Cornwall, 130. | 78|=Gosport=, Hants, 98. A market town situated on the west side of |Portsmouth Harbour, over which there is a constant ferry. It |contains 1474 houses, and 7788 inhabitants. | |This is a place of great trade and business, but more particularly |so in time of war, from the number of docks here for the King’s |service, and likewise a large iron foundery, in which various |articles are cast for the use of the navy. | |A little to the south of this town near the sea, is that noble |building, Haslar Hospital, for the cure of the sick and wounded |seamen in his Majesty’s service. This building was begun in 1746, |and finished in 1762, it stands on a dry gravelly soil, and is |surrounded with an airing ground, near a mile in circumference, |enclosed with a wall twelve feet high. On a pediment in the front |of the hospital are various emblematical sculptures. The hall is |very spacious, and the wards are all uniformly sixty feet long, |and twenty broad. | |It has a strong fort, with a platform well mounted with cannon to |defend the entrance into the harbour. The market is on Saturday. | 260|=Grampound=, Cornwall, 128.