A borough and market town, containing |99 houses, and 601 inhabitants. It was made a borough, with very |extensive privileges, by Edward the First, particularly that of |freedom of toll throughout all Cornwall. It has a good stone |bridge over the river Fale, or Vale, which is of considerable |breadth here; and sends two members to Parliament. The market is |on Saturday. | 67|Gravel Hill, Hants, 97. | 22|=Gravesend=, Kent, 3. A market-town, and the first port in the |river Thames, containing 536 houses, and 31,119 inhabitants. | |The old town of Gravesend was burnt in 1380 by the French and |Spaniards, who came up the river in row gallies. The present town |was erected for the defence of the river in 1513, and, by a grant |of Richard the Second, enjoys the privilege of conveying |passengers to and from London. The boats depart from Billingsgate |every tide at high water, on the ringing of a bell, and from |Gravesend to London every flood. The fare, which was originally |twopence, is now one shilling and sixpence. The church, which is |an elegant building, was erected in 1731. All outward-bound |vessels are obliged to bring-to here, till they have been examined |by the proper custom house officers, and receive their clearances; |here also all foreigners are detained on arriving from abroad, |till they have obtained permission from the Secretary of State’s |office to proceed; and all foreigners departing, must receive |their clearances from the Alien Office here. Opposite the |Block-house, on the Essex shore, is Tilbury Fort, having a strong |battery. The market on Wednesday and Saturday is well supplied, |and on Sunday there is a good fish market. | 41|Gray’s Wood Common, Surrey, 33. | 227|Greenbarrow, Cornwall, 154. | 264|Green Mill, Cornwall, 128. | 42|Green Street, Kent, 6. | 15|Green Street Green, Kent, 16. | 239|Gregland, Cornwall, 156. | 117|Greys Wood, Dorset, 109. | 87|Grims Ditch, Wilts, 104. | 186|Grindown, Devon, 148. | 29|=Grinsted, East=, Sussex, 57. A borough, market town, and parish, |containing 450 houses, and 2804 inhabitants. It is a borough by |prescription of great antiquity, and sends two members to |parliament. The tower of the church fell down in 1785, after |having stood just 100 years, and so much damaged the church, that |the whole was obliged to be rebuilt. | |At the end of the town is a large handsome stone building, called |_Sackville College_, erected by Sackville, Duke of Dorset, in the |reign of James the First; in which are accommodations for 24 aged |persons of both sexes, where each has a comfortable room, and a |yearly allowance of £8. It is governed by a warden and two |gentlemen assistants; and has a neat chapel, wherein the warden