Going along y^e side of y^e hill gives a great view of y^e Country that is mostly jnclosures we passed between two parkes, y^e one is Lord astons, and goe in sight of Tixall hall w^{ch} is a good house and Looks handsomely of stone building: the other was M^r Thetwins parke w^{ch} has fine Rows of trees—ffirrs Scots and Noroway and y^e picanther—the ffront lookes nobly. Noe flatt Roofed houses in this Country but much in windows. Two Large bow windows on Each side runns up y^e whole building, y^e middle the same besides much flatt window between, so that y^e whole is Little besides window. Its built brick and stone, the part to y^e garden ward is new building of y^e new fashion and sash windows. Y^e Court is 2 or 5 stepps up w^{th} open jron pallasadoes y^e breadth of y^e house and a broad paved walk w^{ch} Leads up to y^e doore in the Middle. Y^e visto is quite through y^e house to y^e gardens and through a long walke of trees of a mile through the parke to a Lodge or summer house at y^e End, w^{ch} Lookes very finely, it being a Riseing ground up to y^e parke. There is a Crosse paved walke in y^e Court w^{ch} Leads to a little house on Each End like summer houses, w^{th} towers and balls on y^e top; y^e one Leads through to y^e Churchyard w^{ch} is planted w^{th} Rows of Ewe trees very uniforme and Cutt neately. Y^e Church is new and very handsome, good frettworke on y^e top, the wood worke well Carv’d, its seates good wanscoate and with locks. In the Chancell are two monuments of Marble, one all white, y^e other white with a border Black, and with white pillars; the middle at y^e bottom is alabaster. The pillars of y^e Church is made of y^e Red stone w^{ch} is plenty in this Country and they are all polished over; the ffront is all white marble; stem y^e same veined bleu, y^e foot is black, y^e Cover is wood Carv’d very well. The porch is very high on w^{ch} is a dyal, it almost breakes ones neck to Looke up at it for y^t y^e tower in w^{ch} are 5 bells. There is just against this a garden.