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112 TALLIs's ILLUSTRATED LONDON;
Buckingham House; they were afterwards transferred to
Windsor, and finally brought back to Hampton Court.
Opposite to Hampton Court on the Surrey side of the
Thames, is the picturesque old town of Kingston-on-
Thames, which during the sway of the Saxons was a royal
town; it having been called Cyningestane from its own-
ing the stone on which the Saxon Kings sat when crowned.
In 1850 this stone itself was inaugurated with much cere-
mony, being placed in a prominent position in the centre
of the town, and an iron railing erected round it. In 838,
Egbert, first king of all England,, held a general council
here. The following kings are said to have had the
ceremony of their coronations in this town : Edward the
Elder crowned, 900; his son Athelstan; Edmund; Eklred
or Edred (who is supposed to have assumed the title
of King of Great Britain), in 946; Edwy or Edwin;
Edward the Martyr; and Ethelred, in 978. The old
bridge over the Thames was believed to be coeval with
the late London-bridge; the present structure, comprising
seven arches, was opened in 1828.
Continuing our course along the left hank of the
Thames, we reach the pleasant villages of Teddington and
Tioickenham. The latter place is celebrated as containing
Strawberry-hill, the villa of that amusing writer of the
last century, Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford, and like-
wise the house and gardens of Alexander Pope. The
remains of the poet rest in Twickenham church, his mo-
nument bearing an inscription written by his friend,
Bishop Warburton. On the bank of the river is a large
brick mansion, with corridors projecting from its front.
The Princess of Denmark, afterwards Queen Ann1:, resided
here for some time; and Louis Phillippe, the la;o king of
the Erench, became its tenant during his first exile, when
the star of Eobespierre was in the ascendant. It has
since been called Orleans House.
We how approximate to the populous village of Rich-
mond, in Surrey, one of the most beautiful spots on the
banks of the Thames. Its original name was Sheen, a
Buckingham House; they were afterwards transferred to
Windsor, and finally brought back to Hampton Court.
Opposite to Hampton Court on the Surrey side of the
Thames, is the picturesque old town of Kingston-on-
Thames, which during the sway of the Saxons was a royal
town; it having been called Cyningestane from its own-
ing the stone on which the Saxon Kings sat when crowned.
In 1850 this stone itself was inaugurated with much cere-
mony, being placed in a prominent position in the centre
of the town, and an iron railing erected round it. In 838,
Egbert, first king of all England,, held a general council
here. The following kings are said to have had the
ceremony of their coronations in this town : Edward the
Elder crowned, 900; his son Athelstan; Edmund; Eklred
or Edred (who is supposed to have assumed the title
of King of Great Britain), in 946; Edwy or Edwin;
Edward the Martyr; and Ethelred, in 978. The old
bridge over the Thames was believed to be coeval with
the late London-bridge; the present structure, comprising
seven arches, was opened in 1828.
Continuing our course along the left hank of the
Thames, we reach the pleasant villages of Teddington and
Tioickenham. The latter place is celebrated as containing
Strawberry-hill, the villa of that amusing writer of the
last century, Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford, and like-
wise the house and gardens of Alexander Pope. The
remains of the poet rest in Twickenham church, his mo-
nument bearing an inscription written by his friend,
Bishop Warburton. On the bank of the river is a large
brick mansion, with corridors projecting from its front.
The Princess of Denmark, afterwards Queen Ann1:, resided
here for some time; and Louis Phillippe, the la;o king of
the Erench, became its tenant during his first exile, when
the star of Eobespierre was in the ascendant. It has
since been called Orleans House.
We how approximate to the populous village of Rich-
mond, in Surrey, one of the most beautiful spots on the
banks of the Thames. Its original name was Sheen, a