STONY STRATFORD, ih Buckingrhamshire, is sitn^
ated on the Onse, over whfch is a stone bridge. Many
of the poor here are employed in lace-making, but the
chief suppott of the town is derived from the passage of
travellers. It has a neat Market House, and a modem
0h«i«h dedieiled to St. GilOft. The tower of St. Mary's
Chuwli is alao Ha&ditig, but the body was destroyed by
in ui 1T49. lyp. 1499. Inm $ the Bull, the Cock.
Four ittilei from Stoney Stratford^bul in Northampton*
Mn^ is tVak^Uld L^ff9, the eeat of the Duke of
Grafton.
TOWCESTER, in Noithan^ptonshire, is an ancient
town Ob tll« banks of the Weedon, chiefly supported by
its iHniy though the poor are employed here in the
maaufaictuye of taoe and silk. The Church contains a
ttottumem in memory of William Soonne, who founded
a cvfiege in this towti, iti the time of Henry VI.
About a mile from Toweester, is Easton Nesian, a
dMiasion Of the Earl of Pomfret^ formerly celebrated for
a s|^lelidid collectien of antique statues and marbles^
whteh ireie gives to the Onivefsity of Oxford in 1755>.
alid t^ houfte ia bow deserted. The adjacent Church
oontainfcsoifteeurious monuments. Pop, 2tiM. Inns;
tbe Sameea'ft Head, the Tatbot, the White Horse.
DAVENTRY, in Northamptonshire, is an ancient but
iltobmit lowti, eanyine on a considerable manufactory of,
silk stOfMwa and whii^. The principal objects de-
mM^ WHMd) we Oie €l!trrth> « faaiKhrome mOdenr

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building; the lemains of a Priory^ dissolved by Wolsey;
and the entreiicbineiits on an adjacent eminence^ called
Danes' or Borough Hill, some of the most extensive in
England. The celebrated dissenting Academy formerly
at this place has been removed to Wymondley. Pop.
SS26. Inm; the Saracen's Head, the WbeatsLeaf.
