From London to
Croydon 10 Miles, a small Village of one Street only. Godstone 10 Miles,
Situated very low and surrounded with Hills. East Grinsted 12 miles a small
village situated on a rough rising ground, Uchkfield 10 miles. Lewes 8 miles a
County Town in Sussex where the Races are held Yearly, at which the Duke of
Richmond Presides as Lord Lieutenant, and gives a fifty pound Plate himself.
The Course a very fine one and so situated as to be seen the whole four miles
round. Lewes is situated on the side of a Hill, is not very large, but clean
and neat. Lord Gage's Seat at Firle is five miles from Lewes, pleasantly situated
but Commands no great prospect of Country. The House is a very good one with
four faces and a small Court within from which you enter a fine Hall, above the
Gate way is a long Gallery upwards of one hundred feet long.
SOURCE: New York
Historical Society, Publisher, Collections of the New York Historical
Society for the Year 1883: The Kemble Papers, Vol. 1 1773-1789, p. 12-3
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