11 "I DtJNCOMBE PARK. 



In tlie vicarage garden was found some time 

 feiuce, a copper coin, having the inscription, Anto- 

 ninus Pius, Pater Patrise, round a beautiful laurea- 

 ted head of the emperor ; on the reverse is a female 

 figure leaning on an anchor, and holding some- 

 thing in her right hand, with the letters S. C., the 

 Usual contraction for Senatus Consultu, Perhaps 

 this may be an emblem of hope, as the Romans per- 

 sonified, and even Deified the virtues, vices and qua- 

 lities of men. 



Here are 8 good bells, put up at the expense of 

 the parish, in 1770. Not far from Helinsley is 



DUNCOMBE PARK, 



the seat of Charles Slingsby Duncombe, Esq. This 

 place is peculiarly interesting, not only from the 

 beauty and imposing grandeur of the mansion, but 

 from the delightful situation in which it stands. 

 The grounds about it display great taste ; and the 

 sylvan scenery is indescribably beautiful. From the 

 terrace near the house, the prospects are rich aad 

 various : atone end of this pleasant lawn is an open 

 Ionic temple, and at the other is a Tuscan colon- 

 nade temple ; from either of which the prospect is 

 most delightful. It would occupy a volume to de- 

 scribe all the beauties of this Elysium'; it is sufficient 

 for me to say that it contains all the refreshing and 

 animating scenery which umbrageous vistas, distant 

 Tallies embosoming numerous clusters of foliage, 

 a winding river, a murmuring cascade, and hills of 

 pendent wood, can afford. The eye beholds IICAV 

 objects of astonishment from every fresh point 

 of observation ; and hours glide away as if 



