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which names were retained until the house was pulled 

 down for the Corn Exchange in 1863. The commercial- 

 room kept its name of " Change" — it was where, in the 

 remembrance of many old people, the principal business 

 of the town was carried on ; " The Crown," where the 

 taxes and customs were collected; "The Mitre," where 

 the Church dues were annually paid; and "The 

 Fountain," a name often used in connection with inns or 

 taverns, but the meaning of which Is somewhat obscure. 

 It is stated that the Bishops of Lincoln, in whose diocese 

 Aylesbury then was, held their visitations uninter- 

 ruptedly at the White Hart for nearly three centuries. 

 Every one who knew the old house deeply regretted its 

 destruction, but, like many other buildings, it has yielded 

 to the necessities of modern requirements, and the hand- 

 some Corn Exchange and the commodious markets 

 now stand where It once stood, and probably will be of 

 as much service to future generations as the old Inn was 

 to thousands who took their ease therein, and who each 

 in his turn have departed out of this world. But the old 

 motto seems like to be forgot — 



" Let Peace and Concord sit and singe, 

 And Subjects yield obedience to their Kinge." 



Eythrope House, about four miles from the town of 

 Aylesbury, at the beginning of the present century was 

 a splendid residence, and the then Earl of Chesterfield 

 kept great state there. The park, gardens, and 

 ornamental grounds covered several score of acres 

 around the house, and a large sheet of water, well 

 stocked with fish, added greatly to the beauty of the 

 view from the mansion, and formed a charmin<7 feature 



