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tTieir father pointed out to them that of 

 Capt. Hall, as a perfect model of convenient, 

 as well as elegant, architecture. The origi- 

 nal house stood at the bottom of the hill, in 

 the parish of Waltham Holy Cross ; and 

 here was a neat private Chapel for the use of 

 the family, which anciently belonged to the 

 abbots of Waltham Abbey. This chapel 

 ivas decorated by the beautiful painted win- 

 dow, now in the church of St. Margaret, 

 Westminster. 



After enjoying the many beautiful pros- 

 pects which here present themselves, they 

 stopt on their return to Waltham Holy Cross, 

 or Waltham Abbey, as it is generally term- 

 ed. To the question of the boys, How it 

 bad obtained the first appellation ? their father 

 informed them that it was so designated 



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from a holy cross said to have been miracu- 

 lously conveyed hither ; and he added, that 

 it had received its second name from a mag- 

 nificent abbey founded here, in honour of 

 this cross, by king Harold. This abbey 

 was so much distinguished by a series of 



