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royal and noble benefactors, that it was one 

 of the most opulent in the kingdom. 



Henry III., to avoid the expenses of a 

 court, used frequently to reside in it; in, 

 consideration of which he granted to the 

 town of Waltham a market and fair. 



The present proprietor is Sir William 

 Wake, Bart, who had, on the site, a modern 

 built seat, called "The Abbey Hoine." 

 This he sold to James Barwick, Esq. who 

 pulled it down in 1770, and has let the site, 

 and the ground belonging to it, to a gardener* 



He pointed out to them the tower of the 

 church, which was erected in the time of 

 Queen Mary, as well as the inside of the 

 church itself, which affords a beautiful speci- 

 men of the Saxon architecture. This, how- 

 ever, he told them, formed only the nave of 

 the original church, the cross aisles having 



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extended beyond what is now the chancel ; 

 and the old tower, which fell down after the 

 Dissolution, rose, in course, as the centre of 

 a cross. 



He also pointed out to them a few beauti- 



