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And then about 5 or 4 miles further, leaving W^'^* 
trtfjgham about half a mile to the Weft, the faid Street 
falls into Humher^ and there ends 5 at which end has 
been a Town calFd Old Wintringham, and a fort of a 
Beach for Shi^. 
All this end of the Country, on the Weft fide of 
this Street, hath been full ot Romans in old time, as 
may be gather 'd from their Moneys, Coyns, and the 
many Tiles and Bricks that are commonly here founds 
elpecially at a Cliff called Winterton Cliffy where has 
been fomeold Roman Buildings 5 and further about two 
miles more Weft ward is Alkkurrow^ which feems to 
have been a Roman Town not only trom its name, 
but alfo from a fmall four-fquare Gamp or Entrench- 
ment there, on the Weft fide of which is a Barrow cal- 
e d CoMntefs Barroiv^ or Countefs Pit^ to this day, funk 
hpjlow in the middle. 
Having thus given you an Idea of this part of the 
Country, and how and whereabouts this Town of 
Roxhji {[mds^ where this Roman Pavement is difco- 
verd, I (hall now proceed to give you an account 
-thereof, as I took it upon the place at my being 
there. 
Mr Place and Mr Nevil^ the two Wmtevton Gentle- 
men, going with me thither, we found that the Clafe • 
or Garti) where this piece of Antiquity is difcover^d^ is 
in the Town aforelaid, on the South Weft of the 
Church, the Lord of the Soyl is Mr Elwap, a South 
Country Gentleman, the Tenants Name is Tho. Smith ; 
the occafion of its difcovery was his digging to repair, 
a fence between this Clofe and another 5 which as 
foon as he had difcover'd be b^red a little thereof, it 
lying about a foot and a half in the ground 5 and dig- 
ging in many places found it to be about 6 or 7 yards 
broad, and as many long, jf not more ^ but he being 
not at all curious thereot, the School-boys went , and 
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