16 
upper end of the Haymarket. In: like 
manner, pernaps, Peckham was originally 
written Peakham, from the beautiful Peak 
or Hill, under which it is fituated. 
Paffing tothe eaftern end of the town, I 
would query, Whether the difirié of Lime- 
houfe tock its name from a Lime-burner’s, 
or whethes its original orthography might 
‘pot be Lea-moufh, or Lea-mouth-houie, 
conformably to its fituation. . ) 
Mr. Lyfons and other topographst's 
have not favoured us with the derivation 
of the names and villages near London, 
viz. Lambeth, Kennington, Newington, 
Clapham, Walworth, Camberwell, Dulwich, 
Barking, Plaiflow, Hommerton, Hackney, 
Clapton, Shacklewell, Haggerfton, Totten- 
-ham, Enfield, Barnet, Iflington, Hamp- 
ftead, Hendon, Edgeworth, Pinner, Acton, 
Ealing, Fulham, Putney, Chifwick, Chel- 
fea, Kenfington, Kilburn, Paddington, &c. 
Tf, therefore, any of your cerrefpondents, 
who may have it in his power to examine 
ancient writings or records, would ob- 
Figingly communicate to the public. the 
refult of any inveftigations made refpeé- 
ing the places er citcumftances above- 
mentioned, it would furnifh the Monthly 
Magazine with an entertaining article, 
which would alio be very interelting to its 
numerous readers in the vicinity of the 
metropolis. Eee. 
Wefioe, Durham, Nov. 4) 1799+ 
SE 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
7 SR ‘ 
‘HAVE jutt learned with much pleafure 
-that Mr. Southey, whofe poetical ta- 
lents do honor to his country, has under- 
taken an edition of the pcems of Rowley. 
and Chatterton. At the hands of Mr. 
Southey, the unfortunate bard may expect 
juftice. A poet can beft appreciate the merit 
ofa poet.—If Mr. Southey fhould engage | 
in aninveftigation of the authenticity of the 
poems afcribed to Rowley, he will, I am 
fure, throw new light upon that interefting 
fubject. Will this very ingenious gentle- 
man pardon me, if I fhould intrude my 
opinion on him?—It fhall be briefly ftated. 
Chatterton was born with admirable 
talents, and an afpiring foul. He had 
hardly entered life when he began to devife 
means of rendering his name immortal. 
Difcovering in the tower of Redcliff church 
fome old poems of great beauty, he deter- 
mined to make them his own. He tran- 
fcribed them, fupplied from his own imagi- 
nation the paflages defaced by time,deftiroy- 
ed the originals, and then publifhed his tran- 
feript. ‘The public curiofity was excited, 
and an inquiry fet on foot after the origi~ 
Z L 
‘Chatterton.-—Pedefirian Excurfian. 
nals: but asthe originals could not_be 
found, Chatterton was (as he -prediéted) 
efieemed the author ot poems which he was 
not capable of writing. The modern ideas, 
and modern words in old fpelling, were - 
certainly inferted by Chatterton either to 
fupply deficiencies, or to favor the deceit. 
Had there been nothing moderz found in 
thé poems, no doubt would have been en- 
_y* tertained of their authenticity; and Chat- 
terton’s deep laid {cheme would, of courfe, 
have been defeated. cae 
Of Chatterton no portrait, I believe, 
exifts. But would it not be poffible to ob- 
tain a faéfitious likenefs? Some of his 
fifter’s children may refemble him ;—and 
there probably is fill living in Briftol 
{eme painter who remembers him. A 
iketch might be attempted, and handed 
about amongit his-friends. Each would 
fuggeft an alteration; and at length, a - 
diftant, if not a clofe refemblance, might 
be obtained. 
O27, 2799- je Re ees 
P.S. I fhould be glad to-fee among the 
embellifhments of the 
Ramfay’s Works, a view of his houfe near 
Edinburgh. There is, I am told, fomething 
very whimfical in the conftru€tion. I hope 
the editor will keep in mind, that whoever 
wrote the Gentle Shepherd, would feem to. 
have read both the Amnta and Peffor Fido. 
It isnot, I think, very probable, that Ramfay 
had ever’read either. 
Bifhop Percy difcovered amongft the min- 
firels of Henry V. one named Thomas Chat- 
terton. Relig. Vol. I. Effay on the Anc. Mimft. 
p. xliv, note ({) 4th ed. é 
: . | ee : 
For the Monthly Magazine. 
A PEDESTRIAN EXCURSION THROUGH 
SEVERAL PARTS OF ENGLAND. AND 
WALES,, DURING THE SUMMER OF 
1797- 
( Continued from p. 967. ) 
HE curious collections at Wiltoxz- 
Houfe command, of courfe, the at- 
tention of every traveller who vifits this 
part of the country, as we did, to fee and 
, S . . . - 
obferve. It is certainly, in its way, a 
moft grand and interefting exhibition ; and 
the anfiquary and the virtuofo muft con- 
template it with infatiable delight. 
was however, ior our tafte, fomewhat too 
curious; at leaft, for fo cafual a furvey. 
To enjoy it properly, one ought to fpead 
days and weeks in its examination. 
hurried as one is from chamber to cham- 
ber to get through the whole in a few 
hours, one has not time to become pre- 
perly interefted in any thing; and obje& 
rufhes upon object with fuch rapidity, that 
the mind is. rgther. funned than amuled ; 
and 
[ Feb. x, 
But. 
intended edition of .- 
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