ROUND MIDHURST. 4I delightful black and white houses left; amongst them that figured below, which stands at the top of the hill opposite the Post Office. The brick chimney shafts of some of the small houses or cottages are exceedingly pleasing features and are commented upon in Messrs. Davie and Dawber's recent work on old farmhouses in Kent and Sussex. Pulborough Church, too, possesses many features of interest; it has, for instance, an early English chancel and a Perpendicular nave, to which latter period belong the sedilia. The lych-gate is picturesque. SECTION IV. LEWES AND AROUND IT. LEWES: SOUTHOVER: PLUMPTON: DANNY. LET us explore a little the country around Lewes, the capital of Sussex. It would be hard to find a more interesting capital in any English county, for it possesses historical associations, is rich in antiquarian remains, and is certainly picturesque. How early in history a town of importance existed on the site of the present Lewes, may be a disputed point, but undoubtedly the place was already an active centre of life in Saxon times when King Ethelstan established there two mints. Domesday Book also testifies to its importance, and from the year 1295 it returned members to represent it in Parliament. LEWES CASTLE. Lewes Castle was built, or perhaps re-built, by William, Earl of Warrenne in the time of the Conqueror. Of this stronghold there remain two gateways; the outer, certainly Norman, is represented overleaf. Passing through these gateways we reach the Keep, probably built in the thirteenth century, in which is |