VILLE (From L. villa, Fr. ville, G. weiler, Swiss, wyl) :-Gonville.
WADE (From L. vadum, a ford) :-Fanwade.

WAY-Posway.

WELL-Bladwell or Blodwell, Bodwell, Bonicwell, Burwell, Coswell, Gladwell, Goldwell, Haswell, Kentwell, Lepingwell, Lodwell, Warwell. Well and wall in compos. of local names are perhaps more frequently corruptions of ville, than from well.

WICK (From Sax. wic, wyc, dwelling place, habitation, village, castle): Edick, Moldwick.

WOOD-Clissold, Coswell, Enwood, Garwood, Jerwood, Orpwood, Rickwood, Simwood, Windwood.

WORTH (Sax. farm, hall, court, manor) :-Barkesworth, Flinworth, Ownsworth (perhaps orig. Houndsworth), Risworth.

Gray's Inn.

(To be continued.)

R. S. CHARNOCK,

The "Seven Hills" between Thetford and Bury.-On the road between Thetford and Bury St. Edmunds, about six miles from the latter place, stand the group of barrows known as the Seven Hills. Those standing to the westward of the road were levelled a fewyears ago, for agricultural purposes. Can any of your correspondents inform me whether any remains were discovered in or about them, tending to elucidate their origin.-B.P.H.

ROUND TOWERS TO SUFFOLK CHURCHES.

Allow me to add a few more names to those already given at pp. 76 108, and 139, viz:

Your correspondent S.E. p. 139, has given you the names of several Norfolk Churches, mixed up with those of Suffolk, which is likely to mislead, as eight of the eighteen names given are of the former county. Query is there not some mistake with respect to Saxtead? In the Ecclesiastical and Archeological Topography of England, (No. 211) it states it has "neither tower nor cot."

There are 45 round towers and 1 octagonal to Churches in Suffolk, a complete list of which I here append arranged alphabetically. The figures refer to corresponding numbers in the Ecclesiastical and Archaeological Topography of England, part vii, Suffolk.-JOHN L. CLEMENCE.

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P. 114, 1. 15. 1645, should be 1648-9; p. 115, 1. 1, Dr. Song, should be Dr. Young, or Yong; p. 150, 1. 18 from bottom, 1368, should be 1568.

Amongst the old customs which it is the fashion of the present day to consider " more honoured in the breach than the observance," and which, having been discouraged by the legislature and falling into desuetude will, in a few years, be reckoned amongst "things not generally known,' may be placed that of displaying cockades of party colours at elections of Members of Parliament. I am amongst the few who view with apprehension the tendency towards secret voting, indicated by the disuse of party symbols. But that is not the point of my present communication. I think it will prove an interesting subject of inquiry what colours have been worn by the parties to the great political contests which have agitated these counties; and whether those colours have been used as symbolical of principles, or only as family distinctions. The origin of wearing colours may be traced to the liveries given to their retainers by the great barons and knights of olden times,* when the family colours of the candidate for the representation of the county, would naturally be displayed by his adherents. After counties became emancipated from the

*The country gentlemen of the present day whose position intitles them to the honour of representing their Sovereign in the office of High

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Sheriff, have shabbily discontinued the ancient practice of giving their liveries.

nomination of a few leading families, the colour distinctive of some party in the state, whose principles the candidate advocated, was adopted as his ensign.

I should like then to see put on record, while yet the information can be obtained from living persons, the distinctive colours of the candidates for the representation of the Eastern Counties and Boroughs;—which of them were family colours;-and which, emblems of the great principles which have from time to time obtained the support of different parties in this kingdom.

To begin then with the County of NORFOLK :-The great families, most of them since ennobled, from which the county members were generally chosen, were the COKES, who wore orange; the WINDHAMS, white; the WODEHOUSES, pink and purple; the ASTLEYS, green. Of these, the first appears the only one which had a political signification; that colour, having been introduced by the partisans of William of Orange, was generally adopted by the great Whig party. All the Tory candidates for Norfolk of late years, have hoisted the pink and purple ensign. Why were they first displayed by the Wodehouses, so long the champions of Toryism? and did they originally belong to that family only, or were any party associations connected with the mixture?

Who can tell what colours were borne by other leading families who have either represented or contested the county-the De Greys, the Bacons, the Mordens (or Harbords), the Walpoles? More recently, Sir William Folkes' supporters wore dark blue.

In the City of Norwich the Tory colours have for many years been orange and purple; and the Whig colours blue and white, whosoever were the candidates. In Yarmouth, the Tories have always sported crimson; and the Whigs blue. Can any one say at what times and on what occassions these distinctions were first introduced? What are the Lynn colours, and what the Thetford?

In SUFFOLK, at the grand contested election of 1790, Rous's colour was true blue, which has been the emblem of Toryism in Suffolk ever since. BUNBURY'S Cockades were pink and white, probably family colours, as their race horses and jockies sported the same. VAN-NECK'S were pale blue and white. Wanted, the colours of Holt and Cornwallis.

At the election of 1830, MR. TYRELL mounted the white cockade; and after the division of the county, MR. SHAWE chose yellow, in which he was followed by MR. ADAIR.

In Ipswich, as long as I can remember, blue and yellow have been the distinctive marks of Tories and Whigs respectively, as in the county; but I am told that SIR JOHN DOYLEY'S colour in 1790, was red, and his opponents blue and white.

Bury St. Edmund's and other Suffolk Boroughs, I know nothing about. I am not aware of any printed book that affords the information sought. The Poll Books do not. And now, having started the subject, which if I mistake not is a novel one, I leave it to be followed up by any of your correspondents who may be willing to do so.-G. A. C.

MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS.-APPLETON CHURCH, NORFOLK.

It is almost needless to draw the attention of the readers of the East Angliun, to the dilapidated condition of the numerous ruined churches to be met with in East Anglia; but principally on the Norfolk coast. Many of these, perhaps, retain some few monumental inscriptions. Owing to the exposure to which they are subject, these go more quickly to decay than those in our churches still used for Divine service. A collection of the former would, I think, be doubly valuable.

In the Autumn of 1860, I paid a visit to the ruined church of Appleton, near Lynn, with the intent to copy the monumental inscriptions, should any remain. Alas, I found only one. Blomfield (Hist. of Norfolk, vol. iv., p. 464, ed. 1775), gives us the following account of the building and its monuments :

"The church is mostly in ruins; it was covered with lead, and had a round tower, and is a single pile; I found horses chained together in the porch, and in the church, both in a filthy condition, and no door to the church."

......

widow of

"At the east end lies a gravestone, 'To the memory of Frances Edward Paston, of B......, Esq.; who died Feb. 15, 1665, daughter to Sir John Sydenham, of Brympton, in Somersetshire.'

"Hic requiescit corpus Tho. Paston, militis, obt Apud Congham."

Both these inscriptions are entirely effaced. The one I found, is also given by Blomfield, but as I read it rather differently, I place the copies side by side. Perhaps some reader can fill up the wanting words.

I think the inscriptions, were the stone a little more legible, would agree in every particular, save the lines beginning "In charitate" and ending at “Clara.”

Of the church, all that now remains is the nave; the tower, which is round and in fair preservation; and south porch. There appears to have been a south aisle and chancel, both of which are entirely gone. A holywater stoup, filled too—with rain water, and a hole near the chancel arch in the north wall, which may have been an aumbrie, are the only things worthy of note in the interior. With the exception of "the horses chained in the porch," I think Blomfield's account of the building might well serve for one of my visit. The tower filled with pigeons, perhaps the most fit inhabitants of such a place, is a pleasing feature in the landscape. If this note is not too "prosy" for insertion in your ensuing paper, let me hope it will lead some better pens than mine to give accounts of the ruined churches of East Anglia.-G. W. M.