• , DIRECTORY.] . AYOT ST. PETER S. 701

1889, by Major Peter Lawrence Gordon, "ID memory of an old manor house of red brick with quaint twisted chim­ Sophia Gordon, Evelyn Meadows Gordon and Sir James neys, formerly belonged to the Botelers, of Watton Wood Davidson Gordon K.C.S.I. some time private secretary to Hall, by whom it was probably built about the middle of Lord Lawrence and judicial commissioner of Mysore and the 16thcentury : on the south side are two projecting por­ Coorg, d. 1889:" the chancel and nave exhibit portions of tions, containing remarkably fine staircases, boldly and Early English work; the tower and west window, with the elaborately carved and leading to a long apartment or gal­ open timber roofs and chancel screen, are Perpendicular: ]ery above, which extends through the entire length of the the stained east window is a memorial to James Lewis house, a distance of 102 feet: over the principal entrance Walker Venables, who died Jan. 8th, 1852 ; and there are are the arms of Boteler and Drury: on the east side was other memorial windows to William Henry, son of the Rev. once a chapel, removed not many years ago: the building, Thomas Dawson Hudson, of Frogmore Hall, who died in formerly occupied as a farm house, is now the residence of Canada, in September, 1885 ; and to George Augustus aud John Robert Hough Thomson esq. Frogmore Hall, the seat Anne Oddie, who died in 1883, erected by their children; of George Bickersteth Hudson M.A., J.P. is a new and sub­ on the north side is a stained window containing a figure stantial mansion of red brick with stone facings, pictur­ of the Virgin, presented in 1883 by a pupil at Aston rec- esquely situated on a gentle elevation in undulating and tory: on a floor stone in the nave are brass effigies with park-like grounds, with lodge entrance and carriage drive, inscription to " John Kent, late servant to King Edwarde the about a quarter of a mile east from the Great North road Sixt, Queene Mary and Queene Elizabeth," and Mary from London to Stevenage via Watton. Aston House is the (Saunders) his wife and their 10 children i he died 4th residence of Mrs. Metcalfe, and Bareleigh that of Miss August, 1592: the church was restored in 1883, at a cost Heathcote. The soil is gravel and flint; subsoil, various. of over £1,200, under the direction of Mr. W. O. Milne, The chief crops are wheat, barley and turnips. The area is architect, of London, when the south wall of the nave 2,172 acres; rateable value, £3,102; the population in and the porch were entirely rebuilt, the nave roof re-leade