GOUDHURST, (Kent) 40 cm. 48 mm. from London, is near Cranbrook in the road from Tunbridge. It was the ancient patrimony of
the Bedgburies, one of whom procured the Mt. here on W. but passed by marriage to Thomas Colepeper, in whose family it
continued till very lately. Its Ch. was so impaired by a storm of thunder and lightning, Aug. 23, 1637, that its tall
steeple was forced to be pulled down, and though a brief was granted for the repair of both, the steeple was begun, but
not finished, and only a small wooden top was set on the stone-work, and one great bell put in it. Here is a Fair Aug. 15.