HENLEY UPON THAMES, (Oxfordshire) 29 cm, 35 mm. from London, had a stone-bridge, now a wooden one, over the r. and is said
to be the oldest T. in the Co. It was anciently tha Lp. of the Earl of Cornwall, afterwards Ld. Hungerford's, and in the
R. of Hen. VII. that of Edward Ld. Hastings, by marriage of Ld. Hungerford's daughter. It is a corp. governed by a warden,
burgesses, &c. and has a Mt. on Th. and Fairs on Feb. 24, Holy-Th. Trinity-Th. and Th. before Midsummer. It is thought
that on many Mt. days in the year, there are sold 300 cartloads of malt and other corn. The inh. are generally maltsters,
mealmen, and bargemen, who inrich the neighbourhood, as well as support themselves, by carrying corn, malt, and wood to
London. Here are two good fr. scs. besides a ch. sc. one a grammar sc. founded by K. James I. and another for teaching,
cloathing, and apprenticing several poor children, by the Lady Elizabeth Periam, which is called the Blue-Coat school. An
almsh. was also built here by Longland Bp. of Lincoln, which is governed by the corp. The bounty of nature itself to this
T. is seen in these articles, viz. a sort of marchasite; and a black flint, which, if polished, would serve as a
touchstone; it is used in making of glass; and there is a sort of sand here, which gives it a consistency and body. Roman
coins have been often found in its Mt.-place. The Chiltern-Hills run in a ridge from hence, and separate this Co. from
Bucks.