the text these erections were
alluded to in words similar to
the following, which were ap-
plied to the first stone at
"Beames Land - lane, at the
head of which lane is now
placed and erected a certain
stone, or Mear stone, sculptured
and named Havering Stone,''
and so on to the last "sculp-
tured and named Richard's
Stone, on Courtmill Green."
It is very remarkable that
in spite of their historical and
forestal interest, and of the fact
that they were laid down on the
finer and more accurate earl}'
maps (such as Chapman and
Andre's and Carey's) these boun-
dary stones escaped the notice
of our county topographers and