C. W. B.
My memory enables me to make the following small additions to the list of "Popular Dialects" requested by your correspondent P. M. M. The names of the towns are derived exclusively from my native county, Essex:
| Spelling. | Pronunciation. | |
| Bradwell | Bradell | |
| Brentwood | Burnt'ood | |
| Brightlingsea | Bricklesea | |
| Chelmsford | Chensford | |
| Coggeshall | Cockshall | |
| Colchester | Cou'chester | |
| Davenham | Dagnum | |
| Kelvedon | Kelldon | |
| Margaretting | Margretten | |
| Mersy Island | Masy Island | |
| Mount Nissing | Money's End | |
| Toulleshunt Darcy | Toussent Darcy. |
M. W. B.
Story of Ginevra (Vol. v., pp. 129. 209.).
—Bramshall, Hants (of which there are some views in Nash's Mansions), claims to be connected with a Ginevra tradition, so that Rogers seems to be justified in stating that "many" old houses in this country do so.
P. P.
Ornamental Hermits (Vol. v., pp. 123. 207.).
—FLORENCE must be in error as to the locality of one of her hermits. There is no place called Marcham in Lancashire, nor any resident family of Powyss. The late Lord Lilford certainly married a Lancashire heiress in 1797, and became possessed of property near Warrington. Whether he had a hermit, I cannot say but I never heard of a hermit in the Preston neighbourhood.
P. P.