OF THE FOREST OF WALTHAM, 7
found the other stones with the full inscription "Sept. 8th, 1642'' 2 we
knew that this was in fact the Havering Stone, and the "Beames
Land Lane" of the text figures under the more gruesome name of Cut-
throat Lane in the modern six-inch Ordnance Map. No trace of this
lane now exists, but it is probable that its junction with the Whale-
bone Lane was at the point where the Forest Bounds Stone, opposite
Fig. 5.—Forest Boundary Stone in Whalebone Lane.
Paulatim Lodge, now stands (Fig. 5). It was with the greatest
regret that on April 12th of the present year I found that the ditch
in front of Whalebone House had been filled in to the level of the
road, and the Havering Stone buried out of sight. Mr. H. A. Cole
fortunately had secured a sketch of it last year.
2 It is to be noted that the stones are dated a year later than the Perambulation. It is possible
hat the sites were fixed on September 8th, 1641. and the stones, which would naturally take
one time to shape and inscribe, set up on the corresponding date of the following year.