The journey is performed in 2 hours 45 minutes. Omnibuses leave the following offices in London and Birmingham for the railway stations. London offices: -Spread Eagle, Gracechurch Street; Cross-Keys, Wood Street; Bolt-in-Tun, Fleet Street; Swan with Two Necks, Lad Lane; George and Blue Boar, Holborn; Spread Eagle, Regent Circus; Golden Cross, Charing Cross; and Green Man and Still, Oxford Street. Birmingham offices:-Swan, Castle, Hen and Chickens, Albion, and Nelson. LXXXV. LONDON TO DENBIGH THROUGH BIRMINGHAM, NEWPORT, WHITCHURCH, WREXHAM, AND MOLD, 2064. ON RIGHT FROM LOND. From From London. ON LEFT FROM LOND. Aston Park, once the residence of James Watt. 97 Birmingham, (p. 199.) 109 Edgbaston Hall, Lord cr. the Warwick Calthorpe. a small town near the Roman 1391 To Shiffhal, 4 miles. 139 Cotes, Esq. Aqualate Hall, Sir T. F. 64 Watling Street, possesses an 142 F. Boughey, Bart. To Stafford, 123 miles. To Eccleshall, 94 miles. Newport affords the title of Viscount to the Earls of Bradford. old church, (part of which has been rebuilt in such a style as totally to destroy its venerable character, and several other places of worship. The humorous poet, Tom Brown, is said by some to have been born here; but others affirm that Shiffnal was his birth-place. Pop. 2856. Chetwynd. The ruins of Lilleshall Abbey, belonging to the Duke of Sutherland, one of the finest vestiges of Norman architecture in the kingdom. 2 miles distant Lilleshall, Duke of Sutherland. To Wellington, 84 miles, thence to Shrewsbury, 18 miles. Longford Hall, R. Ma Leake, Esq. 143 601 391 Little Green. 1674 32 Bangor Iscoed, (Flint-174 shire.) cr. the river Dee. 30 Marchwiel, (Denbigh-1768 shire.) 274 The church contains several monuments, and a stained glass window, executed by Eggerton. WREXHAM, a flourishing town, noted) for its fairs. The principal Jobject is the church, a noble structure of the fifteenth century, surmounted by al tower of great beauty. The interior is highly ornamented, and contains a superb altar piece, besides a number of monuments of pecu-| liar beauty. Pop. 8600. Wrexham and Ruthin are included in the Denbigh district of burghs. (See also p. 148.) 179 22 Caergwrle, (Flintsh.) 184 151 91 MOLD, a small neat town, with a church containing some good monuments. In the vicinity are cotton-milis. On an eminence cad the Moel Fammau is a nonument, erected in honour of the Geo. III. jubilee. Pop. of Par. bor. 1861, 3735. It forms one of the Flint district of burghs. 191 1 mile distant Hanmer Hall, Sir J. Hanmer, Bart. Gredington, Lord Kenyon, and Bettisfield Park, Sir J. Hanmer, Bart. To Ellesmere, 10 miles. Erthig, S. Yorke, Esq. To Oswestry, 15 m.,Llangollen, 12 miles,Ruthin, 16 miles. Another road, 24 miles in length, leads from Wrexham by Ruthin, 31 miles shorter than the road by Mold. Ruthin is situated on the declivity of hill in the vale of Clwyd. The principal objects are the church, the town-hall, the free school which has produced many eminent scholars, and the remains of the castle. Pop. of Parl. bor. 1861, 3372. 2 m. from Ruthin is Pool Park, Lord Bagot. Leeswood, J. W. Eyton, Esq., and beyond Nerquis Hall Tower. To Ruthin, 8 miles. Rhual. Rhual Issa. Penbedw. Moel-y-Gaer mountain. 1280 feet high. The sum mit has upon it some, fine remains of a military work. Denbigh, the capital of Denbighshire, is pleasantly situated on a rocky eminence in the beautiful vale of Clwyd. The castle, now in ruins, was founded in the reign of Edward I. It underwent a siege during the civil wars, and after the Restoration of Charles II. was blown up with gunpowder and rendered completely untenable. The ruins cover the summit of the craggy hill, and the prospect through the broken arches and frittering walls is extensive and beautiful. Denbigh has been compared to Stirling in Scotland, and has a very imposing aspect from a distance, with the ruinous castle crowning the summit of the hill. The parish church is situated at Whitchurch, one mile from the town, but is seldom used by the inhabitants, who generally attend divine worship at the ancient chapel of St Hilary. In the porch of the parish church, partly ruinous, are the effigies in brass of Richard Middleton of Gwaenynog, and Jane, his wife. He was governor of Denbigh Castle in the reigns of Edward VI., Mary, and Elizabeth. William, his third son, was a sea capiain, and a poet; Thomas, fourth son, became Lord Mayor of London, and founder of the family of Chirk Castle; Hugh, the sixth son, expended an immense fortune in bringing the new river into London. An ancient priory for Carmelites existed at Denbigh, but the conventual church, now converted into a malt-house, is all that remains of the institution. Denbigh had It unites with Holt, formerly a considerable manufactory of gloves and shoes. The vicinity Ruthin, and Wrexham, in returning one M.P. Pop. 6300. bounds with beautiful and interesting scenery. It gives the title of Earl to the Fielding family. * Mr Fitzmaurice was brother of the first Marquis of Lansdowne, and married Mary third Countess of Orkney. In order to encourage his tenantry in Ireland, and promote the national manufacture of linens, he erected a bleaching establishment here at an expense of L.2000, in which, under his own superintendence, 4000 pieces were bleached yearly. It is said he usually travelled in his coach to Chester, and when there stood behind a counter. BANS, WOBURN, NORTHAMPTON, LUTTERWORTH, LICHFIELD, STAFFORD, AND NANTWICH, 274 Miles. Brampton House. Spratton House. Cottesbrook House, Sir J. H. Langham, Bart. Kingsthorpe. 73 Thornby Hall; and, 2 miles 2001 distant, is Naseby, where the decisive battle was fought be-1 tween Charles I. and the Parliamentary forces under Cromwell. The village is considered the centre of England, and the highest 196| ground in it. 3 rivers, the Welland, Nene, and Avon, take their rise in this parish. Sulby Abbey, G. Payne, Esq. To Leicester, 16 miles. At a distance, Bosworth Hall, G. F. Turville, Esq. Misterton Hall. To Leicester, 12 m. 193 Creaton. To the left of this place is Holmby House, where Charles I. was imprisoned. Thornby. 771 ON LEFT FROM LOND. 66 To Daventry, 12 miles. 2 miles distant Upton Hall. 671 Kingsthorpe House, and Althorp Park, Earl Spencer. (See p. 202.) Teeton House. Hollowell and Guilds. horough Hall, W. Z. L. Ward, Esq. 1903 187 185 Walcote. LUTTERWORTH, on the Swift, has a considerable stocking trade. The church is a large handsome building, and] contains several tombs of the Feildings, and a carved oak pulpit, the top of which is said to have! formed part of that from] which Wyckliffe deliver his discourses. The in which he expired is also shown. He ouried here in 17; but, in 1428, his body was taken up and burnt, and his ashes cast into the Swift. Pop. 2289. To Rugby, 8 miles; to Coventry, 13 miles. Coton Hall. Ullesthorpe House. 184 Claybrooke Hall. 181 |
