176 LONDON TO SHREWSBURY THROUGH AYLESBURY, &c.—Continued. cr. riv. Charwell, and the Oxford Canal, Adderbury. The church is a Gothic building, containing several 12 72 Adderbury House, W. Chamberlin, Esq. At a short distance stood the residence of the notorious John Wilmot, second Earl of Rochester. To Chipping Norton, 12 m Saye and Sele. To Warwick through 841 BANBURY (see p. 192). 75 Broughton Castle, Lord Southam, 22 m., to Da ventry, 173 m. 14 m. beyond, Banbury; 823 to Warwick through Gay don, 173 m. 81 Wroxton Abbey, Earl of Guilford. Upton House, Captain J. Radway, E. S. Miller, Esq J. Shirley, Esq. Edgehill (see p. 192). cr. River Avon. STRATFORD ON AVON 95 Six miles before reaching Shrewsbury, a little to the left of the road, is the village of Wroxeter, the site of the Roman city of Uriconium. N 178 LXXIV. LONDON TO SHREWSBURY THROUGH AYLESBURY, KIDDER MINSTER, BROSELEY, AND COLEBROOK-DALE, 161 Miles. LXXV. LONDON TO SHREWSBURY THROUGH COVENTRY AND BIRMINGHAM, 153 Miles, THENCE TO HOLYHEAD, 260 Miles. 151 From London to Bir-109 Edgbaston, Lord Calmingham, (see p. 199.) Aston Pa., J. Watt, Esq. erected about the beginning of the seventeenth 149 century, by Sir T. Holt, who entertained Charles I. here shortly before the battle of Edgehill. Sandwell Park, Earl of To Walsall 3 miles. 143 thorpe. Soho, M. Boulton, Esq. Wednesbury is a market-town of great antiquity, distinguished for its numerous manufactures of cast iron works of every kind, guns, &c. The old church, supposed to have been erected in the eighth century, is an elegant Gothic struc -Continued. ture, with a lofty and beautiful spire. The interior is adorned with some exquisite carving, and contains several monuments of the ancestors of the families of the Earls Harcourt (extinct) and of Lord Ward. Some vestiges of an ancient fort built by the Saxons may still be traced. Coal is obtained here in great abundance, and of superior quality. Here also is found that peculiar species of iron ore, called "blond metal," and some spots abound with a red earth called hip, employed in glazing vessels. Pop. 1851, 11,914, ON RIGHT FROM LOND. 180 LONDON TO HOLYHEAD THROUGH COVENTRY, SHREWSBURY, &c. -Continued. From Holyhd. H. W. Powys. 1051 Great Berwick. Great Ness, J. Ed 1024 Preston Hall. wards, Esq. Boreatton Hall, R. atton Park. Pradoe, T. Kenyon, Esq. Halston Hall. Esq. 931 891 cr. river Severn. At the Queen's Head, a Oswestry was formerly surrounded by walls, which, together with its f gates, were all taken down about 1782. Of its castle, which appears to h been erected in the reign of King Stephen, the only portion existing is on a lo artificial mount at the west end of the town, commanding a rich and extens prospect. Oswestry has two churches (one a venerable building, its to covered with ivy,) a free grammar school, a town hall, a theatre, several meet houses, and charitable institutions. It formerly carried on a considerable tr in Welsh woollens. Pop. 1851, 4817. Belmont, J. V. Lovett, | Esq. At a dist. Brynkinalt, Viscount Dungannon. 88 cr. riv. Ceiriog, & enter Denbighshire. CHIRK. Pentrepant, T. G. W Carew, Esq. Chirk Castle, R. Myd 177 delton Biddulph, Esq. Chirk, a populous village, celebrated for the beauty of the surrounding scene The church contains a number of ancient monuments of the Myddelton famil and in the churchyard are several aged yews. In 1165, Chirk was the scene a severe contest between the English and the Welsh. About two miles distant, the road to Ruabon, is a landscape of remarkable beauty. To the left is Chirk Castle, (R. Myddelton Biddulph, Esq.), an ancient a noble castellated mansion, situated on an eminence, which commands a prospe it is said, into 17 counties. About three miles beyond Chirk is the aqueduct the Ellesmere canal, constructed by Mr Telford, in 1805. It consists of 19 stor arches, supporting an iron trough, 1007 feet long, and is a wonderful effort of i genious contrivance. |