Omnibuses leave the followThe journey is performed in 2 hours 45 minutes. ing 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, 206 LONDON TO DENBIGH THROUGH BIRMINGHAM, NEWPORT, &c. a small town near the Roman Aqualate Hall, Sir T. F. 64 Watling Street, possesses an 1421 F. Boughey, Bart. To Stafford, 12 miles. To Eccleshall, 9 miles. Newport affords the title of Viscount to the Earls of Bradford. Chetwynd Park, B. 623 Borough, Esq. 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 Shiftnal was his birth-place. Pop. 1851, 2906. Chetwynd. 143 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, 8 miles, thence to Shrewsbury, 18 miles. Longford Hall, R. M. Leake, Esq. 601 148 561 Shakeford. 150 541 To Drayton, 3 miles. Buntingsdale Hall, J. 52 Tern Hill. 1541 To Shrewsbury, 16 m., Wellington, 144 miles. Tayleur, Esq. To Whitchurch by Ight field, 8 miles. 2 miles distant, Cloverly Hall, J. W. Dod, Esq. Sandford Hall. The church contains several monuments, and a stained glass window, executed by Eggerton. WREXHAM, a flourishing town, noted for its fairs. The principal object is the church, a noble structure of the fifteenth century, surmounted by a tower of great beauty. The interior is highly ornamented, and contains a superb altar piece, besides a number of monuments of peculiar beauty. Pop. of Parl. bor. 1851, 6714. Both Wrexham and Ruthin are included in the Denbigh district of burghs. (See also p. 148.) 179 22 Caergwrle, (Flintsh.) 184 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, 3 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. 1851, 8373. 2 m. from Ruthin is Pool Park, Lord Bagot. 208 LONDON TO DENBIGH THROUGH BIRMINGHAM, &c.—Continued. 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 captain, 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. Ruthin, and Wrexham, in returning one M.P. Pop. of Par. bor. 1851, 5498 The vicinity abounds with beautiful and interesting scenery. It gives the title of Ear! to the Fielding family. * Mr Fitzmaurice was brother of the first and uncle of the present Marquis of Lansdowne, and having married Mary third Countess of Orkney in her own right, was grandfather of the present Earl. 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, lingborough, 11 m. 14 m. distant, Abington Abbey (a 208 NORTHAMPTON, p. 224. 66 lunatic asylum), and beyond. Overstone Park, Lord Över stone. To Market Harborough, 206 15 m.: 14 m. distant, Bough ton House, R. W. Howard Vyse, Esq, Brampton House. Spration House. Cottesbrooke House, Sir J. H. Langham, Bart. Thornby Hall; and, 2 miles 2001 distant, is Naseby, where the decisive battle was fought between Charles L. 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 193 Hall, G. F. Turville, Esq. Misterton Hall. To Leicester, 12 m. Creaton. To the left of this place is Holmby House, where Charles I. was imprisoned. Thornby. Welford. cr. river Kilworth, 87 89 Ullesthorpe House. Claybrooke Hall. 187 185 184 Walcote. LUTTERWORTH, on the Swift, has a considerable stocking trade. The church is a largel 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 delivered his discourses. The chair in which he expired is also shown. He was buried here in 1387; but, in 1428, his body was taken up and burut, and his ashes cast into the Swift. Pop. 1851, 2446. Bitteswell. 181 Claybrooke. 179 High Cross (on Wat- 95 Here two P |