and slow stream, flows into the Tweed. On its banks stands Twizel Castle (Sir Francis Blake, Bart.) Beneath the Castle the ancient bridge is still standing by which the English crossed the Till before the battle of Flodden.* The glen is romantic and delightful, with steep banks on each side, covered with copsewood. On the opposite bank of the Tweed is Milne-Graden (David Milne, Esq.), once the seat of the Kerrs of Graden, and, at an earlier period, the residence of the chief of a border clan, known by the name of Graden. A few miles eastward is Ladykirk, nine miles from Berwick. Near this is Ladykirk, the seat of D. Robertson, Esq. The church of this parish is an ancient Gothic building, said to have been erected by James IV., in consequence of a vow made to the Virgin, when he found himself in great danger while fording the Tweed in this neighbourhood. By this ford the English and Scottish armies made most of their mutual invasions. In the adjacent field, called Holywell Haugh, Edward I. met the Scottish nobility, to settle the dispute between Bruce and Balliol, relative to the Scotch crown. On the opposite bank of the Tweed stands the celebrated castle of Norham. The description of this ancient fortress, in the poem of Marmion, is too well known to require quotation here. The extent of its ruins, as well as its historical importance, shows it to have been a place of magnificence as well as strength. In 1164, it was almost rebuilt by Hugh Pudsey, Bishop of Durham, who added a huge keep or donjon. After 1174 it seems to have been chiefly garrisoned by the King, and considered as a royal fortress. It was the residence of Edward I. when umpire on the claims of Bruce and Balliol to the Scottish throne. It was repeatedly taken and retaken during the wars between England and Scotland. The ruins of the castle are at present considerable as well as picturesque. They consist of a large shattered tower, with many vaults and fragments of other edifices enclosed within an outward wall of great circuit. "they crossed The Till, by Twisel Bridge. High sight it is, and haughty, while They dive into the deep defile; Beneath the cavern'd eliff they fall, Beneath the castle's airy wall. By rock, by oak, by hawthorn tree, Troop after troop are disappearing; Troop after troop their banners rearing, Upon the eastern bank you see, Still pouring down the rocky den, Where flows the sullen Till, Marmion, C. T ON RIGHT FROM LOND. EDINBURGH. CXXXVII. LONDON TO SEDBERGH, BY BOROUGHBRIDGE, LEYBURN, AND Newby Park. 56 53 York Gate Inn (p. 371.) Norton Conyers, Sir B. R. Graham, Bart. Sleningford Hall, J. Dalton, Esq. Swinton Park. Jerveaux Abbey, avery fine ruin, is the property of the Marquis of Ailesbury. *For a description of the road from Jedburgh to Edinburgh, see Black's Picturesque Tourist. Hardrow Force is situated 142 about of a mile from the Hawes. The descent by a rude stair leads into a natural amphitheatre, the walls 11 Carperby. ASKRIGG has an old church, grammar school, and alms houses. In the vicinity of this place, and of Aysgarth, Carperby, and Bishop's Dale are the celebrated falls of the Ure. Hardrow. The fall at Heaning, about 2 miles from Aysgarth, is remarkably beautiful. To Lancaster, 38 m. 252 5 3 being perfectly perpendicular and of mountain limestone. The chasm is 100 feet deep, of, like breadth, and in length 6 about 400, though from its assuming a curved form to wards the outer extremity, when it opens into the face of the hill, the visitor seems, enclosed in a huge pit. The fall is from the upper extremity of the chasm, and not! unfrequently resembles crystal pilar 100 feet high,, supporting the little wooden bridge, and groups of larches above it. This is undoubtedly one of the most wonderful waterfalls in the kingdom. a About 5 miles from Sedbergh is Dent, situated in the beautiful secluded vale of Dent Dale. The inhabitants are employed in knitting stockings. Sedbergh has several chapels and a free granimar scho 1. Ingmire Ilall, T. S. |