Derbyshire, through which runs the small river Gilwiskaw. Its
distinctive appellation is derived from the ancient family of the
Zouches, who came into possession of the manor in the reign of Henry
III. It afterwards devolved to the crown, by which it was granted to the
noble family of Hastings, in right of whom the Marquis of that title
still possesses it. The town is chiefly comprised in one street, from
which branches several smaller ones. The church is a handsome ancient
edifice, built of stone, consisting of a nave and two aisles, separated
by four lofty arches, springing from fluted pillars. Here are also
places of worship for the Calvinistic and Wesleyan Methodists,
Presbyterians, and others. A free grammar school was founded in this
town by Henry Earl of Huntingdon, in 1567; and another free school for
26 boys, by Isaac Dawson, in 1669. The manufactures established here are
chiefly those of cotton and woollen stockings, and hats. There is also a
good trade in malt, and the fairs are celebrated for the sale of fine
horses and cattle. The mansion at Ashby was remarkable for its magnitude
and strength, and continued for 200 years the residence of the family of
Sir William Hastings, knt., a particular favourite of Edward IV., who
was elevated by that monarch to several offices of high trust and
dignity. It stood on a rising ground, at the south end of the town, and
was composed of brick and stone from the ruins of Ashby Castle.
_Market_, Saturday.--_Fairs_, Shrove-Monday, Easter Tuesday,
Whit-Tuesday, last Monday in September, November 10, for horses,
cows, and sheep.--_Bankers_, Fishers and Co.; draw upon Hoare,
Barnet, and Co.--_Mail_ arrives 10.30 morning; departs 4.0
afternoon.--_Inns_, Queen's Head, and White Hart.
[Sidenote: An ancient family gave their name to the town.]
[Sidenote: A noble mansion constructed out of the ruins of Ashby
Castle.]
Map| Names of Places. | County. | Number of Miles From |
+--+----------------------+---------+-------------+------------+
23|Ashby Folville to & pa|Leicester|Melton Mow. 6|Leicester 10|
23|Ashby Magna pa|Leicester|Lutterworth 4|Hinckley 11|
23|Ashby Parva pa|Leicester| ... 3| ... 8|
24|Ashby Puerorum[A] pa|Lincoln |Spilsby 5|Alford 7|
28|Ashby St. Ledger[B] pa|Northamp |Daventry 4|Northamp 14|
+--+----------------------+---------+-------------+------------+
|Dist.|
Map| Names of Places. | Number of Miles From |Lond.|Population.
+--+----------------------+-----------------------+-----+-------+
23|Ashby Folville to & pa|Houghton 6| 104| 391|
23|Ashby Magna pa|Leicester 11| 93| 330|
23|Ashby Parva pa| ... 13| 92| 169|
24|Ashby Puerorum[A] pa|Louth 10| 137| 101|
28|Ashby St. Ledger[B] pa|Welford 9| 76| 257|
+--+----------------------+-----------------------+-----+-------+
[A] ASHBY PUERORUM. In the year 1804, a Roman sepulchre was discovered
near this place, by a labourer who was cutting a ditch. It consisted of
a stone chest, which laid 3 feet below the surface of the earth; the lid
fitted nearly to the sides, hanging a little over the edge, so that when
it was removed; no dirt of any kind was found to have gained admittance
during a period of nearly two thousand years. The chest was formed of
free stone, of a kind found in abundance on Lincoln Heath. The urn was
of strong glass well manufactured, and of a greenish colour. The glass
was as perfect and the surface as smooth as if just taken out of the
fire. This receptacle of the ashes was nearly filled with small pieces
of bone, many of which, from the effect of ignition, were white
throughout the whole substance. Among the fragments was discovered a
small lacrymatory, which had been broken, from the curiosity of the
person who discovered it, to ascertain whether it contained any thing of
value.
[Sidenote: A very ancient urn of green glass found here.]
[B] ASHBY ST. LEDGER is situated near a rivulet that flows into the
river Nen. The additional name of St. Ledger is borrowed from the patron
saint to whom the church is dedicated. This structure consists of a nave
and aisles, with a tower and spire. At the upper end of the north aisle
are still remaining the steps which led to the rude loft between the
chancel and the nave. Here are three piscinas for holy water. Several
ancient monumental inscriptions may be seen in the chancel. On an altar
tomb within the communion rails, are the recumbent figures of a man and
woman, with an inscription in black letter, commemorative of William
Catesby and Margaret his wife, bearing date 1493. Catesby was one of the
three families who ruled the nation under Richard's usurpation, and
constituted the triumvirate which is alluded to in the old distich:--
The rat, and the cat, and Lovel the dog,
Do govern all England under the hog.
The rat was Richard Ratcliff, the cat William Catesby, the dog Lord
Lovel, and the hog for Richard, it being then the regal crest. William
Catesby became a distinguished character; he was made esquire of the
King's body; Chancellor of the Marshes for life; and one of the
Chamberlains of the Exchequer. Being taken prisoner at the battle of
Bosworth field, while fighting by his patron's side, he was conducted to
Leicester, and beheaded as a traitor. At the eastern end of both aisles,
are two places, formerly appropriated as places of sepulture for the two
great Lords of Ashby. One of these belonged to the Catesby family; but
most of the inscriptions are effaced. The manorial house of Ashby is a
good old family mansion, occupied by the widow of the late John Ashby,
Esq. A small room in the detached offices belonging to the house is
still shown as having been the council-chamber, where the gunpowder-plot
conspirators held their deliberations. Robert Catesby, one of the
descendants of the family, was at the head of this conspiracy, for which
he was tried, condemned, and executed; and his head, together with that
of his father-in-law, Thomas Percie, who was involved in his guilt, were
fixed on the top of the Parliament-house.
[Sidenote: An ancient monument of the Catesby family.]
[Sidenote: Catesby taken prisoner at Bosworth field.]
[Sidenote: The gunpowder plot conspirators met here.]
Map| Names of Places. | County. | Number of Miles From
+--+---------------------+----------+--------------+--------------+
24|Ashby West pa|Lincoln |Horncastle 2|Louth 12|
15|Ashchurch pa|Gloucester|Tewkesbury 1|Winchcombe 9|
11|Ashcombe[A] pa|Devon |Chudleigh 3|Exeter 9|
34|Ashcott chap|Somerset |Glastonbury 6|Bridgewater 10|
14|Ashdon or Ashingdon }| | | |
| to & pa}|Essex |Saff. Walden 4|Haverhill 6|
14|Asheldam pa|Essex |Bradwell 4|Burnham 4|
15|Ashelworth pa|Gloucester|Gloucester 5|Tewkesbury 8|
14|Ashen pa|Essex |Clare 2|Halstead 9|
5|Ashenden[B] pa|Bucks |Thame 6|Bicester 11|
36|Ashfield Great[C] pa|Suffolk |Stowmarket 7|Ixworth 5|
36|Ashfield-cum-Thorpe p|Suffolk |Framlingham 6|Debenham 2|
10|Ashford[D] chap|Derby |Bakewell 2|Tideswell 6|
+--+---------------------+----------+--------------+--------------+
|Dist.|
Map| Names of Places. | Number of Miles From |Lond.|Population.
+--+---------------------+----------+--------------+--------------+
24|Ashby West pa|Wragby 13| 138| 391|
15|Ashchurch pa|Cheltenham 8| 103| 649|
11|Ashcombe[A] pa|Teignmouth 6| 177| 320|
34|Ashcott chap|Somerton 7| 129| 834|
14|Ashdon or Ashingdon }| | | |
| to & pa}|Linton 4| 45| 1103|
14|Asheldam pa|Maldon 9| 46| 144|
15|Ashelworth pa|Newent 7| 105| 540|
14|Ashen pa|Haverhill 5| 54| 373|
5|Ashenden[B] pa|Aylesbury 8| 46| 368|
36|Ashfield Great[C] pa|Botesdale 8| 76| 408|
36|Ashfield-cum-Thorpe p|Eye 9| 83| 375|
10|Ashford[D] chap|Buxton 10| 155| 782|
+--+---------------------+-------------------------+-----+--------+
[A] ASHCOMBE is a parish in the hundred of Exminster. Here is a mansion
of Lord Arundel's, situated in a large amphitheatre of hills, richly
wooded at their base, and at their summit often studded with herds of
sheep or deer. The only entrance to this romantic dale is from the
north, by a road, which though perfectly safe, falls precipitately down
a narrow ridge of one of the hills.
[B] ASHENDEN. This manor has been from time immemorial in the Grenville
family. John Bucktot, a priest, gave the manor of Little Pollicott, to
Lincoln College, in Oxford, about 1479; and what renders it particularly
remarkable, is the circumstance of the manor house being used as a
retiring place for the members of the college at the time of the plague.
In Ashenden Church, is an ancient figure of a crusader, under an arch,
rudely ornamented with foliage; which according to tradition, is the
tomb of John Bucktot; this appears however to be erroneous, as it is
evidently the tomb of a layman, and from the chevron on the shield, one
of the Stafford family, anciently lords of Great Pollicott.
[Sidenote: A retiring place for collegians in the time of the plague.]
[C] ASHFIELD. This obscure village gave birth to the celebrated Lord
Chancellor Thurlow, and his brother, the late Bishop of Durham; they
were the sons of the vicar, under whose auspices they were educated. On
leaving the university, the former entered himself of the Inner Temple,
but did not distinguish himself at the bar, until his abilities were
employed upon the Douglas case; after which he became successively
Solicitor-General, Attorney-General, and Lord High Chancellor. He was
elevated to the peerage by the title of Baron Thurlow, of Ashfield. In
1786, he was made Teller of the Exchequer, and created Baron Thurlow, of
Thurlow: he retired in 1793, and died at Brighton in 1806. He was
succeeded in the peerage by his nephew, the son of his brother, the
Bishop of Durham. He was never married, but he left three illegitimate
daughters, to two of whom he bequeathed large property; the other having
offended him by an imprudent marriage, he left her only a small annuity.
[Sidenote: The birth-place of Lord Chancellor Thurlow.]
[D] ASHFORD. This village is frequently called Ashford in the water,
from the lowness of its situation. It is seated on the banks of the
river Wye. The only remains of the residence of the Plantagenets of
Woodstock (who had a castle here) is a moat, half filled with rubbish.
Sir William Cavendish, the favourite of Cardinal Wolsey, purchased this
estate of the Earl of Westmoreland; and the Duke of Devonshire, a
descendant of that family, still continues the proprietor. The works in
this village for sawing and polishing marble, were the first ever
established in England. They were originally constructed by Mr. Henry
Watson, of Bakewell, about 80 years since, but though he obtained a
patent, to secure the gain arising from this invention, the advantages
were unequal to his expectations. Mr. John Platt, architect, of
Rotherham, in Yorkshire, rented the quarries of black and grey marble,
the only ones of the kind now worked in Derbyshire. The sweeping mill,
as it is called, from its circular motion, will level a floor of eighty
superficial feet of marble slabs at one time.
[Sidenote: Extensive works for sawing and polishing marble.]
Map| Names of Places. | County. | Number of Miles From
+--+--------------------+---------+-------------+-------------+
11|Ashford pa|Devon |Barnstaple 2|Ilfracomb 8|
21|Ashford[A] m.t. & pa|Kent |Canterbury 15|Folkestone 17|
25|Ashford[B] chap|Middlesex|Staines 3|Bedfont 2|
33|Ashford Bowdler pa|Salop |Ludlow 3|Tenbury 6|
33|Ashford Carbonel pa|Salop |... 3|... 6|
23|Ashfordby pa|Leicester|Melton Mow. 3|Loughbro' 11|
29|Ash-holm ham|Northumb |Hexham 19|Haltwhistle 4|
27|Ashill pa|Norfolk |Watton 4|Swaffham 6|
34|Ashill[C] pa|Somerset |Ilminster 4|Taunton 8|
14|Ashingdon[D] pa|Essex |Rochford 3|Maldon 9|
+--+--------------------+---------+-------------+-------------+
|Dist.|
Map| Names of Places. | Number of Miles From |Lond.|Population.
+--+--------------------+-----------------------+-----+-------+
11|Ashford pa|Marwood 2| 194| 99|
21|Ashford[A] m.t. & pa|Maidstone 19| 53| 2809|
25|Ashford[B] chap|Sunbury 3| 16| 458|
33|Ashford Bowdler pa|Leominster 9| 137| 99|
33|Ashford Carbonel pa| ... 9| 137| 289|
23|Ashfordby pa|Leicester 13| 108| 467|
29|Ash-holm ham|Aldstone 7| 279| 122|
27|Ashill pa|E. Dereham 10| 94| 700|
34|Ashill[C] pa|Chard 7| 137| 403|
14|Ashingdon[D] pa|Chelmsford 13| 40| 98|
+--+--------------------+-----------------------+-----+-------+
[A] ASHFORD is situated about twelve miles from the sea, on an eminence
rising from the northern bank of the small river Stour, and on the high
road between Hythe and Maidstone. The town, which is a liberty of
itself, originated from the ruins of Great Chart, an ancient market
town, which gave name to the hundred, and was destroyed in the Danish
wars. It was then called Asscheford, and, in some early documents,
Estefort and Enetesford, from the ford over the river Stour; the ancient
name of which was Esshe or Eschet. It is pleasantly situated near the
confluence of the upper branches of the river Stour, over one of which
there is a bridge. The manor received the privilege of a market so early
as Edward I. The town is governed by a mayor, and possesses a court of
record for the recovery of debts, not exceeding twenty marks. The church
is a spacious and handsome fabric, consisting of a nave, aisles, and
three chancels, with a lofty and well-proportioned tower. There are
several ancient monuments, especially one of a Countess of Athol, who
died in 1365, whose effigy exhibits the female costume of that age, in a
very remarkable manner. The ancient college, founded by Sir John Fogge
owner of the manor, in the reign of Edward IV., was dissolved in that of
Henry VII., and the house given to the vicar for a residence. It still
exists, although latterly much modernised. Here is a Free Grammar
School, founded by Sir Norton Knatchbull, in the reign of Charles I.,
and various minor charities. The inhabitants of this town and its
vicinity are much engaged in the rearing and fattening of cattle, for
the sale of which its markets and fairs are much celebrated.
_Market_ Saturday. A stock market held on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday in
every month.--_Fairs_ May 17, and August 2, for wool; September 9,
October 12, and 24, for horses, cattle and pedlary.--_Inns_, George,
Royal Oak, and Saracen's Head.--_Bankers_, G. and W. Jemmett, draw on
Esdaile and Co.--_Mail_ arrives 8.0 morning; departs 5.15 afternoon.
[Sidenote: Origin of the town of Ashford.]
[Sidenote: The college made into a parsonage house:]
[B] ASHFORD. This place was originally called Exeford, from its ford
over the river Exe; the village is now but of little importance. It lies
in that level part of the county, formerly occupied by Hounslow Heath,
the terror of the western traveller, from the numerous robberies
committed on its highways. Ashford Common was selected for military
reviews; it has however, for some years been inclosed, and the review
ground is now near Hounslow. The chapel is a plain brick building,
possessing no claims on the attention of the antiquary; it was erected
in 1796 by voluntary contribution.
[Sidenote: Hounslow Heath.]
[C] ASHILL.--_Fairs_, April 9, and September 10.
[D] ASHINGDON. This place is memorable in the early periods of our
history. "Nothing is more surprising," observes Gough, in his Additions
to Camden, "than the errors all antiquaries have hitherto lain under
with respect to the scene of the battle between Edmund Ironside and the
Danes." Though they had the authority of Mr. Camden against them, they
have caried it quite across the county to the northern extremity and as
far from the sea as possible, in defiance of every circumstance that
could fix it there. In a marsh in Woodham Mortimer parish, on the river
Burnham or Crouch, are twenty-four barrows grouped in pairs, and most of
them surrounded by a ditch, supposed to be the burial places of the
Danes, who probably landed at Bradwell, a village near the mouth of the
Blackwater River, fourteen miles distant.
[Sidenote: The site of an engagement between Edm. Ironside and the
Danes.]
Map| Names of Places. | County. | Number of Miles From
+--+-----------------------+--------+-------------+--------------+
29|Ashington to|Northump |Morpeth 5|Blyth 6|
34|Ashington pa|Somerset |Ilchester 3|Yeovil 4|
38|Ashington pa|Sussex |Steyning 4|Arundel 9|
7|Ashley to|Chester |Knutsford 5|Altringham 3|
28|Ashley pa|Northamp |Rockingham 6|Harborough 5|
16|Ashley pa|Hants |Stockbridge 3|Winchester 8|
35|Ashley pa|Stafford |Eccleshall 6|Drayton 6|
41|Ashley[A] pa|Wilts |Malmesbury 5|Tetbury 3|
5|Ashley-Green ham|Bucks |Chesham 3|Berkhamp 2|
6|Ashley-cum-Silvery, pa|Cambridge|Newmarket 5|Mildenhall 10|
10|Ashley-Hay to|Derby |Wirksworth 2|Belper 6|
27|Ashmanhaugh pa|Norfolk |Coltishall 3|Worsted 3|
16|Ashmansworth chap|Hants |Whitchurch 8|Andover 10|
12|Ashmore pa|Dorset |Shaftesbury 5|Cranborne 12|
34|Asholt, or Aisholt pa|Somerset |Bridgewater 7|Stowey 3|
10|Ashover[B] to & pa|Derby |Alfreton 7|Chesterfield 7|
39|Ashow pa|Warwick |Warwick 5|Kenilworth 3|
17|Ashperton chap|Hereford |Ledbury 5|Hereford 11|
11|Ashprington pa|Devon |Totness 3|Brixham 6|
34|Ash-Priors pa|Somerset |Taunton 6|Wellington 6|
11|Ashreigney pa|Devon |Chumleigh 4|Torrington 11|
5|Ashridge[C] ham|Bucks |Chesham 2|Berkhamp 4|
+--+----------------------+---------+-------------+--------------+
|Dist.|
Map| Names of Places. |Number of Miles From |Lond.|Population.
+--+----------------------+-----------------------+-----+--------+
29|Ashington to|Ulgham 4| 290| 57|
34|Ashington pa|Sherborne 7| 121| 74|
38|Ashington pa|Horsham 10| 46| 285|
7|Ashley to|Cheadle 7| 177| 379|
28|Ashley pa|Rothwell 8| 86| 304|
16|Ashley pa|Romsey 8| 67| 93|
35|Ashley pa|Newcastle 9| 154| 825|
41|Ashley[A] pa|Kemble 5| 96| 99|
5|Ashley-Green ham|Tring 5| 27| ...|
6|Ashley-cum-Silvery, pa|Bury 11| 63| 361|
10|Ashley-Hay to|Turnditch 3| 138| 241|
27|Ashmanhaugh pa|Norwich 10| 118| 154|
16|Ashmansworth chap|Newbury 8| 64| 222|
12|Ashmore pa|Blandford 8| 101| 191|
34|Asholt, or Aisholt pa|Taunton 8| 146| 228|
10|Ashover[B] to & pa|Matlock 3| 147| 3179|
39|Ashow pa|Coventry 6| 95| 176|
17|Ashperton chap|Bromyard 11| 125| 398|
11|Ashprington pa|Dartmouth 6| 198| 549|
34|Ash-Priors pa|Stowey 9| 147| 201
11|Ashreigney pa|Hatherleigh 9| 198| 1038|
5|Ashridge[C] ham|Tring 5| 29| ...|
+--+----------------------+-----------------------+-----+--------+
[A] ASHLEY, was formerly distinguished by a fair and market, it is now
remarkable only for a large mansion, which was once the seat of the
Georges. The church, an ancient building, with a square embattled tower,
is principally interesting for its arches; some of which are round, and
others pointed, resting on slender clustered pillars, with massy
capitals of foliage. The font is large, round, and very rude in its
workmanship.
[B] ASHOVER. This village is of great antiquity, being mentioned in the
Doomsday Book, as having a church and a priest. In the church is an
ancient font, supposed to be Saxon; the base is of stone; the lower part
is of an hexagonal form; the upper part circular, surrounded with twenty
figures, in devotional attitudes, embossed in lead, in ornamental
niches. There are also some ancient monuments of the Babington family,
who were for a long time seated at Dithicke, a chapelry in this parish.
Anthony Babington was executed for high treason in the reign of Queen
Elizabeth, having engaged in a conspiracy to destroy that princess. On
the declivity of a hill on Ashover Common is a rocking stone, called
Robin Hood's Mark, which measures about twenty-six feet in
circumference. From its extraordinary position, it appears not only to
have been the work of art, but to have been placed with great ingenuity.
About 200 yards to the north is a singularly shaped work, called the
Turning-stone, nine feet high: it is supposed to have been a rock idol.
Overton Hall, in this vicinity, was once the seat of Sir Joseph Banks,
the President of the Royal Society.
[Sidenote: A singular rocking stone, formerly an idol.]
[C] ASHRIDGE was formerly called Escrug. In very early times this
village is reported to have possessed a royal palace; which, when the
estate became the property of Edmund, Earl of Cornwall, son to Richard,
King of the Romans, was converted into a college for Bonhommes (or monks
who followed the rules of St. Augustine,) and endowed with the manors of
Ashridge, Gaddesden, and Hemel Hempstead. A parliament was held here by
Edward the First, in the year 1291; and, though of short continuance, it
was distinguished by a spirited debate on the origin and necessary use
of fines. After the dissolution, the monastery appears to have become
the seat of royalty; and Norden describes it as the place "wherein our
most worthy and ever famous Queen Elizabeth lodged, as in her owne,
being a more statelie house." This queen, in the 17th year of her reign,
granted it to John Dudley, and John Ayscough, who within the short
period of a fortnight, conveyed it to Henry, Lord Cheny, whose lady sold
it to Ralph Marshal, by whom it was again conveyed to Randolph Crew and
others, and soon afterwards granted to Egerton, Lord Ellesmere, ancestor
to the late Duke of Bridgewater; several of whose family are buried in
the neighbouring church of Little Gaddesden. The old college, the
greater part of which was standing in the year 1800, exhibited a fine
specimen of the gothic architecture of the thirteenth century. The
cloisters were particularly beautiful. The walls were painted in fresco
with Scripture subjects. The late Duke of Bridgewater pulled down the
whole of these buildings, the materials of which were disposed of in
lots; the present earl, the dukedom being extinct, has erected a most
magnificent mansion at a great expense. Ashridge Park, which contains
some very fine oak and beech trees, is pleasingly varied with hill and
dale. It is about five miles in circumference.
[Sidenote: A parliament held here by Edward I.]
[Sidenote: The manor house a favourite seat of Queen Elizabeth.]
Map| Names of Places. | County. | Number of Miles From
+--+------------------+----------+-----------+-------------+
37|Ashtead pa|Surrey |Epsom 2|Leatherhead 2|
7|Ashton to|Chester |Chester 8|Tarporley 7|
11|Ashton pa|Devon |Chudleigh 4|Exeter 6|
22|Ashton to|Lancaster |Preston 2|Kirkham 7|
22|Ashton[A] to|Lancaster |Lancaster 3|Garstang 8|
28|Ashton pa|Northamp |Northamp 7|Towcester 5|
28|Ashton ham|Northamp |Wandsford 5|Stamford 5|
28|Ashton ham|Northamp |Oundle 1|Wandsford 8|
41|Ashton-Giffard to|Wilts |Warminste 7|Hindon 6|
15|Ashton chap|Gloucester|Evesham 5|Tewkesbury 8|
41|Ashton-Keynes pa|Wilts |Cricklade 4|Cirencester 6|
34|Ashton, Long[B] pa|Somerset |Bristol 3|Keynsham 7|
+--+------------------+----------+-----------+-------------+
|Dist.|
Map| Names of Places. |Number of Miles From |Lond.|Population.
+--+------------------+----------------------+-----+-------+
37|Ashtead pa|Ewell 4| 17| 607|
7|Ashton to|Frodsham 6| 185| 405|
11|Ashton pa|Moreton Ha. 6| 174| 333|
22|Ashton to|Garstang 11| 219| ...|
22|Ashton[A] to|Overton 3| 237| 213|
28|Ashton pa|Stoney Strat. 7| 62| 380|
28|Ashton ham|M. Deeping 4| 89| 126|
28|Ashton ham|Stilton 8| 81| 129|
41|Ashton-Giffard to|Wilton 12| 90| ...|
15|Ashton chap|Winchcomb 8| 102| 301|
41|Ashton-Keynes pa|Malmesbury 8| 89| 1182|
34|Ashton, Long[B] pa|Axbridge 14| 120| 1423|
+--+------------------+----------------------+-----+-------+
[A] ASHTON. Near this village is Ashton Hall, a seat of his Grace the
Duke of Hamilton. It formerly belonged to the family of the Laurences,
but came into the present family by the marriage of James, Earl of
Arran, afterwards Duke of Hamilton, with Elizabeth, daughter and heir of
Lord Gerrard Digby, of Bromley. The mansion is a large building, with
some square embattled towers, an ancient hall, and other features of a
magnificent baronial castle. It is situated in a fine park, through
which flows a small rivulet, forming a narrow bay, at the western side
of the grounds. The park abounds with wood, and is agreeably diversified
with hill and dale, and affords, from many parts, extensive views across
the river Lune to Morecambe Bay, the Irish sea, &c. The mansion has
undergone considerable alteration, yet care has been taken to preserve
its ancient character.
_Mail_ arrives at Galgate Bridge, one mile distant, 9.20 P.M.;
departs 2.20 morn.
[Sidenote: Seat of the Duke of Hamilton.]