which is delightfully situated, and affords many rural beauties. Here
for a time the lover of nature may enjoy that calm delight which moves
the soul to contemplation; and whilst the eye has been charmed with the
prospect enjoyed from the summit of the adjoining eminence, the heart
seems hushed to the noise of a populous town, and a feeling of
tranquillity imperceptibly steals upon the mind, for which a cause can
scarcely be assigned.
Parties from the town are often tempted by the beauty of the situation to
make this place a holiday retreat, whose enjoyment is enhanced by the
accommodations of a good inn, attached to which, above the banks of the
Severn, is a pleasant bowling green.
The church, overshaded by two venerable yews, possesses a primitive
simplicity, quite in character with the village.