Part 6 (1/2)
[Sidenote: Annual exportation of cattle.]
[Sidenote: Prized for its marine productions.]
[Sidenote: Invasion of the Romans]
[Sidenote: The Druids burnt in the fires they had prepared for their enemies.]
Map
Names of Places.
County.
Number of Miles From
+--+----------------------+----------+---------------+-------------+ 37
Agmering pa
Suss.e.x
L. Hampton 4
Arundel 4
46
Angram to
N.R. York
Tadcaster 3
Wetherby 7
43
Angram Grange to
N.R. York
Easingwold 4
Thirsk 7
29
Anick to
Northumb
Hexham 2
Corbridge 3
29
Anick Grange to
Northumb
... 2
... 3
46
Anlaby to
E.R. York
Hull 4
Beverley 7
27
Anmer pa
Norfolk
Castle Rising 6
Burnham M. 10
30
Annesley pa
Nottingham
Mansfield 6
Nottingham 10
39
Ansley[A] pa
Warwick
Nuneaton 5
Atherstone 3
35
Anslow, or Annesley to
Stafford
Burton-on-T. 3
Uttoxeter 9
+--+----------------------+----------+---------------+-------------+
Dist.
Map
Names of Places.
Number of Miles From
Lond.
Population.
+--+----------------------+--------------------------+-------------+ 37
Agmering pa
Steyning 8
58
928
46
Angram to
York 6
194
67
43
Angram Grange to
Borobridge 11
217
28
29
Anick to
Newcastle 18
278
163
29
Anick Grange to
... 18
278
36
46
Anlaby to
South Cave 7
171
27
Anmer pa
Lynn 11
106
132
30
Annesley pa
Newsted Ab. 3
134
402
39
Ansley[A] pa
Coventry 9
101
773
35
Anslow, or Annesley to
Abbots Brom 8
128
270
+--+----------------------+--------------------------+-----+-------+
[A] ANSLEY became the property of the Ludford family, by purchase, in 1613. Ansley Hall, an irregular but commodious residence, the manorial seat of John Newdigate Ludford, Esq., is situated in an extensive park, rich in natural and artificial beauties, containing a hermitage erected with the materials of an ancient oratory, in which Warton, who visited it in 1758, left his beautiful verses, beginning:--
Beneath this stony roof reclined, I sooth to peace my pensive mind.
On an insulated spot is also a Chinese temple, or cell, which contains a monument of the Purefoy family, removed from Caldecote Church in 1796.
Ansley church has some remains of Saxon and early Norman architecture, and a square tower of remarkable beauty at the west end.
[Sidenote: A hermitage and Chinese temple.]
Map
Names of Places.
County.
Number of Miles From
+--+---------------------+----------+--------------+--------------+ 18
Anstey[A] pa
Herts
Barkway 3
Buntingford 4
23
Anstey chap
Leicester
Leicester 4
Mount Sorrel 5
39
Anstey pa
Warwick
Coventry 5
Nuneaton 6
41
Anstey pa
Wilts
Hindon 5
Shaftesbury 6
11
Anstey, East pa
Devon
Dulverton 3
S. Moulton 10
11
Anstey, West pa
Devon
... 4
... 9
45
Anston to & pa
W.R. York
Worksop 6
Tickhill 7
8
Anthony, St. pa
Cornwall
Falmouth 5
Helston 8
8
Anthony, St. pa
Cornwall
St. Mawes 2
Falmouth 3
27
Antingham pa
Norfolk
N. Walsham 3
Cromer 6
8
Anthony, West, or St.
Jacobs[B] pa
Cornwall
Devonport 4
Saltash 4
7
Antrobus to
Chester
Northwich 4
Warrington 8
24
Anwick pa
Lincoln
Sleaford 5
Tattershall 8
28
Apethorpe chap
Northamp
Wandesford 4
Stamford 7
24
Apley chap
Lincoln
Wragby 2
Lincoln 10
15
Apperley ham
Gloucester
Tewkesbury 4
Cheltenham 6
24
Appleby[C] pa
Lincoln
Glandford B. 7
Burton 5
+--+---------------------+----------+--------------+--------------+
Dist.
Map
Names of Places.
Number of Miles From
Lond.
Population.
+--+---------------------+-------------------------+-----+--------+ 18
Anstey[A] pa
Stocking Pel. 4
33
417
23
Anstey chap
Loughboro' 8
100
850
39
Anstey pa
Rugby 10
93
268
41
Anstey pa
Wilton 9
95
348
11
Anstey, East pa
Bampton 6
169
166
11
Anstey, West pa
... 7
169
226
45
Anston to & pa
Sheffield 10
152
776
8
Anthony, St. pa
Lizard Point 12
275
300
8
Anthony, St. pa
Truro 9
270
144
27
Antingham pa
Aylesham 6
126
248
8
Anthony, West, or St.
Jacobs[B] pa
St. Germains 3
123
3099
7
Antrobus to
Frodsham 11
179
476
24
Anwick pa
Metheringh 9
120
235
28
Apethorpe chap
Oundle 6
84
297
24
Apley chap
Horncastle 12
143
152
15
Apperley ham
Glocester 6
104
401
24
Appleby[C] pa
Barton 8
163
517
+--+---------------------+-------------------------+-----+--------+
[A] ANSTEY. In this village are the remains of a castle, built in the reign of the Conqueror, by Eustace, Earl of Boulogne, for the purpose of keeping the English in greater subjection; it was demolished in the time of Henry III., and the parish church formed of its materials. The moat surrounding the mount upon which the keep was built, with additional works made in the reign of King John, still remains. In the south aisle of the church is an ancient monument, with the effigies, as traditionally reported, of Richard de Anstre the founder. The Roman road called Ermine Street, pa.s.ses through this village.
[Sidenote: Ruins of a Castle.]
[B] ST. ANTHONY, consists of the two manors of East and West Anthony, formerly in the Dawney family, but now in that of the Carews. East Anthony House, the seat of the Right Hon. Reginald Pole Carew, M.P., is situated on a branch of the Lynher Creek, nearly opposite Trematon Castle. It is a large square building, of Pentuan stone, finished by Gibbs the architect, about the year 1721. This mansion contains a respectable collection of old portraits, amongst which is one of Richard Carew, the historian, with a device of a diamond on an anvil, with a hammer suspended over it. The church contains several monuments well deserving attention. Besides numerous memorials of the Carew family, there is in the chancel, the form of a lady, on a bra.s.s plate, beneath an elegant gothic canopy, in memory of Margery Arundell, who died Lady of the Manor in the early part of the fifteenth century. Sir Alexander Carew, a gentleman of large property, and one of the representatives of the county, at the commencement of the civil wars, being averse to the measures of the court, and having been intrusted by Parliament with the command of St. Michael's Island and Fort, he attempted to deliver them into the King's possession; but the design being discovered to the Parliament, he was suddenly seized and carried prisoner to Plymouth, and there the women were so enraged against him, that it was with difficulty he was rescued from their vengeance. From thence he was conveyed by sea to London, where he was expelled by the Commons, and being tried by a court-martial, was found guilty and beheaded on Tower Hill, December 23, 1644. WEST ANTHONY, or St. Jacobs. This is a very pleasing village, which has risen into importance from its proximity to the towns of Devonport, Plymouth and Stonehouse; it is a favourite residence of the officers connected with the dockyards and navy at these important towns. Near this place is Mount Edgecomb, the residence of the Earl of that t.i.tle; it is celebrated for the beauty of its situation, near the sea, and being a much admired stroll for the inhabitants of, and visitors to Plymouth.
[Sidenote: Mount Edgecomb.]
[Sidenote: Seat of the Carew family.]
[Sidenote: Sir A. Crew beheaded.]
[C] APPLEBY is situate on the river Ancholme, which rises in the wolds near Market Raisin, whence, it takes a northerly direction near Glandford Bridge, it is navigable to the Humber for barges of small burden. That very ancient British road--the Ermine-street--pa.s.ses through the village. This line of road was afterwards adopted by the Romans; it enters the county to the west of Stamford, and preserving nearly a due northerly direction, pa.s.sing through the city of Lincoln, continues its course to the banks of the Humber; it is cast up to a great height, and is in some places seven yards in breadth.
Map
Names of Places.
County.
Number of Miles From
+--+------------------------+-------------+--------+-------------+ 10
Appleby, G. & Lit.[A] pa
Derb. & Leic.
Ashby 6
M. Bosworth 7
40
Appleby[B] m.t. & pa
Westmor
Brough 8
Penrith 14