Part 6 (2/2)
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Dist.
Map
Names of Places.
Number of Miles From
Lond.
Population.
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Appleby, G. & Lit.[A] pa
Atherstone 7
112
1150
40
Appleby[B] m.t. & pa
Orton 9
270
1459
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[A] APPLEBY, a populous village, which connects the four counties of Leicester, Derby, Stafford, and Warwick. Here is a free grammar school for 100 boys, founded by Sir John Moore, in 1697.
[B] APPLEBY. This town is situated on the river Eden, by which it is almost surrounded, and by some antiquaries it is supposed to occupy the site of the Roman station Aballaba. It has been the county town since the reign of Edward the Confessor. It is governed by a Mayor, Aldermen, and capital Burgesses; the Mayor having authority to arrest for any sum without limitation. Appleby did send two representatives to Parliament, but has been disfranchised by the Reform Bill. It has many times been a.s.sailed by the Scots, who burnt it in 1388; and in 1598 it suffered seriously by a pestilence, from which time it has never recovered its former size and consequence. The town at present consists of one broad street, built irregularly on the slope of a hill, at the upper part of which stands the castle, which is of early Norman, if not of Saxon origin; and at the lower end the parish church. The ancient market houses or cloisters, were pulled down in 1811, and a handsome gothic building, erected by Smirke, in their stead. Here are also a town-hall and gaol; and at each end of the town stands a stone obelisk or cross.
Appleby received charters from Hen. II., John, and Hen. III., all which were given up to James II., since which period it has subsisted as a borough by prescription. Crackenthorpe Hall, a manorial residence in this parish, was from the earliest period of authenticated record, the mansion of the Machels, a Saxon family, who eventually alienated it to the late Earl of Lonsdale. Near this seat, which is at present neglected, is a Roman camp 300 yards long and 150 yards broad, with three entrances, and a watch tower or fort, at the distance of bow-shot.
Appleby has produced some eminent characters, among whom should be noticed Thomas de Veripont, Bishop of Carlisle, in 1255. Thomas de Appleby, Bishop of Carlisle, in 1363. Roger de Appleby, Bishop of Ossory, in 1404; and Dr. Christopher Potter, Provost of Queen's College, Oxford, Prebendary of Windsor, and Dean of Worcester; the last named was vice-chancellor of Oxford when the civil wars of Charles I. broke out, and sent all his plate to the king, stating that he would drink as Diogenes did, from the hollow of his hand, before his majesty should want. Here is a free Grammar School, richly endowed, which is open to all the children of the town upon paying 2s. 6d. per quarter to the Master; and also five scholars.h.i.+ps, founded by the Earl of Thanet at Queen's College, Oxford, and ent.i.tled to partic.i.p.ate in five exhibitions of 60. per annum at the same college, on the foundation of Lady Elizabeth Hastings. An Hospital for thirteen widows, founded by the celebrated Anne, Countess of Pembroke and Montgomery, heiress of the Cliffords, the possessors of the castle for several centuries; by the marriage of whose eldest daughter it became the property of the family of Tufton, Earl of Thanet. The main portion of the present castle which is of a square form, was built in 1686 out of the ruins of a part of the former, by Thomas, Earl of Thanet. Appleby Castle survived the attacks of the Parliamentary Army, under the influence of its owner, the aforesaid Countess Anne, but was compelled to yield in 1648. The church of St. Lawrence, which was partly built by the same spirited lady, contains a n.o.ble monument to her memory. The market is one of the best supplied with corn in its vicinity. It however possesses but little trade, and no manufacture of importance.
_Market_, Sat.u.r.day--_Mail_ arrives at 1-1/2 A.M., departs 11-3/4 P.M.--_Fairs_, October 7 and 8, for sheep, &c; November 24, for sheep and oxen; November 5, for pigs.
[Sidenote: Burnt by the Scots.]
[Sidenote: Eminent characters born here.]
[Sidenote: Appleby castle.]
Map
Names of Places.
County.
Number of Miles From
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Appledore pa
Devon
Bideford 2
Torrington 11
21
Appledore[A] m.t. & pa
Kent
Tenterden 4
New Romney 7
38
Appledram pa
Suss.e.x
Chichester 2
Portsmouth 16
16
Appledurcombe ham
Hants
Newport 6
Niton 3
5
Appleford chap
Berks
Abingdon 4
Dorchester 3
16
Appleshaw,[B] vil. & chap
Hants
Ludgershall 4
Andover 5
40
Applethwaite[C] to
Westmor
Ambleside 5
Bowness 3
4
Appleton[D] to & pa
Berks
Abingdon 5
Oxford 6
22
Appleton to
Lancas.h.i.+re
Warrington 7
Prescot 5
44
Appleton to
N.R. York
Catterick 3
Richmond 4
43
Appleton-le-Moors to
N.R. York
Pickering 5
Kirkby 3
43
Appleton-le-Street to
N.R. York
New Malton 4
Pickering 7
46
Appleton Roebuck to
N.R. York
York 7
Selby 8
44
Appleton on Wisk to
N.R. York
Yarm 7
Northallerton 7
30
Appletree ham
Northamp
Banbury 7
Daventry 10
44
Appletrewick[E] to
N.R. York
Skipton 8
Settle 16
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Dist.
Map
Names of Places.
Number of Miles From
Lond.
Population.
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Appledore pa
Barnstaple 7
204
1450
21
Appledore[A] m.t. & pa
Rye 6
61
698
38
Appledram pa
Petersfield 13
64
188
16
Appledurcombe ham
Shanklin 3
91
...
5
Appleford chap
Wallingford 6
52
179
16
Appleshaw,[B] vil. & chap
Salisbury 13
68
355
40
Applethwaite[C] to
Kendall 8
270
417
4
Appleton[D] to & pa
Wantage 10
61
447
22
Appleton to
Liverpool 11
195
1439
44
Appleton to
Bedale 6
228
83
43
Appleton-le-Moors to
Helmsley 8
231
269
43
Appleton-le-Street to
York 18
218
860
46
Appleton Roebuck to
Tadcaster 5
189
638
44
Appleton on Wisk to
Darlington 11
232
553
30
Appletree ham
Southam 9
77
83
44
Appletrewick[E] to
Burnsall 1
224
425
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[A] APPLEDORE is situated on the banks of the river Rother, in the hundred of Blackburn, lathe of Scray, and was a place of some maritime consequence in the reign of Alfred. The town is at present chiefly inhabited by graziers and others employed in the marshes, to which it is very near. The church is built on the foundation of a castle or fort, which had been erected by the Danes, who sailed up to this town in the year 893.
_Market_. Tuesday.--_Fairs_. Jan. 11, and 4th Mon. in June for cattle and pedlery.
[Sidenote: Princ.i.p.ally inhabited by Graziers.]
[B] APPLESHAW.--Great Show Fair, Friday and Sat.u.r.day before Weyhill Fair. Nov. 4 and 5, all for sheep.
[C] APPLETHWAITE. All the fisheries on the lovely lake of Winandermere belong to the inhabitants of this thriving village, and subject only to a t.i.the of the fish caught to the Rector of Winandermere, who makes composition for the same, by a sum prescribed by each boat. The red char, esteemed so great a delicacy, is said to be peculiar to the lakes of Winandermere and Ullswater; this delicious fish is taken in nets during the months of October and May, when they are potted and sent to different parts of the kingdom. About the beginning of September a grand regatta is given on the lucid waters of the lake, attended by families of the first distinction.
[Sidenote: Lake of Winandermere.]
[Sidenote: Grand Regatta.]
[D] APPLETON. This village was the birth place of the famous physician and chemist, Edmund d.i.c.kinson, who was born in the year 1624. At 20 years of age he went to the university of Oxford; in 1655, (he published a work to prove) that the Greeks borrowed the story of the Pythian Apollo, and all that related to the Oracle of Delphos, from the Holy Scriptures. In consequence of some excellent cures, he was appointed Physician to Charles II., and afterwards became a convert to the doctrine of the Trans.m.u.tation of Metals; and wrote a work, the object of which is to prove, ”that the method and mode of the creation of the universe, (according to the principles of true philosophy,) are strictly and concisely laid down by Moses.” He died in 1707.
[Sidenote: Birth place of the learned Edmund d.i.c.kinson]
[E] APPLETREWICK. In this village was born William Craven, the founder of the n.o.ble House of Craven, who by his industry and good conduct arose from an humble station to the dignity of Lord Mayor of London--a proof of the advantages attendant on industry.
[Sidenote: House of Craven.]
Map
Names of Places.
County.
Number of Miles From
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Arborfield[A] to
Berks
Wokingham 5
Swallowfield 3
22
Arbury to
Lancaster
Newton 3
Warrington 2
7
Arclid to
Chester
Sandbach 2
Congleton 5
45
Arden to
W.R. York
Thirsk 10
Stokesley 11
38
Ardingley[B] pa
Suss.e.x
Cuckfield 4
E. Grinstead 7
4
Ardington pa
Berks
Wantage 3
Abingdon 8
14
Ardleigh pa
Ess.e.x
Colchester 5
Manningtree 4
31
Ardley pa
Oxford
Bicester 4
Middleton 3
45
Ardsley to
W.R. York
Barnsley 2
Wakefield 11
45
Ardsley,[C] East & West to & pa
W.R. York
Wakefield 5
Leeds 6
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Dist.
Popul Map
Names of Places.
Number of Miles From
Lond.
-ation.
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Arborfield[A] to
Reading 4
36
268
22
Arbury to
Liverpool 18
186
280
7
Arclid to
Middlewich 6
162
79
45
Arden to
Kirkby 10
227
130
38
Ardingley[B] pa
Crawley 7
33
587
4
Ardington pa
East Ilsley 7
57
404
14
Ardleigh pa
Dedham 2
56
1545
31
Ardley pa
Aynhoe 5
58
170
45
Ardsley to
Rotherham 8
172
1029
45
Ardsley,[C] East & West to & pa
Huddersfield 11
187
2303
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[A] ARBORFIELD, in the hundred of Sonning. In this parish, near the church, is an ancient Manor-house, well worthy of the observation of the Antiquary; it was built by the family of the Standens, who were Lords of the Manor in the 17th century. The last male heir of this ancient family was Edward Standen, the person alluded to in the popular ballad of Molly Mogg.
_Fair_, October 5, cattle.
[Sidenote: Molly Mogg.]
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