Part 11 (2/2)
Aston-upon-Carron pa and ti
Gloucester
Tewkesbury 2
Cheltenham 9
10
Aston-upon-Trent pa
Derby
Derby 6
Ashby 10
4
Aston-Upthorpe ham
Berks
Wallingford 6
Wantage 9
28
Astrope, or Asthorpe[C] ham
Northamp
Brackley 6
Banbury 4
28
Astwell[D] ham
Northamp
... 6
Towcester 5
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Dist.
Popul Map
Names of Places.
Number of Miles From
Lond.
-ation.
+--+---------------------------+------------------------+-----+-------+ 5
Aston-Abbots pa
Leighton 6
40
303
15
Aston-Blank pa
Winchcomb 11
86
295
33
Aston-Botterill pa
Ludlow 9
143
260
39
Aston-Cantlow pa
Stratford 6
99
940
5
Aston-Clinton[A] to & pa
Aylesbury 4
35
1001
33
Aston-Eyre to
Madeley 7
143
63
23
Aston-Flamville to & p
Leicester 13
97
1703
7
Aston-Grange to
Warrington 8
181
36
17
Aston-Ingham pa
Newent 3
120
591
28
Aston on the Walls, to & pa
Towcester 11
71
240
42
Aston-Magna ham
Broadway 4
89
254
31
Aston-Middle to & pa
Bicester 9
64
121
7
Aston-Mondrum to
Middlewich 7
168
159
31
Aston-North pa
Woodstock 9
64
305
31
Aston-Rowant pa
Watlington 4
39
946
5
Aston-Sandford pa
P. Risboro' 5
42
82
15
Aston-Somerville pa
Winchcombe 7
98
103
31
Aston-Steeple[B] to & pa
Bicester 9
64
562
15
Aston-Subege pa
Broadway 4
92
103
4
Aston-Tirrold pa
Streatley 5
50
343
15
Aston-upon-Carron pa and ti
Evesham 10
104
166
10
Aston-upon-Trent pa
Loughboro 11
121
620
4
Aston-Upthorpe ham
Abingdon 8
52
172
28
Astrope, or Asthorpe[C] ham
Deddington 5
69
28
Astwell[D] ham
Daventry 13
64
118
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[A] ASTON CLINTON is in the first division of Aylesbury hundred. The manor was the property of the late Lord Lake, who died in 1808, during the trial of General Whitelock, who was cas.h.i.+ered for his misconduct at Buenos Ayres at the commencement of that year. At St. Leonard's, a hamlet of this parish, about four miles from Aston church, is an ancient chapel, said to have been a chantry chapel to the Abbey of Missenden. It contains, among other monuments, that of General Cornelius Wood, an officer who distinguished himself in the reign of Queen Anne, and who died in 1712. It is ornamented with a bust of the general in white marble, surrounded with military trophies. This chapel is endowed with an estate, vested in ten trustees, who have the appointment of the minister.
[Sidenote: Monument of one of Queen Anne's officers.]
[B] STEEPLE ASTON. At this village, Dr. Samuel Radcliffe, princ.i.p.al of Brazennose College, Oxford, and rector of this church, founded a free school in 1640, and endowed it with ten pounds per annum; he died in the year 1648, and is buried in the church. He also endowed an alms-house for poor women in this parish. A tessalated pavement was ploughed up here in the 17th century.
[Sidenote: Dr. Samuel Radcliffe.]
[C] ASTROPE. This hamlet is in the parish of King's Sutton. The village is worthy of remark, from the church having a tower crowned with a handsome and lofty spire, decorated with crocketed pinnacles. Here is a remarkably fine mineral spring, called St. Rumbald's Well, which was formerly in considerable repute. When drank at the fountain head, the water is considered a specific in cases of female obstructions, and in the first and second stages of consumptions. In the jaundice it seldom fails; and in dropsical cases is frequently administered with success.
Persons whose const.i.tutions have been weakened by free living, find themselves renovated by its virtues. The water has a brisk pleasant taste, and is very clear and spirituous. Astrope Hall was formerly the residence of the Lord Chief Justice Willes.
[Sidenote: A mineral spring famous for curing consumption, jaundice, &c.]
[D] ASTWELL. In this hamlet is an ancient mansion, formerly the seat of the Earl of Ferrers. Several of the rooms exhibit in the wainscot and chimney pieces, armorial bearings and other carved decorations. A dilapidated room at the east end was formerly a chapel.
[Sidenote: Seat of Earl Ferrers]
Map
Names of Places.
County.
Number of Miles From +--+----------------------------+---------+-------------+-------------+ 3
Astwick pa
Bedford
Biggleswade 5
Shefford 6
5
Astwood pa
Bucks
Newport Pag 6
Woburn 10
24
Aswarby pa
Lincoln
Folkingham 4
Sleaford 5
24
Aswardby pa
Lincoln
Spilsby 4
Alford 7
33
Atcham pa
Salop
Shrewsbury 4
Acton Burn. 6
39
Atch-Lench ham
Worcester
Evesham 4
Alcester 6
54
Athan, St.[A] pa
Glamorgan
Cowbridge 4
Cardiff 15
12
Athelampton pa
Dorset
Dorchester 7
Bere Regis 7
36
Athelington, or Allington pa
Suffolk
Eye 5
Framlingham 8
34
Athelney, Isle of
Somerset
11
Atherington pa
Devon
Torrington 7
Barnstaple 8
39
Atherstone[B] m.t. & pa
Warwick
Nuneaton 6
Sheepy 3
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Dist.
Popul Map
Names of Places.
Number of Miles From
Lond.
-ation.
+--+----------------------------+-----------------------+-----+-------+ 3
Astwick pa
Baldock 3
40
97
5
Astwood pa
Olney 6
51
268
24
Aswarby pa
Grantham 12
110
113
24
Aswardby pa
Horncastle 8
136
80
33
Atcham pa
s.h.i.+ffnal 14
149
463
39
Atch-Lench ham
Persh.o.r.e 7
104
82
54
Athan, St.[A] pa
Bridgend 10
174
312
12
Athelampton pa
Blandford 13
116
79
36
Athelington, or Allington pa
Debenham 6
88
129
34
Athelney, Isle of
11
Atherington pa
S. Molton 9
204
592
39
Atherstone[B] m.t. & pa
Tamworth 8
105
3870
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[A] ST. ATHAN. In this village is a castle, called East Orchard, built in the year 1691, by Roger Berkrols; it stands on the edge of an extensive flat: a luxuriant wild fig tree grows out of the cement of the chapel walls. Perhaps the Turkey fig tree might be propagated with more success, grafted upon this wildling, which probably originated in the cultivated fig planted in the gardens of the Norman lords. In St.
Athan's church there are two uncommonly fine gothic monuments of the Berkrol's family: there are likewise in this parish the remains of two castles--West Orchard and Castleton; but these are not of such great antiquity. From this spot there is a good view of Fonmore, or Fronmon Castle, which is the most extensive and august of the Welch inhabited castles. The kitchen is said to be the largest in the kingdom. In Fronmon castle is an excellent portrait of Oliver Cromwell. The flat and steep-holms are seen from this neighbourhood: the former has its light-house. It is situated nearly ten miles from the sea lock of the ca.n.a.l, and three miles from the adjacent steep-holms, which is a smaller island than the former, though more conspicuous from its great height above the water; it is quite barren and uninhabited. The flat holms at low tide is an extensive sheet of mud, excepting one deep channel. The landing place is near the castle rock, a dangerous, but romantic beach, so called from its similarity to a castle, it is very large, and is said to resemble Abergavenny castle. In the centre is a bold arch, which at high water is covered. The hollow sound of the sea roaring through the arch, and the waves occasionally retreating, and then forcing their way back with redoubled fury, has an uncommonly fine effect. At low tide the sh.o.r.e all around the base is dry. The island is four or five miles in circ.u.mference; the soil is good, and would, if well cultivated, be very productive. From the light-house, which is 80 feet in height, is a delightful prospect of the Bristol Channel and the sh.o.r.es of Somerset and Glamorgan. It is the resort of many visitors in the summer season.
[Sidenote: The largest inhabited castle in Wales.]
[Sidenote: Account of the dangerous beach.]
[B] ATHERSTONE. This market town is supposed to have derived its name from ”a stone” under which an ”adder” of enormous size was found; it is situated on the Watling Street, and divided from Leicesters.h.i.+re by the river Anker, and was a place of some importance at the Conquest: at which time the town was given to the monks of Bee in Normandy, who obtained for it a market day and an annual fair, which brought it into consequence. A monastery of friars, (Hermits of Saint Augustine,) was founded at Atherstone in the year 1375. The church belonging to the friary was completed in the reign of Richard II. A free grammar school was founded here by Sir William Devereux and two other benevolent persons in the year 1573. The chancel of the friary church was appropriated to the use of this seminary, and is still dedicated to the same purpose. The mansion, or hall house was sometime after separated from the chapel, and rebuilt at a short distance upon a pleasant bank, commanding an extensive view over the adjacent counties of Leicester, Derby, and Stafford. Two nights before the battle of Bosworth Field (which is but nine miles distant), the Duke of Richmond lay at Atherstone, where he had his interview with the two Stanley's, in which such measures of co-operation were concerted as occasioned the overthrow of King Richard III., and it is said, that many persons from the subsequent battle were buried below this old mansion, from which the spot has retained the name of the b.l.o.o.d.y bank. It appears, however, to have been so called from being the place where contests of less serious results were usually decided by the young champions of the ancient foundation school, which is still supported by a respectable endowment.
Atherstone Hall has recently been much improved by extended buildings and ornamental plantations. It is situated near Merevale Hall, the seat of D.S. Dugdale, Esq., and Grendon Hall, that of Sir G. Chetwynd, Bart.
Here are manufactories of hats, ribbons, and shalloons, and considerable business is done at the four annual fairs; that in September being the most considerable in England for the sale of cheese. The pa.s.sage of the Coventry ca.n.a.l, uniting with that of the Trent and Mersey, within a hundred yards of the town, adds very considerably to its facilities of trading. The poet Drayton, author of the ”Polyolbion,” was a native of Atherstone.
_Market_, Tuesday.--_Fairs_, April 7, for horses, cows, and sheep; July 18, holyday; September 19, for horses, cows, and cheese; December 4, for horses and fat cattle.--_Mail_ arrives 8.41 A.M.; departs 5.36 P.M.--_Inns_, Red Lion, and Three Tuns.--_Bankers_, W.
and J.H. Chapman; draw upon Spooner and Co.
[Sidenote: Some foreign monks obtained this market.]
[Sidenote: Atherstone Hall.]
Map
Names of Places.
County.
Number of Miles From +--+------------------------+----------+-------------+------------+ 39
Atherstone-upon-Stour pa
Warwick
Stratford 3
s.h.i.+pston 9
22
Atherton, or }
Lancaster
Newton 7
Bolton 5
Chowbents to & chap }
10
Atlow chap
Derby
Ashbourn 4
Wirksworth 6
51
Atpar m.t.
Cardigan
Newcastle 1
Cardigan 10
30
Attenborough[A] pa
Nottingham
Nottingham 6
Derby 10
24
Atterly to
Lincoln
Mar. Rising 9
Brigg 10
45
Attercliffe to
W.R. York
Sheffield 2
Rotherham 4
23
Atterton ham
Leicester
Atherstone 3
Hinckley 6
31
Attington ex. p. ham
Oxford
Tetsworth 1
Thame 3
27
Attleborough[B] m.t. & p
Norfolk
Norwich 15
Buckenham 4
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Dist.
Map
Names of Places.
Number of Miles From
Lond.
Population.
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