This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1858 edition. Excerpt: .To the right, close by the road side, are the remains of the grounds and walks of Mr. Weston Young, a gentleman of considerable fortune and spirit, who used to keep a pack of harriers, and have his estate preserved in excellent order.

He had an expensive lawsuit with the railroad company for spoiling his grounds, which he lost, because it was proved that he had let part of them for a farm. To the top of the hill, on the right, we see some tall chimneys, which belong to the works of Mr. Firmstone, at Leysett ColLiery, where as many as twenty different measures of coal are found, and various beds of ironstone. The district about here, from Silverdale to Apedale, abounds with minerals, and Mr. Firmstone is constructing a railroad from the works to the line of road, in order that he may run his own engines and trains, to supply the companys stations with coke, and convey the iron to Birmingham and Manchester. To the left is a high spot of wood, called Barr Hill, from the summit of which a fine view may be obtained of the surrounding country, as far as Wales. The road is exceedingly straight here, and we can see several miles along the line, under the bridges, which form a beautiful perspective. Madeley.

This is a very pretty village, the houses and cottages of which are built of stone, having the brook, which runs by the side of the road, passing through it and forming a dam, which turns a corn mill. There is a fine old Gothic Church, in good repair, which is built in the form of a cross; as if it had been a collegiate town. The interior is fitted up very handsomely in oak, and there is a good organ, but unfortunately no organist. The Earl of Wilton, who is one of the finest organists in the kingdom, is a large pew holder in the Church, and.