From Tyburn Turnpike to To Droitwich, 7 miles, 96 WORCESTER, (p. 147.) 111 Kidderminster, 14 miles. To Tewkesbury 16 m. Crow's Nest, Captain Patrick. Cotheridge House. 90 Broadwas. 117 89 Dodenham Lane. 118 To Tenbury, 15 miles. Knightsford Bridge. 119 Gaines, J. Freeman, Esq. cr. river Teme, and enter Herefordshire. 78 779 76 Buckland, Captain W. G. Cherry. 3 miles distant Hampton Court, the magnificent seat of J. Arkwright, Esq., 134 erected in the time of Henry IV. One of the apartments is in the same state as when occupied by William III., who here visited Baron Coningsby. In the library is preserved the handkerchief applied to the wound he received at 136 LEOMINSTER, (p. 119.) 137 the Battle of the Boyne. To Hereford, 13 miles. Cholstry. 139 To Kington by Pembridge, 13 miles. 67 66 Cobden's Ash. Kingsland. 140 141 Mortimer's Cross. 143 64 Shobden Court, Lord 62 Bateman. To Tenbury, 15 miles. On this spot is a pedestal erected in commemoration of the battle which took place here, and settled Edward IV. on the throne cr. Kingston Canal. Shobden. 60 Byton Lane. 58 Cwm. Kynsham Court. 149 To Hereford by Pembridge, 18 miles. ON RIGHT FROM LOND. ABERYSTWITH, p. 112. 207 LVI. LONDON TO SHREWSBURY THROUGH AYLESBURY, KIDDERMINSTER, AND MUCH-WENLOCK, 160 Miles. ON LEFT FROM LOND. From Tyburn Turnpike to Uxbridge, Middlesex (see p. 157.) 15 Across river Coln, and enter Bucks. Chalfont, St Giles's, remarkable as having been the residence of Milton while the plague raged in London, in 1655. Here he finished Paradise Lost. AMERSHAM. is an ancient town, which manufactures large quantities of black lace and cotton. It has a spacious church, containing several monuments, and a town-hall, built, in 1642, by Sir W. Drake. Great Missenden was the seat of a rich abbey. Part of the cloisters still remain. WENDOVER. The inhabitants are supported by lace making. It formerly returned 2 M. P. The Chiltern Hills pass by Wendover. AYLESBURY, (see p. 160.) 26 31 35 1199 40 cr. river Thame. Shardeloes, T. T. Drake, Esq. Little Missenden Abbey. 3 m. distant is Hampden House, formerly the seat of the celebrated John Hampden, and the place where he is interred. The spot of land on which the shipmoney was levied issituated a short distance south of the avenue to the house. This mansion now belongs to the Earl of Buckinghamshire. Chequers, R. C. Russell, Esq. 3 m. dist. Great Kimble, Sir F. B. Morland, Bart. To Thame, 93 miles; to Bicester, 16 miles. Oung House, T. D. Avbrey, Esq. |