Copy 1, Volume 1

England and Wales delineated, historical, entertaining & commercial. Alphabetically arranged / by Thomas Dugdale ... Assisted by William Burnett.

  • Thomas Dugdale
Date:
[1854-60?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: England and Wales delineated, historical, entertaining & commercial. Alphabetically arranged / by Thomas Dugdale ... Assisted by William Burnett. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ft. Names of Places. | County. Number of Miles from Dist. l^ond. Popu- lation 3 Astwick pa Bedford],... Biggleswade 5 ShcfTord... .6 Baldock 3 40 97 5 'Astwood pa Bucks Newport Pag 6 Woburn... 10 Olnev 6 51 288 24 Aswarbv pa Lincoln .... Folkingham 4 Sleaford .. .5 Grantham .. 12 110 1)3 2-1 Aswardby pa Lincoln Spilsbv 4 Alford .7 Horncastle . .8 136 80 33 Shrewsbury 4 6 Shiffnal 14 149 463 39 Atch-Lench hain Worcester.. Evesham ... .6 Alcester.... .6 Pershore 7 104 82 54 Athan, St.* pa Glamorgan.. Cowbridge . .4 Cardiff 15 Bridgend... . 10 174 312 12 Athelampton pa Dorset Dorchester . .7 Bere Regis . .7 Blandford.. .13 116 79 36 Athelington, or Al- lington pa J Suffolk Eye 5 Framlingham8 Debenham .. .6 83 129 31 Athelnev, Isle of Somerset... . 11 Atherington pa Devon Torrington.. .7 Barnstaple . .8 S. Molton... .9 204 592 39 Atherstonef m. t. & pa Warwick... Nuneaton... .6 Sheepv 3 Tamworth .. .8 105 3870 The largest inhabited castle in Wales. Account of the danger- ous beach. Some fo- reign monks obtained this market. * 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 exten- sive 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 fiat and steep-holms are seen from this neighbour- hood : the former has its light-house. It is situated nearly ten miles from the sea lock of the canal, 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 fiat 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 shore all around the base is dry. The island is four or five miles in circumference ; the soil is good, and would, if well cultivated, be very productive. From the light-house, which is SO feet in height, is a de- lightful prospect of the Bristol Channel and the shores of Somerset and Glamorgan. It is the resort of many visitors in the summer season. •j* 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 Walling Street, and divided from Leicester- shire by the river Anker, and was a place of some importance at the Con- quest : at which time the town was given to the monks of Bee in Nor- mandy, 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 thouse of this seminary, and is still dedicated to the same purpose. The mansion, or hall house was sometime after separatee 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 Athcr-