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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: Nooks and Corners of Shropshire - -Author: H. Thornhill Timmins - -Release Date: July 27, 2012 [EBook #40355] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK NOOKS AND CORNERS OF SHROPSHIRE *** - - - - -Produced by Annie R. McGuire. This book was produced from -scanned images of public domain material from the Internet -Archive. - - - - - - -</pre> - +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 40355 ***</div> <hr class="chap" /> <div class="figcenter" style="width: 437px;"> @@ -477,7 +440,7 @@ natural features of the country indelible traces of their former domination.</p> <p>That Shropshire shared to the full in the drum and trumpet history of -mediæval days, is attested by the ruined castles and strongholds to be +mediæval days, is attested by the ruined castles and strongholds to be met with on every hand. These we shall have occasion to<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_4" id="Page_4">[Pg 4]</a></span> refer to in the course of our rambles; so turn we now to the famous old town which forms the centre and focus of Salopian life.</p> @@ -585,7 +548,7 @@ quiet chambers now serve.</p> <p>Once more we steer a diagonal course athwart steep, crowded<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[Pg 7]</a></span> Castle Street, and, rounding the end of a modern chapel, find ourselves -immediately vis-à-vis the object of our search. An ancient archway, +immediately vis-à -vis the object of our search. An ancient archway, surmounted by a pair of timbered gablets, admits us to a small paved courtyard, around three sides of which extends a group of buildings, which in bygone days formed the Council House, and occasional abode of @@ -614,7 +577,7 @@ moulded pillars.</p> <p>Pushing onward past Plimmer's, formerly Palin's, home of the famous cake-compounder whose praises have been sung by Thomas Ingoldsby Esq., -we come to the trim façade of the Raven Hotel, a commodious hostelry +we come to the trim façade of the Raven Hotel, a commodious hostelry whose fame goes back far into the old coaching days. Then, espying a lofty steeple peering over the nearer housetops, we cross the head of the lane by which Cromwell's men made their way into the town, and enter @@ -654,7 +617,7 @@ which are jealously preserved here under lock and key.</p> <p>Passing on to Pride Hill—so named from a local family of that ilk who lived in a mansion hard by—we presently descry a narrow thoroughfare, -looking for all the world like a bit of some mediæval city. This is +looking for all the world like a bit of some mediæval city. This is Butcher Row, a quaint, old-time byway, whose ancient timbered houses lean this way or that, in sociable good-fellowship, above the little shops that flank the lane. A sketch of Butcher Row forms the @@ -685,7 +648,7 @@ for the Tyme stayde all the Bells in the churches within the sayde Towne, that they could neyther toll nor ringe.'</p> <p>The corner building at the farther end of Butcher Row is an excellent -example of a mediæval town-house; and the beautiful though sadly defaced +example of a mediæval town-house; and the beautiful though sadly defaced carvings about its door-jambs, windows and gables, are as good as they are rare of their kind. There is reason to suppose the Abbots of Lilleshall made this their city abode, and that the chantry priests of @@ -721,11 +684,11 @@ picturesquely there—whereof more anon,—and pausing beneath Clive's statue to scan the determined features and stalwart bearing of that<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[Pg 11]</a></span> renowned Salopian. Then we turn our attention to a group of Fine old black-and-white gables that rise upon the opposite side of the street, -the doorway of one handsome façade bearing the inscription, <span class="smcap">Erected by +the doorway of one handsome façade bearing the inscription, <span class="smcap">Erected by Richard Owen the Elder, Gentelman, Ano. Dm</span>. 1592.</p> <p>Few towns in the kingdom can boast such stately survivals as these; yet -a few yards away appears a still more striking specimen of the mediæval +a few yards away appears a still more striking specimen of the mediæval builder's art. Originally the town-house of the Irelands, this noble old fabric is still known by their name, and bears upon its ancient front the family cognizance. Four storeys high it rears its chequered walls, @@ -859,7 +822,7 @@ theatre, a chapel, a warehouse and a shop!</p> <p>Several attractive-looking old structures confront us as we descend the steep pavement, prominent amongst them the ancient abode that figures -upon page 15. This picturesque façade, with its<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[Pg 15]</a></span> blackened timbers and +upon page 15. This picturesque façade, with its<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[Pg 15]</a></span> blackened timbers and pretty traceried window adorned by coats of arms, has an added interest from the fact that it is 'Ye auncient house in which King Henry the VII loged, when he went to Bosworth Field, Aug<sup>st</sup> 1485.' So at least the @@ -888,7 +851,7 @@ find ourselves in the broad thoroughfare called Abbey Foregate—</p> <p>These lines by Churchyard, the old Shropshire poet, still hold good in the main, though railway encroachments have much to answer for. But the -pièce de résistance is happily still there, and the ruddy, timeworn +pièce de résistance is happily still there, and the ruddy, timeworn tower of the Abbey Church now rises before us, while its mellow-toned bells speak for themselves, pealing out a quaint, merry chime upon the springlike air as we draw near.</p> @@ -1289,7 +1252,7 @@ lady consort, her costume of ruff and stomacher, girdle and flat head-dress, bespeaking the time of Queen Elizabeth; while in the background appear their nine children, habited in the stiff, formal gear of that period. Beneath the enclosing arch are inscribed the words, '<span class="smcap">Hic -iacet corpus Richardi Lee armigeri qui obiit 27° die Maii Anno Doni +iacet corpus Richardi Lee armigeri qui obiit 27° die Maii Anno Doni 1591</span>.' This fine monument is carved in alabaster, and is surmounted by a knightly helmet and squirrel crest, and coats of arms with supporters.</p> @@ -1332,7 +1295,7 @@ that period.</p> greater than the width, a slender turret rising at either corner. The moat is conspicuous by its absence, which goes to confirm the theory that Acton Burnell was rather an early embattled mansion, like its -neighbour of Stokesay, than a military castle of the usual mediæval +neighbour of Stokesay, than a military castle of the usual mediæval type. These massive old ruddy-grey sandstone walls are pierced with mullioned windows, whose vacant cavities still retain fragments of geometrical tracery; while a pathetic-looking wooden turret, in the last @@ -1469,7 +1432,7 @@ upon the crest of the ridge to our right stands Frodesley Lodge, a singular looking pile of Tudor brickwork, with a great stone staircase running from top to bottom, and several large oak-panelled chambers. Down in the vale beyond lies Frodesley village, where Sir Herbert -Edwardes, the hero of Mûltan, first saw the light, his father being +Edwardes, the hero of Mûltan, first saw the light, his father being rector of Frodesley at that time. The church was rebuilt in 1809, and is a fair sample of the dismal 'style' then in vogue, about the only relic of antiquity that has survived being the ancient parish register, the @@ -1903,7 +1866,7 @@ they stand sentinel on either side the rustic porch; an innocent billet indeed for these truculent bullets!</p> <p>At the farther end of the village two humble inns, the Green Dragon and -the Crown, stand vis-à-vis on either side the highway; and, in these +the Crown, stand vis-à -vis on either side the highway; and, in these modest hostelries, visitors may possibly identify the rival 'houses' that figure in Beatrice Harraden's story of Shropshire life, entitled 'At the Green Dragon.'</p> @@ -2049,7 +2012,7 @@ shall see more anon.</p><p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_54" id="Page_54"> plaster dating from Tudor times. Grey, worn, and weather-stained as they are, its solid old oaken timbers bid fair to outlast many a long year yet; while the huge angle corbels and the spandrils above the gateway -are boldly carved with the quaint, humorous conceits of the mediæval +are boldly carved with the quaint, humorous conceits of the mediæval craftsman. The story goes that in the last century this Gatehouse used to be frequented by a fugitive, outlawed in the days when forgery was a capital crime, who hid snugly away in some secret closet of the interior @@ -2352,7 +2315,7 @@ original stone slabs, greatly enhancing the picturesque appearance of the ancient building. The solid nail-studded porch door bears traces of bullet marks, and has a pair of fifteenth-century hinges.</p> -<p>The interior of the church wears an antiquated air, as of primæval +<p>The interior of the church wears an antiquated air, as of primæval repose, and appears to belong mainly to the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Many of the high-backed Jacobean pews are rudely adorned with carving, as is also the oaken pulpit; while one or two of the former @@ -2552,7 +2515,7 @@ Over the door of an adjacent shop we<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_70" id=" Gotobed, a clan which should be widely represented, one would suppose, in this Sleepy Hollow! Another old lintel retains some ancient lettering, with the figures 1685. Then, turning down the steep High -Street, we get a backward view of the town; the prim façade of an +Street, we get a backward view of the town; the prim façade of an eighteenth-century Town Hall, topped by a slender belfry, seeming to block up the roadway, and some oldfashioned shops and dwellings flanking the narrow footpath.</p> @@ -2566,8 +2529,8 @@ troubles of the Civil Wars, the sacred edifice fell a prey to the flames, and has only within the last forty years been rebuilt and renovated. There are some very ancient yews in the churchyard: and a tombstone near the belfry door bears the following inscription: 'A la -mémoire de Louis Paces, Lieut.-Colonel de Chevaux legers, chevalier des -ordres militaires des deux Siciles et d'Espayne. Mort à Bishop's Castle +mémoire de Louis Paces, Lieut.-Colonel de Chevaux legers, chevalier des +ordres militaires des deux Siciles et d'Espayne. Mort à Bishop's Castle le 1<sup>re</sup> Mai 1814, age de 40 ans.' This must have been one of the French prisoners who, at the time of the Peninsular War, were billeted at Bishop's Castle.</p> @@ -2607,7 +2570,7 @@ confound the incredulous.</p> pleasant looking village of half-timbered houses seated on the river Camlad, one of them bearing upon its gable-end the inscription, <span class="smcap">what . is . here . by . man . erected : let . it . be . by . god . protected : -iohn . middleton . gent . an . do . 1685 : ætatis . suæ . 27 . r . t . c</span> :</p> +iohn . middleton . gent . an . do . 1685 : ætatis . suæ . 27 . r . t . c</span> :</p> <p>Returning direct across the hills to Bishop's Castle, we pass through Broughton, where, it is believed, the Romans had a station. Offa's Dyke, @@ -2966,7 +2929,7 @@ Hall-of-the-Forest, Moor Hall, Cow Hall, etc.</p><p><span class="pagenum"><a nam <p>By favour of the Vicar, we are able to give a sketch of the Bettws Communion cup. It is of silver, bearing the London hall-mark and the -date 1662, and is ornamented, as may be seen, with a repoussé flower +date 1662, and is ornamented, as may be seen, with a repoussé flower pattern. Though inferior in design to vessels of an earlier period, such as the beautiful Bacton chalice, this little cup is a very fair example of the silversmith's art of the seventeenth century.</p> @@ -3155,7 +3118,7 @@ favourite haunt of David Cox, the artist.</p> church, flanked by a prehistoric tumulus. St. Cuthbert's church is well worth a visit, for its ancient features have been faithfully preserved, including one of those singular 'leper' windows that have so often -proved a bone of contention to archæologists.</p><p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_89" id="Page_89">[Pg 89]</a></span></p> +proved a bone of contention to archæologists.</p><p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_89" id="Page_89">[Pg 89]</a></span></p> <p>On a sunny bank overlooking the river Clun stands Clungunford House, the residence of J. C. L. Rocke, Esq., Lord of the Manor. Half a mile away @@ -3404,7 +3367,7 @@ as that occupied by Prince Arthur, son of Henry VII.</p> <p>Beside the Keep-tower are the scanty ruins of the castle kitchen, which, to judge from the fireplace, an enormous oven, and some rusty iron utensils of proportionate size, must have been on a scale commensurate -even with the needs of this vast mediæval ménage. Close at hand is the +even with the needs of this vast mediæval ménage. Close at hand is the castle well, which, though not enclosed within the area of the Norman keep, is not far away from it, and was probably protected by its adjacent outworks.</p> @@ -3543,7 +3506,7 @@ figures at the end of the present chapter.</p> <p>The great Perpendicular window, which occupies nearly the whole of the east end of the chancel, is filled with ancient stained glass, -portraying, in the realistic style dear to the mediæval mind, scenes +portraying, in the realistic style dear to the mediæval mind, scenes from the Legend of St. Lawrence, the tutelary saint of the church.</p> <p>Some good old glass in the east window of the adjacent chapel of St. @@ -3610,7 +3573,7 @@ seen upon the eighteenth-century memorial to Theophilus Salwey, Esq., with its chubby, smiling cherub, placidly seated upon an hour-glass, and surrounded by skulls, bones, and such-like disjecta membra, a curious conjunction! Salwey, with equal mind, declares himself by the -inscription, 'Pro Rege Sæpe, Pro Republica Semper.'</p> +inscription, 'Pro Rege Sæpe, Pro Republica Semper.'</p> <p>The antiquary may discover much matter of this sort in the course of a stroll through St. Lawrence's church; but, not to pursue the subject ad @@ -3700,7 +3663,7 @@ strike thence into a narrow lane running alongside the old town-wall.</p> <p>This brings us to Mill Street, near a row of humble stone tenements wherein Mr. Oliver Baker discovered, some few years ago, traces of old work dating back as far as the thirteenth century. These are supposed to -be the remains of Barnaby House, a guest-house where, in mediæval times, +be the remains of Barnaby House, a guest-house where, in mediæval times, pilgrims used to break their journey when travelling into Wales.</p> <p>Arrived in Mill Street, we make for the Grammar School, a long, low, @@ -3756,7 +3719,7 @@ rises but a stone's-throw away, so thitherward let us now direct our steps.</p> <p>This is the Feathers Hotel, an ancient hostelry which, as may be -gathered from our sketch, is a magnificent example of mediæval domestic +gathered from our sketch, is a magnificent example of mediæval domestic architecture. Observe how the venerable house seems to 'stand at ease,' as it were, in these days of its ripe old age; its tall beetling gables and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_105" id="Page_105">[Pg 105]</a><br /><a name="Page_106" id="Page_106">[Pg 106]</a></span> quaintly carved beams leaning this way or that, quite regardless of @@ -3772,7 +3735,7 @@ traditional builder of the house, we leave others to decide. The same letters reversed figure upon the beautiful carved oak chimney-piece in the coffee-room, which, with its elaborate plaster ceiling, intricately carved oak panelling, and low, lattice-paned windows, has quite a -mediæval appearance. Hard by is another fine wainscoted chamber, where +mediæval appearance. Hard by is another fine wainscoted chamber, where some visitor of bygone days has set his signet in the form of a family hatchment, duly 'erased' and 'impaled,' in true heraldic fashion.</p> @@ -3781,7 +3744,7 @@ little better than a 'perfect and absolute blank.' But from the general style of its architecture, and the presence of the royal arms in its principal chamber, it has been conjectured that The Feathers was in some way connected with the Courts of the Marches, which played such an -important part at Ludlow in mediæval days.</p> +important part at Ludlow in mediæval days.</p> <p>Over the way stands The Bull, another oldfashioned hotel, with one of those large, rambling inn-yards, familiar to travellers of a bygone @@ -3809,11 +3772,11 @@ pigstys and the like.</p> <p>In the same quarter is to be seen a group of ancient almshouses built by one of the Foxes of Bromfield, whose coat-of-arms, with the date 1593, -appears upon the low grey stone façade fronting on the highway.</p> +appears upon the low grey stone façade fronting on the highway.</p> <p>Thus it will be seen that, hidden away amongst the nooks and corners of Ludlow town, there are many relics of ancient domestic architecture, -such as lend a quaint, mediæval appearance to its older streets. The +such as lend a quaint, mediæval appearance to its older streets. The surrounding country, too, is equally favoured, for it is full of the charm of secluded, rural beauty; while rustic villages and smiling homesteads are to be met with on every hand.</p> @@ -3986,7 +3949,7 @@ uneven stonework with its wavy coursing, that mark the Saxon period.</p> <p>In the north nave wall is the remarkable doorway shewn in the accompanying sketch. Here we find the long-and-short work both<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_113" id="Page_113">[Pg 113]</a></span> upon the jambs and the semicircular head, which is surmounted by a peculiarly -shaped cross, and guttæ, or drops, like those found in classic +shaped cross, and guttæ, or drops, like those found in classic architecture. Though now blocked up, this doorway is still in a good state of preservation.</p> @@ -4119,7 +4082,7 @@ as we potter about the interior. In the chancel, upon a brass<span class="pagenu under the arch of the Easter Sepulchre, appears an inscription which runs as follows: <span class="smcap">m . s . carolus . baldwyn . de . elsich : armiger . hic . situs . est : obijt . 14<sup>o</sup> . die . februarij . an<sup>o</sup> . dni . 1674 : anno -. ætatis . suæ</span> . 77. The Charles Baldwyn here referred to held Stokesay +. ætatis . suæ</span> . 77. The Charles Baldwyn here referred to held Stokesay Castle under a long lease from Lord Craven, and his son Samuel was in command of the garrison there at the time of the Civil Wars.</p> @@ -4453,7 +4416,7 @@ corners of the base are ornamented with rudely sculptured monsters.</p> <p>A grove of trees near the eastern end of the churchyard hides a lofty, moated mound; and just beyond that, incorporated with some farm buildings, is a large, circular stone tower, built of good ashlar -masonry, and pierced with narrow loopholes of the regulation mediæval +masonry, and pierced with narrow loopholes of the regulation mediæval type.</p> <p>This is the only surviving fragment of Holgate castle, founded by Helgot @@ -4730,7 +4693,7 @@ rather unusual feature in this locality. A fine Norman west doorway, masked by the tower built against it, is only one amongst several good features to be seen here. In the old parish register we find the following interesting record: 'Note that upon the 26 daye of June was -service celebrated first in the Englysh tonge, anno primo Elizabethæ, +service celebrated first in the Englysh tonge, anno primo Elizabethæ, 1559.'</p> <p>Upon leaving the church we round a corner beside a queer old timbered @@ -4805,7 +4768,7 @@ adjoining sketch.</p> <p>That long, low edifice, with its quaint, trefoil-headed windows, deep roof and half-timbered turret, is the Prior's Lodging of bygone days; most interesting in that its internal economy remains much as in -mediæval times, though cleverly adapted to the needs of the nineteenth +mediæval times, though cleverly adapted to the needs of the nineteenth century.</p><p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_137" id="Page_137">[Pg 137]</a></span></p> <p>Through those round Norman arches, with their characteristic @@ -4990,7 +4953,7 @@ the vivaries, or fishponds, fed by a stream that runs down from the neighbouring hills.</p> <p>At Buildwas Abbey, the monks of old kept alive the lamp of civilization -in dark, mediæval days. 'Within these walls peace reigned; from their +in dark, mediæval days. 'Within these walls peace reigned; from their stately chambers ever arose the sound of prayer and praise; their gates were open to the pilgrim and the traveller; hospitality, and brotherly kindness, softened in many ways the harsh incidence of feudal custom.'</p> @@ -5059,7 +5022,7 @@ rural scenes; and several of the villagers who rest in the green churchyard have, we observe, well outrun a century ere they could tear themselves away.</p> -<p>Vorwärts! Anon we descry Eaton Constantine, the 'Etune' of Domesday +<p>Vorwärts! Anon we descry Eaton Constantine, the 'Etune' of Domesday Book, a high-lying village held by Constantine the Norman at the rental of a pair of white gloves, valued at one penny! Richard Baxter, the puritan Divine, spent his early days up there, where his dwelling may @@ -5078,7 +5041,7 @@ first preached in this locality beneath the shade of an oak tree. This tradition is supported by the fact that a very ancient oak, in the last stages of decay, standing on the outskirts of the village, has from time immemorial been known as the Lady Oak ('Our Lady's Oak'), probably a -mediæval perversion of the earlier Saxon name.</p> +mediæval perversion of the earlier Saxon name.</p> <p>Belswardine House, on the hillside overlooking Cressage, is associated with Judge Jeffreys, of execrable memory, who lived there for a time.</p> @@ -5098,7 +5061,7 @@ Bromleys the estate subsequently passed, by the marriage of Sir Thomas's heiress, to the Bridgman family.</p> <p>An obscure, winding lane, brings us in due course to the village of -Wroxeter. Here we are on ground classic to the archæologist, for<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_146" id="Page_146">[Pg 146]</a></span> +Wroxeter. Here we are on ground classic to the archæologist, for<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_146" id="Page_146">[Pg 146]</a></span> beneath our feet lie the ruins of Roman Uriconium. 'The site of this long-deserted town,' writes Professor Paley, in the <i>Nineteenth Century</i> magazine, 'probably the most important one between Dover and Chester @@ -5109,9 +5072,9 @@ Probably it was built as a precaution that the extremely strong position of the Wrekin should not be occupied by the enemy.'</p> <p>Towards the close of the fifth century Uriconium was overwhelmed by the -Saxons; when the 'high-placed city of Wrecon,' as Llywarch-Hên, the old +Saxons; when the 'high-placed city of Wrecon,' as Llywarch-Hên, the old Welsh bard, styles it, was utterly destroyed, and reduced to a heap of -ruins. In mediæval days these ruins doubtless fell a prey to the pious +ruins. In mediæval days these ruins doubtless fell a prey to the pious monkish builder, who was very busy about that period: and, as time still wore on, meadows and cornfields covered the forgotten site, and the countryman wondered to see the coins and curious ornaments turned up by @@ -5152,7 +5115,7 @@ of Uriconium, sixteen hundred years ago.</p> <p>The Watling Street, that great military highway of the Romans, passed through the city of Uriconium on its way from London to North Wales. -Another Roman road went southwards from the city; running viâ Church +Another Roman road went southwards from the city; running viâ Church Stretton, Leintwardine and Kenchester, to Abergavenny in Monmouthshire.</p> <div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"><a name="ILL_091" id="ILL_091"></a> @@ -5220,7 +5183,7 @@ illustrated in 'Nooks and Corners of Herefordshire,' some few years ago.</p> <p>Crossing the bridge, we obtain a good view of the church reflected in the placid river; and thereafter we stretch away along the Watling -Street, Rome's grand Prætorian thoroughfare of days gone by. Presently +Street, Rome's grand Prætorian thoroughfare of days gone by. Presently Uppington and its ruined castle appear upon our left, looking across Tern river to Withington, where the curious church brasses are.</p><p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_148" id="Page_148">[Pg 148]</a><br /><a name="Page_149" id="Page_149">[Pg 149]</a></span></p> @@ -5330,7 +5293,7 @@ some consequence. It is now occupied as a farmhouse.</p> Here we alight, and, running the gauntlet of some grimy ironworks, we strike into a cross-country road and make for Lilleshall Abbey. Anon we espy the graceful ruins, overtopped by a wooded hill, with the stately -grey façade of Lilleshall House shewing up well amidst a setting of +grey façade of Lilleshall House shewing up well amidst a setting of luxuriant foliage.</p> <div class="figright" style="width: 600px;"><a name="ILL_095" id="ILL_095"></a> @@ -5355,7 +5318,7 @@ beyond these again lay the large fishponds, the dovecot, etc.</p> has spread her mantle of luxuriant ivy; while wind and weather have combined to add their softening touches. Set in the midst of a green, tranquil landscape, 'the world forgetting, by the world forgot,' this -venerable pile seems redolent of memories from dim, mediæval days, when +venerable pile seems redolent of memories from dim, mediæval days, when life went forward in quite another fashion from these hard-driven, high-pressure times.</p><p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_154" id="Page_154">[Pg 154]</a></span></p> @@ -6032,7 +5995,7 @@ various courts, inserted as a memorial of the Queen's Jubilee, afford a study in the corporate life of Bridgnorth.</p> <p>Confronting the Town Hall, across the way, appears the ancient -many-windowed façade of the Swan Inn, a rare specimen of a country-town +many-windowed façade of the Swan Inn, a rare specimen of a country-town hostelry of the spacious Tudor times; and scarcely less effective, though more modernized, are the chequered gables and quaintly carved brackets of a neighbouring residence. The North Gate, last survivor of @@ -6090,7 +6053,7 @@ completed, when the rebellious Earl was besieged by Henry I., who, having made himself master of the stronghold, converted it into a royal residence.</p> -<p>Later on came the Second Henry, with Thomas à Beket in his train, and, +<p>Later on came the Second Henry, with Thomas à Beket in his train, and, while investing the castle, had a narrow escape of losing his life by an arrow shot from the wall. In the fourth year of his reign, Henry II. granted to the town its first Royal charter, which has been renewed and @@ -6367,7 +6330,7 @@ westwards, we bowl along between the dusky hedgerows, until we strike the main road near a place called the 'Wheel of Worvell.' Here we linger awhile at the open door of the smithy, whose ruddy gleam of firelight, dancing sparks, and cheerful noise of hammering, attract one -irresistibly, awakening some slumbering instinct of the primæval man.</p> +irresistibly, awakening some slumbering instinct of the primæval man.</p> <p>Then putting on the best pace, we spin away along an up-and-down,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_185" id="Page_185">[Pg 185]</a></span> switchback sort of road, re-cross the bridge over the Severn, and, @@ -6693,7 +6656,7 @@ likely day in store for folk who fare abroad.</p> <p>Descending the hill and crossing Severn bridge, we push onward at a good round pace along Hospital Street, so named from the Leper House, or -Hospital, which in mediæval days occupied the site of yonder old brick +Hospital, which in mediæval days occupied the site of yonder old brick mansion, called St. James's, which now comes in sight among the trees upon our left.</p> @@ -6894,7 +6857,7 @@ pleasant estate of the Leasowes, with its groves and pseudo-classic ruined temples, in the taste of the last century, and its memories of Shenstone the poet.</p> -<p>But we digress, so now, revenons à nos moutons.</p> +<p>But we digress, so now, revenons à nos moutons.</p> <p>Laying a south-westerly course from Highley, we set out anon for Kinlet Hall, a place seated in a wild, secluded locality, on the borders of @@ -7035,7 +6998,7 @@ thereto attached.</p> come by-and-by to a farmhouse called Walltown, occupying the site of a Roman encampment, whose outer lines are still clearly traceable. In Blakeway's time, the old road from Cleobury to Bridgnorth passed -directly through the centre of the camp, 'entering at the Prætorian, and +directly through the centre of the camp, 'entering at the Prætorian, and passing out at the Decuman Gate,' but its course has since been altered.</p> <p>Leaving Neen Savage in the vale upon our right, we cut off a corner by a @@ -7048,7 +7011,7 @@ church rising above the housetops, like a crooked, beckoning finger.</p> about the history of the town. 'The village of Clebyri,' to quote Leland once again, 'standythe in the Rootes by est of Cle Hills, seven myles from Ludlow, in the Way to Beaudeley.' At the time of Domesday Survey -'Claiberie' was held by Queen Editha, and in mediæval days formed, with +'Claiberie' was held by Queen Editha, and in mediæval days formed, with the circumjacent country, part of the great Honour of Mortimer. These haughty Mortimers, indeed, ruled the roost for many a long day at Cleobury; but their castle was destroyed during the Barons' Wars, and @@ -7432,7 +7395,7 @@ stand, we take it, as a record fare even to this day.</p> <p>Be that as it may, we now pass on to Minsterley, the terminus of the line; a place that, whatever attractions it may possess, can certainly lay small claim to beauty. Even the Miners' Arms Inn, by its -bleak-looking, brick façade, belies the comfort to be found within; and +bleak-looking, brick façade, belies the comfort to be found within; and it is not until we come to the parish church that things take a turn for the better.</p> @@ -7457,7 +7420,7 @@ some half-dozen Maiden Garlands, or Love Tokens, as they are sometimes called. These curious objects are constructed of ribbons, bows and rosettes, stretched upon a small bee-hive shaped framework. A Love Token was intended to commemorate a betrothed lover who had remained faithful -during life, his or her fiancée having died during the time of +during life, his or her fiancée having died during the time of betrothal. There is, however, another version anent the use of these Maiden Garlands. When a young damsel died, a girl of the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_215" id="Page_215">[Pg 215]</a></span> same age as the deceased walked at the head of the funeral procession, carrying a @@ -7793,7 +7756,7 @@ salient corner and vantage point: and artificial tumuli abound upon the neighbouring lands.</p><p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_224" id="Page_224">[Pg 224]</a></span></p> <p>Rhyd-y-Groes, on the ancient course of the Camlad, tells a different -tale; for here, there is reason to believe, the monks in mediæval times +tale; for here, there is reason to believe, the monks in mediæval times stationed their processional cross, while the pilgrims passed through the rippling shallows at Rhyd-y-Groes, the 'Ford of the Cross.'</p> @@ -8090,7 +8053,7 @@ All Souls' College, Oxford.</p> <p>Turning our backs upon the Severn, which here flows along in easy curves between low, red, clayey banks, we now pass through a pair of tall iron -gates near Alberbury church, and make our way viâ Loton Deer Park to +gates near Alberbury church, and make our way viâ Loton Deer Park to Wattlesborough Castle.</p> <p>The walk across the Park introduces us to some picturesque bits of @@ -8702,383 +8665,6 @@ rambled thus far together amidst the 'Nooks and Corners of Shropshire.'</p> <img src="images/ill_148.jpg" width="101" height="150" alt="" /> </div> - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Nooks and Corners of Shropshire, by -H. 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