The Beauties of England and Wales, or Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, Vol. 13: Part II (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from The Beauties of England and Wales, or Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, Vol. 13: Part II

T his church contains several neat monuments, both ancient and modern. One of them is remarkable for its elegance. It is built of white and Sienna marble, and was erected in honour of Henry W'aterland, LL. D. Prebendary of Bristol, who died in the year 1779. The inscription is too long to be quoted.

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Excerpt from The Beauties of England and Wales, or Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, Vol. 13: Part II
By the grand trunk navigation, the three ports of Bristol, Liverpool; and Hull, are united. After crossing Cheshire, it en. Ters this county near Lawton. At a short distance from thence is the Harecastle tunnel, where the canal runs under ground for more than a mile. From this place it proceeds by New castle, Stone, and Weston, through many other intermediate towns and villages, into the Trent at Wilden, in Derbyshire. In its passage through Staffordshire, this canal generally fola lows a course parallel to that river, which it intersects at dif ferent points. The whole extent of the main trunk is 91 miles. From its greatest elevation at Harecastle the fall of water on the northern side is 328 feet, and on the southern 316. 'the former part is furnished with 35 locks, and the latter with 40. The common breadth of this canal is 29 feet at the top, and 16 at the bottom, and the usual depth is four feet and a half. In the part from Wilden to Burton, however, and from Middlewich to Preston on the hill, it is 31 feet broad at the top, 18 at the bottom, and five and a half feet in depth.
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