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Mortimer's Cross to Croft Castle, then by Kingsland, turning 

 Kingsland Mill, it runs to the weir above Croward's Mill. 

 Since the construction of this weir, the main stream runs in 

 nearly a direct line to the town of Lemster ; this course has 

 all the appeai'ance of being artificial, the original bed of Lug 

 being the stream separated at the weir, and known by the name 

 of Kenwater ; the stream thus divided flows through the town 

 under two separate bridges, and again unites near the Poplands 

 turnpike, on the Ludlow road. About two hundred yards 

 below this, the Lug receives the united waters of Cheaton and 

 Ridgemoor, and then pursues its serpentine course by the 

 Easters and through the Midsummer Meadows, passing under 

 the London road at Eaton Bridge, one mile from the town 

 of Lemster; immediately afterwards it receives Oney, and a 

 mile lower, in the Volca Meadows,*^ the waters of Arro also 

 become tributary ; it now accompanies the Hereford road by 

 Wharton Court, running under Ford Bridge, and also a new 

 bridge on the Ledbury road, to Hampton Park, then at the back 

 of Hampton Court, the residence of Mr. Arkwright : it here 

 receives Humber, and then takes a fine turn round Dinmore 

 Hill, running under the bridge at Bodenham, and again comes 

 nearly to the Hereford road, under Laston, Moreton, and 

 Wergins Bridges ; then through Lug Meadows, under Lug 

 Bridge, where it turns a flour-mill, and by Bainton Wood, 

 Tidnor Forge, Court Farm, where it receives the river Frome, 

 and Hampton Bishop to Mordiford, where it falls into the Wye. 

 The course of Lug is explained. 



the day, the month, and the year of the date, are incorrect ; the number of men 

 killed is not so given by any historian ; and the victory did not fix Edward IV. 

 on the throne of England, or the dreadful battle of St. Alban's, which was previous 

 to his accession, would not have been subsequently fought, nor would the house 

 of Lancaster have been then triumphant. Cadwallader was never beheaded, as 

 far as I can ascertain, although Owen Tudor was. Speed has thus described 

 the battle in question. " Upon the virge of this shire, betwixt Ludlow and 

 Little Hereford, a great battail was fought by Jasper Earle of Pembroke, 

 and lames Butler, Earle of Orniond and Wiltshire, against Edward Earle 

 of March, in which 3800 men were slain. The two earles fled and Owen Teuther 

 taken and beheaded. This field was fought on the day of the Virgin Marie's 

 purification in anno 1461 ; Wherein before the battail was strok appeared visibly 

 in the firmament three sunnes, which after a while joyned all together, and be- 

 came as before ; for which cause (as some have thought) Edward afterwards gave 

 the sunne in his full brightness for his badge and cognizance." 

 ^ The Lemster race- course. 



