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Oswestry to Ruabon. 



Chhk. — i^queJuH. — Church. — Memoranda of Dr. SaihevereU.-^ 

 Chirk Cajile, and txten/ive V'ttio. — Anecdote refpeR'tng a tuhim' 

 fical Painting of Pi iyll Rhaiadr.—HiJJory of Chirk Ca/i.'e.— 

 Ajtmoratida of iiir 'John Trevor .^ formerly Ma,ler of the Rohs. — 

 Beautiful Scene at Nezu Bridge. — Ruahon. — Church and Me- 

 nmnents. — Dr. David Pcioei. 



The village of C/jirk is fituated on the brow of a 

 hill ; and from the numerous coal-works and othet" 

 undertakings in the neighbourhood, it appears to be 

 a place of fome bufmefsi 



The Eilefmere canal palTes within half a mile of 

 the village, and is carried over the river and vale of 

 Ceiriog by a long aqueduft. 



In the church at Chirk there are feveral marble 

 monuments in memory of the Middletons of Chirk 

 cadle : the beft of thefe was erefted for fir Thomas 

 Middleton, one of the commanders in the army of 

 the parliament during the civil wars* 



Memoranda of Dr. Sacheverell. 



This well known charader, whofe hiftory affords 



a flriking inftance of the folly and madnefs of party, 



4 exalting 



