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have been forgotten, had it not been for a 

 piece of hiftory belonging to it the death of 

 Edwin, king of Northumberland, which hap- 

 pened in this foreft, together with the 

 deftruftion of his army, by Penda, the pagan 

 king of Mercia. 



In Chefhire we have the forefts of Delamere, 

 and Macclesfield. The former is an extenfive 

 diftrict of ground, rifmg, as it approaches 

 Chefter, and prefenting, at the extremity, a 

 grand view of the flat country below, bounded 

 by the mountains of Wales. The caftle of 

 Beefton, feated on a hill, in the fecond di- 

 tance, appears to great advantage in the view. 

 In this foreft, Edelfleda, a Mercian princefs, 

 founded a little town for her retirement, 

 which obtained the title of the happy city. 

 The fite is ftill known by the name of the 

 chamber in the foreft. 



Befides thefe two forefts in Chefhire there 

 was formerly another of larger dimenfions, 

 than either of them. It occupied, under the 

 name of Wireall-foreft, that whole peninfula, 

 which lies between the eftuaries of the Mercey 

 and the Dee. 



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