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lane." The house he occupied was thereafter called the 

 " palace," and although it has long since disappeared, the 

 name still clings to the locality. On the ist of Decem- 

 ber, having stayed only one clear day, he marched for 

 London, crossing the river just below Cheadle by means 

 of a bridge constructed, it is said, of the trunks of poplar 

 trees ; in another week he was in full retreat, pursued 

 by the Duke of Cumberland. On the way homeward, he 

 again stayed a day in Manchester, and then moved on 

 through Wigan. The appearance presented by the town 

 of Manchester on this memorable occasion may be 

 tolerably well imagined from the large " view " upon the 

 staircase-walls of the Campfield Free Library, the date 

 of which is 1730, or only fifteen years earlier. Fifteen 

 years in modern Manchester would make a prodigious 

 difference, but at the beginning of the last century 

 growth was slow. 



To make acquaintance with Bramhall Brook a good 

 starting-point is Lady Bridge. To this end, go by train 

 to Cheadle-Hulme, access from which to Lady Bridge 

 is easy; then ascend the stream, keeping on the left 

 bank, through the valley, everywhere pleasant, till Bram- 

 hall is reached. At Bramhall-green cross the road, 

 again enter the fields, where the path renews itself by 

 the water-side, and so to Mill-bank. Thence, for the 

 return home, we may turn up on the left, and going 

 along Button-lane, get to Hazel-grove station. The 

 purity of the water will often attract attention. That 



