Preface. vii 



It is scarcely needful to say that many of the 

 places described, though rendered accessible to the 

 public by the liberality and the courtesy of the pro- 

 prietors, can be entered only by making previous and 

 orderly application. Difficulty need scarcely ever 

 arise in respect of this ; all depends upon the manner 

 in which the application is preferred. This is most 

 especially the case with moors and woods preserved 

 for game. The author will be glad, at any time, to 

 supply particulars as to admission that cannot other- 

 wise be obtained. 



It has only to be added that the book being in- 

 tended to serve the purpose of a Directory quite as 

 much as that of a systematic description, the author 

 has frequently adopted a style of expression to cor- 

 respond. At the end will be found an extended sum- 

 mary of the chief Railway-stations of the district, and 

 of the distances thereto ; also, a comprehensive index 

 of the places, objects, and circumstances that have 

 been mentioned. 



85 RUMFORD STREET, MANCHESTER, 

 April 1866. 



