MID-CHESHIRE. 

 II. ViA STOCKPORT. 



HP HE " London and North- Western" lines through 

 Cheshire pass across a portion of the county 

 quite as pleasing as that reached by way of Bowdon. 

 Here, however, we are beset by undulations of surface, 

 which sometimes, as at Alderley, and especially to- 

 wards Macclesfield, become striking and eminently pic- 

 turesque. 



The first point for an excursionist, beginning, that is, 

 with the old main line to London, is Handforth, whence, 

 by a pleasant walk of less than two miles across the 

 fields, we reach NORCLIFFE, the residence of R. H. 

 Greg, Esq., who, under certain regulations and restric- 

 tions, liberally allows the public to visit the very beauti- 

 ful grounds and woods. These grounds differ from 

 everything else of the kind near Manchester in being 



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