138 Chelford. 



cause during the civil wars, he took a well-known 

 part in the battle of Worcester, and subsequent assist- 

 ance of Charles to escape, and falling afterwards into 

 the hands of Cromwell's troops, was cruelly beheaded 

 at Bolton, October 15, 1651. His wife was the chival- 

 rous Charlotte de la Tremouille, who in 1644 successfully 

 defended Lathom House for three months, when be- 

 sieged by 2000 Parliamentarians under Fairfax, holding 

 it for her husband until Prince Rupert brought belief. 



One only of the Stanleys seems to have distinguished 

 himself in the more tranquil paths of philosophy and 

 natural-history the Right Rev. Edward, Rector of Al- 

 derley in 1805, and subsequently Bishop of Norwich. 

 With many other contributions to the literature of our 

 country, we have from his pen that well-known and use- 

 ful little book, the " Familiar History of Birds," first 

 published in 1835. 



Just below Alderley church, crossing the field slantwise 

 and leftwards, and so past Heywood Hall, we find a 

 field-path for Chelford, going presently through a large 

 plantation of Scotch firs. This is a walk that may be 

 taken advantageously for variety's sake, and may be 

 reversed by commencing at Chelford. Coming thence, 

 it is not necessary to change into and finish with the 

 Congleton road, there being a field-path nearly all the 

 way to the station. Autumn is the best season for it, 

 unless in the first flush of summer, when it is impossible 

 for any place to be uninteresting. The plantation in 



