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town of Shrewsbury, which at present is the nearest 

 point of access by rail, so that the remainder of the 

 journey has to be accomplished with the aid of quad- 

 rupeds. If possible, before proceeding to the ruins, 

 the intending visitor should examine the relics brought 

 therefrom, and deposited in the Shrewsbury museum. 



The railway to Macclesfield branches out of the old 

 " Manchester and Birmingham" at Cheadle, (the first sta- 

 tion beyond Stockport,) thence running exactly midway be- 

 tween the iron roads that convey us to Crewe and Buxton, 

 the distance between these two increasing, however, every 

 instant, since they resemble the sides of a letter v turned 

 sideways V- Leaving Cheadle by the branch in ques- 

 tion, we reach, first, the nearest point for Bramhall ; 

 afterwards Adlington and Prestbury, with their undulat- 

 ing and beautifully-wooded neighbourhoods; and from 

 the former may proceed to Pott Shrigley, through some 

 of the most pleasing country in this part of Cheshire. 

 Profusely as grow the sylvan hyacinths (commonly called 

 blue-bells) in many a sweet grove in Lancashire and Mid- 

 Cheshire, there are localities near Pott Shrigley where 

 in May the ground emulates the sky of Italy. There is 

 a capital walk also by way of Harrop-wood to Lyme 

 Park ; and very delightful and sequestered scenery and 

 meadow rambling again, on the right-hand side of the 

 line, about Mottram-St-Andrew, and between Prestbury 

 and Alderley. 



