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dred years later (1745) Charles Edward, 

 attended by the dukes of Athol and Perth, 

 on their march to and from Derby, halted at 

 Ashborne. The prince and his officers took 

 forcible possession of Ashborne -hall, expelling 

 Sir Brooke Boothby and his family. Some of 

 the officers wrote their names on the doors of 

 the different rooms in which they slept, and 

 the inscriptions were legible until they were 

 defaced by the late Sir Brooke Boothby. The 

 bed in which young Stuart slept is in the 

 possession of the author. 



As a fishing-station we mean, of course, 

 fly-fishing Ashborne is unrivalled. It is 

 situated within less than a mile of some of the 

 best parts of the Dove, and within three or 

 four miles of the very best. Behind it, on the 

 north, at the distance of a few hundred yards, 

 runs Bentley-brook, in which, at the beginning 

 of the season, pretty good fishing may be had. 

 If it were preserved from the depredations of 

 the gentlemen of the net and night-line, it 

 would be a beautiful little trout stream. If 

 not worth fishing in, it is worth looking at. 

 Bradbourn, Cubley, Boylstone, Foston, Bar- 

 ton, Brailsford, and Longford brooks, all 

 abounding in excellent trout, are about from 

 four to eight miles distant. It is within a 

 morning's walk of the Wye, the Derwent, the 



