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and Lam-ashire with each other ;it many parts : as, for 

 instaiicr, those between Skipton, Colne, and Burnley; 

 and I et ween Docklane Head and Ashtoii-uiider-Lyne. 

 The roads from Ashton to Stockport and from Stockport 

 to Mottram Langdale were also his work. He was, 

 besides, extensively employed in the same way in 

 the counties of Cheshire and Derby ; constructing the 

 i >ads between Macclesfield and Chapel-le-Frith ; between 

 \Vlia ley and Buxtou ; between Congleton and the Red 

 Bull (entering Staffordshire), and in various other 

 directions. The total mileage of turnpike-roads thus 

 constructed by him was about one hundred and eighty 

 miles, for which he received in all about sixty-five thou- 

 sand pounds. The making of these roads also involved 

 the building of many bridges, retaining- walls, and cul- 

 verts. We believe it was generally admitted of the works 

 << instructed by Metcalf that they well stood the test of 

 tin ie and use ; and, with a degree of justifiable pride, he 

 was afterwards accustomed to point to his bridges, when 

 others were tumbling during floods, and boast that none 

 of his had fallen. 



This extraordinary man not only made the highways 

 which were designed for him by other surveyors, but 

 himself personally surveyed and laid out many of the 

 most important roads which he constructed, in difficult 

 and mountainous parts of Yorkshire and Lancashire. 

 One who personally knew Metcalf thus wrote of him 

 during his lifetime : " With the assistance only of a long 

 staff, I have several times met this man traversing the 

 roads, asrrnding steep and rugged heights, exploring 

 valleys and investigating their several extents, forms, 

 and situations, so as to answer his designs in the best 

 manner. The plans which he makes, and the estimates 

 he prepares, are done in a method peculiar to him- 

 self, and of which he cannot well convey the meaning 

 to others. His abilities in tin's respect are, nevertheless, 

 so great that he finds constant employment, Most of 



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