128 A TOPOGRAPHICAL 



Perceval Eliot, Esq. late a major in the army. This gentleman was 

 a skilful agriculturist, as appears by his various letters to Arthur 

 Young, Esq. When the Staffordshire Cavalry were embodied, in 

 1794, he published a pamphlet for the use of the corps, which he 

 dedicated to their colonel, Earl Gower Sutherland. 



In March, 1797, the freehold and leasehold estates of Elmhurst 

 and Stichbrook, containing about 856 acres, were upon sale by 

 auction, and valued at 50,000 guineas. 



Stichbrook is only remarkable for being in the vicinity of Chris- 

 tian-field, where, tradition says, one thousand British Christians 

 were massacred. 



Abenhall is an ancient mansion in the parish of St. Michael. It 

 stands in a low situation, and was built in 1294 by Thomas de 

 Abenhall. 



Towards Fairwell, the ancient mansion of Ashenbrook attracts 

 the attention of the traveller ; it is the property of a Roman Ca-. 

 tholic family, and several curious relics of painted glass adorn the 

 windows. 



Pipe is a manor about a mile south-west of Ashenbrook. It is a 

 very ancient lordship, and an extensive constablewick, no less than 

 nine villages being subject to the jurisdiction of the constable of 

 Pipe. 



Edial-Hall is a good square brick building, with a cupola and 

 ballustrades at the top, the whole being inclosed by a court and 

 garden-wall. This house was once the residence of the celebrated 

 Samuel Johnson, who opened an academy here in 1736, for the in^ 

 struction of young gentlemen in the Latin and Greek languages. 



HAMERWICH is a small village about four miles from Lichfield, 

 on the right of the Walsall road, adjoining the forest of Cannock. 

 Hamerwich Chapel is a small structure pleasantly situated on an 

 eminence. 



At a public-house called Muckley-Corner, the turnpike-road from 

 .Walsall crosses the Roman Watling-street. 



Pipehill is a hamlet on the road from Lichfield to Walsall ; it 

 contains two houses, and a third to the east of the road, the resi- 

 dence of Mr. Bradburue, where some curious specimens of a Roman 

 vallum are to be seen. 



Wall, a hamlet and manor, is divided by the Watling-street, and 

 is the ancient Roman station of Etocetum. The chief remains 

 of this remarkable antiquity are walls which encompass two acres 



