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in which it is enveloped, impresses the mind with a sentiment of 

 peculiar solemnity. From hence the path extends through the 

 wood, till at last it arrives at an open level, from which there is a 

 view up a gently-ascending lawn, on whose summit is erected, with 

 singular advantage, a handsome rotunda, overshadowed by a bold 

 and lofty wood. The path now entering a part of this wood, leads 

 to a verdant alley, opening into a sheep-walk, from a rising point 

 of which, under a lofty yew, there are some of the richest and most 

 enchanting prospects imaginable. At the extremity of the walk, 

 stands the shepherd's lodge, a neat white Gothic edifice, shaded by 

 a few trees, and partly used as an observatory by the noble 

 owner,* from whence may be seen Bardon-hill, the Malvern and 

 Cotteswold hills, the Wrekin, Clee-hills, and the Welsh mountains. 

 The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a rectory in the deanery 

 of Lapley and Trysull : the Rev. Richard Wilkes is the present in- 

 cumbent. The east window is adorned with several shields and 

 coats of arms ; also with portraitures of St. John the Baptist, St. 

 George and the Dragon, and the Blessed Virgin and Child. It 

 contains many monuments and inscriptions in memory of the Greys, 

 Moseleys of the Meer, and other families. The lid of a stone cof- 

 fin with a cross, and the words ROGERUS DE MORF, inscribed 

 upon it, was dug up in 1762, from beneath the west end of the 

 church, whence it is supposed that the Morfe extended to this place, 

 since a small village in the parish still retains the name of Morfe- 

 town. A similar stone, much defaced, with a fleur-de-lis and a 

 cross, likewise lies at the entrance of the porch, f 



Enville is famous for a variety of the black cherry, which pos- 

 sesses a peculiar vinous flavour. 



Lutteley, in this parish, is supposed to have formed part of Kin- 

 fare forest at the time of the Conqueror's Survey, as no mention 

 is made of it at that period. 



The Meer, now the seat of Acton Moseley, Esq. is within the 

 manor of Lutteley. The water from which this place takes its 

 name, has been reduced by art and industry, and the part re- 

 claimed converted into good arable and pasture land. 



The village and parish of BOBBINGTON is situated on the west- 

 ern edge of the county, adjoining Shropshire, and about seven 

 miles from Bridgnorth. Here are two large farm-mansions called 

 Blacklands (formerly the residence of Mr. Levingston, the anti- 



Beauties of England and Wales, 

 t Shaw's Hist, and Ant. of Staffordshire. 



