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pacious reservoir, made by the proprietors of the Grand Trunk 

 Canal, to provide an unfailing supply of water for the upper part of 

 their navigation. This reservoir is about a mile and three quarters 

 in length, and more than one-eighth of a mile in breadth, and its 

 depth is about fifteen feet above their guage. It contains when full 

 2,420,000 cubic yards of water, or sufficient to supply their canal 

 100 miles in length, or to fill a lock three yards deep 10,000 times : 

 it is consequently a sufficient supply in a dry season. 



ENDON, including LONGDON and STANLEY, is a large township in 

 the parish of Leek. The village of Endon is about four miles south- 

 west of Leek, and the lower part of it is situated on the turnpike- 

 road, between that town and Newcastle ; the upper part compris- 

 ing some handsome houses. 



The church is situated on a hill near the road. A considerable 

 part of this township is hilly, yet fertile and well-inclosed. 



The Church is a modern structure of stone, the top of the walls 

 adorned with battlements ; the roof is flat, and the square tower is 

 of stone. It is a chapel of ease to Leek, and the present curate the 

 Rev. John Salt, of Burslem, in the Potteries. 



Longevity. The following instance of longevity is inscribed en 

 a tomb-stone in Endon church-yard : " Thomas Plant died June 

 18th, 1754, aged 99 years." 



Another monument bears this singular inscription : 



" Beneath lie the remains of WILLIAM MITRHALL, Esq. of Bagnall, who 

 died the 4th of Jan. 1762, aged 66 years. 



Part of what I possessed is left to others, and what I gave away remains 

 with me." 



BAGNALL is a small village, about two miles to the south of 

 Endon, and six miles to the north-east of Newcastle. The Caldon 

 Canal passes through this parish from the vale of Trent, into the 

 vale of the Churnet, being its highest level, and where it is sup- 

 plied with water from the reservoir in Rudyard vale. 



The manor-house in this village, which belongs to John Sparrow, 

 Esq. of Bishton, is now inhabited by a tenant. It is a good mansion 

 of stone, and appears to be of considerable antiquity. 



The Church, which is a most miserable structure of stone, and in 

 a ruinous state, stands on an eminence in a pasture field. It might 

 be mistaken for a small barn but for the wooden belfry, containing 

 one small and solitary bell : the east end is actually propped by a 

 piece of timber. The interior is inconvenient : six small windows 

 admit the light. 



