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will keep the sight-seer occupied, and within a 
short train or motor journey is Ludlow, whose 
castle is a gold mine to the antiquary. The 
Feathers Hotel at Ludlow has been a hotel since 
1656. A sixteenth-century poet, Churchyard 
(1520-1604), wrote of Ludlow :— 
‘¢ Who that lists to walk the Towne about 
Shall find therein some rare and pleasant things.” 
Admiration of Shropshire scenery found ex- 
pression, a short while back, in a rather unex- 
pected direction. In a sincere, warm-hearted 
letter, informing the officials of the County Court 
circuit, which covered a large part of Shropshire, 
of his impending retirement (occasioned by pro- 
motion to the County Court Judgeship at West- 
minster), his Honour Judge Sir Alfred Tobin, 
K.C., put on record his regret at leaving the 
people of Shropshire, its hills and its valleys, and 
its rivers. ‘Travelling from town to town, as his 
judicial duties necessitated, he had been able to 
appreciate the rivers, and his grateful reference to 
our kinsfolk, hills, and rivers made good reading 
for Shropshire folk at home and abroad. 
The county of Salop can pride itself on one 
very old man ; for the Chapel of Great Woolaston 
contains this inscription :— 
“Tue Oxp, very Orp Man, Tuomas Parr, was born at 
the Glyn, in the Township of Winnington, within this chapelry 
of Great Willaston, and Parish of Alberbury, in the County 
of Salop, in the year of our Lord 1483. He lived in the 
Reigns of ten kings and queens of England (viz.): King 
