Percy arms is visible. Norwich. ALNWICK. strength. Edward. to the me This town has a spacious market place, and a considerable town hall, in which the sessions and county courts are held. It is paved, watched, and lighted, under an act passed in 1821. Although the county town, the assizes are held at Newcastle. Alnwick Castle has been for many centuries a fortress of great Fortress of strength, and the family mansion of the Percys'; it stands on an eminence great on the south side of the Alne, opposite to the town, and commands a beautiful view of the country. The walls are flanked with sixteen gothic towers, the battlements of which, are ornamented with figures of ancient warriors: it is very celebrated in border history, and was peculiarly fatal to the kings of Scotland, of whom Malcolm II. and his son Edward, The fall of fell before it; and William, surnamed the Lion, was taken prisoner. Malcolm II. The castle has lately undergone a complete repair; great attention and his son having been paid to the restoration of the gothic ornaments in their original style. The chapel has been rendered extremely beautiful, by the introduction of a ceiling, in imitation of the celebrated one of King's College, Cambridge. There is also a handsome window, on the model of one at York Minster, and the walls are painted in the manner of those of the cathedral of Milan. The tenants of the estate at Alnwick, in the year 1818, erected a monument to the memory of Monument the late Duke of Northumberland, who died in 1817, and was more of the buried in Westminster Abbey. The Percy column, as it is called, late Duke of stands on a beautiful knoll, adjoining the road on the southern berland. entrance to the town; it rises without a pedestal, and may be seen in every direction, it is eighty-three feet in height, but may be ascended easily by a circular flight of stairs within. There is an immemorial custom continued here on the proclamation of the several Curious fairs; divers adjacent townships, which are free of toll in the borough, Alnwick. by this service, send their deputies to attend the bailiff, on the eve of the fair, when he makes proclamation; after which they keep watch all night in every part of the town, and this is the most perfect remains of watch and ward retained in any part of this country. It is said that King John, having endured considerable inconvenience from the miry state of the roads, in humorous revenge, directed that for the future, the freemen of Alnwick, should be made in the following manner, which is still observed.-On St. Mark's day, those who are to be made free, assemble in the market place, dressed in white, with white caps, and a sword by their side. They proceed on horseback from this place to the town moor, headed by the four chamberlains, attired in the same mauner, where they alight and rush through a muddy pool; having performed this ceremony, they change their soiled garments, and return to the town. Here is a free school, supported by a revenue arising out of the tolls, and various minor charities. Market, Saturday,-Mail arrives 6 ▲ M., departs 5§ P M.—Fairs, Palm Sunday eve, for shoes, hats, &c.; May 12th, horses and horned cattle; last Monday in July, linen and woollen cloth; 1st Tuesday in October, and October 28th, horses and cattle'; and Saturday before Christmas Day, for shoes, hats, and woollens.-Bankers, Ridley and Co., draw on Glynn and Co.-Inn, White Swan. Northum customs in Making freemen at through a muddy pool| Alnwick populous *NEW ALRESFORD, is in the north division of the hundred of Formerly a Alton: seated on the river Itchin, at no great distance from its source. It was anciently a more populous place than at present, the navi place. .pa Hants pa Stafford dis Stafford .6 124 77 pa Chester 10 Alsop-le-Dale. 22 Alston.. .pa Derby. pa Wilts Sandbach...5 Congleton 9 Nantwich ...8 157 446 12 Alton Pancras.. 41 Alton Priors.. 7 Altringham†. NEW. .pa Dorset chap Wilts. .m. t Chester Dorchester .7 Cerne-Abbas 3 Sherborne ..10 120 gation of the river, having at one time extended from Southampton to this town; whereas, it now ceases at Winchester. Alresford is divided into two parishes, of which that of Old Alresford is deemed the mother church. The town, which formerly sent a member to parliament, is governed by a bailiff and eight burgesses; and the petty sessions are held here. There is a manufacture of linseys of some consequence, but generally speaking, the trade is much decayed. At Tichbourne Tichbourne Hall, about two miles distant, the seat of Sir H. Tichbourne, there Hall, seat has been bestowed annually, on Lady Day, from the reign of Henry II. Tichbourne. a gift to every applicant of twopence in bread or money; of which bounty, in some years, no less than seventeen hundred persons have partaken. of Sir H. for hops, and manufactures in serges and ed fabrics. Market, Thursday.-Mail arrives 3 A.M. departs 11 P.M.-Fairs, last Thursday in July, and October 17, sheep, &c.-Bankers, Knapp & Co. draw on Barclay & Co.-Inn, Swan. * ALTON is seated on the river Wye; it is a pleasant open town, consisting of three streets, of which the principal contains some handsome houses. It is governed by a constable appointed by the Celebrated magistracy, and a petty sessions are held in the town. The district around is celebrated for the superiority of its hop plantations, and possesses manufactures of druggets, serges, and other worsted fabrics, which are dyed in the wool. It was at Alton that Sir William Waller, other worst- in December 1643, obtained some advantages over the forces of Lord Hopton, who had taken his post in the town, the regiment commanded by Colonel Bowles retreated to the church, but not having time to barricade the doors, threw down their arms, and surrendered; but the Colonel himself, refusing quarter, was slain on the spot. Amongst the celebrated men to whom this town has given birth, may be mentioned William de Alton, a Dominican Friar, who lived in the time of Edward II., and wrote on the universality of the pollution of mankind by original sin. John Pitts, the Roman Catholic Biographer, who was born in 1560, and died in 1616; and William Curtis the Botanist, who was born about 1746, and died in 1799. Church converted to a fortress. Yarn, cotton, and worsted manufactories. Market, Saturday.-Mail arrives 2 A. M. departs 12 A.M.-Fairs, Saturday before May, sheep and lambs, September 29, cattle and toys.-Commercial Banking Company, draw on Williams, and Co.-Inn, Swan. + ALTRINGHAM is a very neat market-town in the parish of Bowden, and hundred of Bucklow, near which the Duke of Bridgewater's canal passes from the Mersey at Runcorn, to Manchester; it possesses several factories of yarn, cotton, and worsted, and the vicinity supplies the markets of Manchester well with fruit and a 57 418 297 1437 ALNWICK. strength. Edward. to the me mory of the late Duke of Percy arms is visible. This town has a spacious market place, and a considerable town hall, in which the sessions and county courts are held. It is paved, watched, and lighted, under an act passed in 1821. Although the county town, the assizes are held at Newcastle. Alnwick Castle has been for many centuries a fortress of great Fortress of strength, and the family mansion of the Percys'; it stands on an eminence great on the south side of the Alne, opposite to the town, and commands beautiful view of the country. The walls are flanked with sixteen gothic towers, the battlements of which, are ornamented with figures of ancient warriors: it is very celebrated in border history, and was peculiarly fatal to the kings of Scotland, of whom Malcolm II. and his son Edward, The fall of fell before it; and William, surnamed the Lion, was taken prisoner. Malcolm II. The castle has lately undergone a complete repair; great attention and his son having been paid to the restoration of the gothic ornaments in their original style. The chapel has been rendered extremely beautiful, by the introduction of a ceiling. in imitation of the celebrated one of King's College, Cambridge. There is also a handsome window, on the model of one at York Minster, and the walls are painted in the manner of those of the cathedral of Milan. The tenants of the estate at Alnwick, in the year 1818, erected a monument to the memory of Monument the late Duke of Northumberland, who died in 1817, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. The Percy column, as it is called, stands on a beautiful knoll, adjoining the road on the southern entrance to the town; it rises without a pedestal, and may be seen in every direction, it is eighty-three feet in height, but may be ascended easily by a circular flight of stairs within. There is an immemorial custom continued here on the proclamation of the several Curious fairs; divers adjacent townships, which are free of toll in the borough, Alnwick. by this service, send their deputies to attend the bailiff, on the eve of the fair, when he makes proclamation; after which they keep watch all night in every part of the town, and this is the most perfect remains of watch and ward retained in any part of this country. It is said that King John, having endured considerable inconvenience from the miry state of the roads, in humorous revenge, directed that for the future, the freemen of Alnwick, should be made in the fol- Making lowing manner, which is still observed.-On St. Mark's day, those who are to be made free, assemble in the market place, dressed in white, with white caps, and a sword by their side. They proceed on horseback from this place to the town moor, headed by the four chamberlains, attired in the same manner, where they alight and rush through a muddy pool; having performed this ceremony, they change their soiled garments, and return to the town. Here is a free school, supported by a revenue arising out of the tolls, and various minor charities. Market, Saturday,-Mail arrives 61 A M., departs 5 P M.-Fairs, Palm Sunday eve, for shoes, hats, &c.; May 12th, horses and horned cattle; last Monday in July, linen and woollen cloth; 1st Tuesday in October, and October 28th, horses and cattle; and Saturday before Christmas Day, for shoes, hats, and woollens.-Bankers, Ridley and Co., draw on Glynn and Co.-Inn, White Swan. Northum berland. customs in freemen at through a muddy pool Alnwick * NEW ALRESFORD, is in the north division of the hundred of Formerly a Alton: seated on the river Itchin, at no great distance from its source. populous place. It was anciently a more populous place than at present, the navi Dist. Popu County. .pa Hants .dis Stafford 157 446 145 61 222 1030 78 .8 5169 505 1069 413 .pa Derby. .to & chap Lancaster .pa & to Lincoln .ham Norfolk .to W. R. York. 16 Alton ......m. t & pa 41 Alton Barnes.. 12 Alton Pancras.. pa Wilts pa Dorset .chap Wilts.. 41 Alton Priors... NEW. Sandbach...5 Congleton 9 Nantwich ...8 gation of the river, having at one time extended from Southampton to this town; whereas, it now ceases at Winchester. Alresford is divided into two parishes, of which that of Old Alresford is deemed the mother church. The town, which formerly sent a member to parliament, is governed by a bailiff and eight burgesses; and the petty sessions are held here. There is a manufacture of linseys of some consequence, but generally speaking, the trade is much decayed. At Tichbourne Tichbourne Hall, about two miles distant, the seat of Sir H. Tichbourne, there Hall, seat has been bestowed annually, on Lady Day, from the reign of Henry II. Tichbourne. a gift to every applicant of twopence in bread or money; of which bounty, in some years, no less than seventeen hundred persons have partaken. of Sir H. Celebrated for hops, and manu factures in serges and other worst ed fabrics. Church converted to a fortress. Yarn, cotton, and worsted manufactories. Market, Thursday.-Mail arrives 34 A.M. departs 11 P.M.-Fairs, last Thursday in July, and October 17, sheep, &c.-Bankers, Knapp & Co. draw on Barclay & Co.-Inn, Swan. * ALTON is seated on the river Wye; it is a pleasant open town, consisting of three streets, of which the principal contains some handsome houses. It is governed by a constable appointed by the magistracy, and a petty sessions are held in the town. The district around is celebrated for the superiority of its hop plantations, and possesses manufactures of druggets, serges, and other worsted fabrics, which are dyed in the wool. It was at Alton that Sir William Waller, in December 1643, obtained some advantages over the forces of Lord Hopton, who had taken his post in the town, the regiment commanded by Colonel Bowles retreated to the church, but not having time to barricade the doors, threw down their arms, and surrendered; but the Colonel himself, refusing quarter, was slain on the spot. Amongst the celebrated men to whom this town has given birth, may be mentioned William de Alton, a Dominican Friar, who lived in the time of Edward II., and wrote on the universality of the pollution of mankind by original sin. John Pitts, the Roman Catholic Biographer, who was born in 1560, and died in 1616; and William Curtis the Botanist, who was born about 1746, and died in 1799. Market, Saturday.-Mail arrives 2 A. M. departs 123 A.M.-Fairs, Saturday before May, sheep and lambs, September 29, cattle and toys.-Commercial Banking Company, draw on Williams, and Co.-Inn, Swan. + ALTRINGHAM is a very neat market-town in the parish of Bowden, and hundred of Bucklow, near which the Duke of Bridgewater's canal passes from the Mersey at Runcorn, to Manchester; it possesses several factories of yarn, cotton, and worsted, and the vicinity supplies the markets of Manchester well with fruit and |