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 in a beautiful and romantic valley, surrounded by wooded hills. Pop. 4,119; An. As. Val. £1,348. Market on Friday; fairs, January 1, March 25, Holy Thursday, for horned cattle; Augustnb18, August 24; for horses and horned cattle. Here is a large tape manufactory. From the proximity of the coal mines, the town has many manufactories of brass, copper, and tin; among others, a brass wire and copper roller manufactory, which is well worth attention: proprietors, Messrs. Patten and Co. The church, dedicated to St. Giles, is an ancient structure, in the decorated style of English architecture, with a square embattled tower. The living is a rectory in the archdeaconry of Stafford and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry; K.B. £12 9s. 2d.; Patron, Trinity College, Cambridge. It has also a chapel of ease (the living of which is in the gift of the rector), several places of Worship for dissenters, a Roman Catholic chapel, a free school, endowed by a Mr. Stubbs, and one upon the national plan. Since the opening of the Grand Trunk Canal, the commercial importance of this town has considerably increased.

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There is nothing that can excite the inquiry of the traveller until we arrive at

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the 63rd mile post, when the river Sow is again seen approaching the railroad, and, by its quiet, silvery, slow meandering, contrasted with the rapidity of the carriages, forcibly reminds us of the singular change which a few years have