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 Stafford. Pop.272; An.As.Val. £1,624. The chapel, dedicated to St. Leonard, is a perpetual curacy within the jurisdiction of the peculiar Court of Penkridge; the living is endowed with £1,200 by the Crown, and is in the patronage of Lord Hatherton. Our principal object in referring to this village is, however, to mention, that in a field, close by the chapel, there is an extraordinary echo, which returns seven or eight syllables distinctly.

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The Dunston Embankment is but three quarters of a mile in length; passing across this, and through an excavation of one mile long (over which is a single bridge), we arrive at the Great Penkridge Embankment, which is upwards of a mile in length, and, for a considerable distance, from 30 to 40 feet above the surrounding fields.

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From this elevation a varied prospect is obtained; opposite this post (73¼), and just at the foot of Cannock Chase, Old Tiddesley Hall may be distinctly seen. Looking forward, the town of Penkridge has a picturesque appearance, lying far below the carriages; the steeple of its church appearing at the distance scarcely to rise above them. Here, we arrive at the