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 Dean and Chapter of Lichfield, not in charge; P.R. £100; patron, the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield. In the neighbourhood is the celebrated Cannock Chace, formerly a forest, on which are herds of wild deer, and immense quantities of game, the property of the Marquis of Anglesea.

23¾ 73½

About 50 yards past this station, is the 73½ mile-post; to the right hand is the Race-course (Races, see, Index); a little further on, the Railway is borne across the river Penk, and a portion of the valley, by a viaduct of seven arches, each 30 feet span, and 37 feet high from the level of the river: there are three bridges in this embankment.

23½ 73¾

To the left is Penkridge; to the right is a house of considerable size, with an Italian roof; it is the residence of the Rev. J. Salt, incumbent of Penkridge Church. This has been much enlarged, and there is an on dit to the purport that it has been effected by the produce of a fine or recompence for the great injury inflicted on the Rev. Gentleman by the Railroad; it having shut from his view the parish church, the scene of his labours.

23 74¼

The embankment extends to within 100 yards of the 74¼ mile-post. Here, to the left, is a red house, surrounded