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 the residence of Mr. Aldford. The river Tame runs for some distance parallel with the line, and in its graceful evolutions twice passes under this embankinent, which is one mile in length. In this river is a great abundance of fish; they may be taken by fly or bottom fishing. The Railway is carried across the Tame by two bridges, each of five arches, and it passes under one bridge and over another near the 90¾ post, and here is the

From this station Westbromwich is 2 miles to the westward.

WESTBROMWICH is a parish in the southern division of the hundred of Offlow, county of Stafford; Pop. 15,327; An. As. Val. £13,245. The inhabitants are principally employed in the manufacture of iron and hardware. The parish is crossed by the Birmingham Canal and the river Tame, and it contains mines of coal and iron-stone, which employ a large proportion of its population. The church, dedicated to St. Clement, is endowed by the Crown with £200, and by a parliamentary grant with £2,800. The living is a perpetual curacy in the archdeaconry