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 that would leave the security these extensive woods afford.

100 yards past this post is the

MADELEY is a parish in the hundred of Puchell, county of Stafford; Pop. 1,190, chiefly agriculturists; An. As. Val. £7,273. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is a commodious structure, and has a square embattled tower. The living is a dis-vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Stafford and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry; K.B. £4 16s.; P.R. £94; endowed with £600, in equal sums, by a parliamentary grant, the crown, and private benefactions; patron, Lord Crew. Here is an endowed school for boys and girls.

From this station Newcastle is 5 miles, Betley 3, Potteries 7, eastward; Woore 2¾ westward. ( resumed page 77.)

NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYNE, or LYME, is a borough and market town in the hundred of Pirehill and county of Stafford, having separate jurisdiction, and pleasantly situated on the river Trent. Pop. 8,192; An. As. Val. £12,609. Its principal market is held on Mondays, and there is a small one on Saturdays. Fairs on Shrove Monday. Easter Monday, Whitmonday, Monday before July 15. Monday after September 11, and November 6, for cattle. It derived its name