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 its church, which forms a conspicuous object just surmounting the hill. A little to the south-west of this village is a fine quarry, from which much of the stone for the bridges and works on this part of the line was obtained.

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A little more to the westward is Ashley, a parish and hamlet, in the northern division of the hundred of Pirehill, county of Stafford; Pop. 825, chiefly rural; An. As. Val. £3,206. The church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist, and contains some very fine specimens of monumental sculpture: among others is a wall figure, in memory of William Kennesley, Esq., of Clough Hall, one of Chantry's happiest efforts. We have noticed this hamlet for the purpose of directing the attention of the artist and virtuoso to the sculpture, and particularly to this work, which is well worthy of their attention. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Wilts and diocese of Salisbury: K.B. £9 16s. 5½d.; patron, we believe. J.L. Anwill, Esq.

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Here, an excavation of little more than half a mile, across which is a bridge, brings us to one of the largest embankments on the line; it is four miles in extent, and carries the Railroad across two bridges and under four.

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Hatton Mill is to our left; the village