SEPARATE PLATES
PAGE
Early Days on the London and Birmingham Railway.[Frontispiece]
Bull Ring. (From a Print after David Cox)[5]
Old Birmingham Coaching Bill.[13]
Dudley. (After J. M. W. Turner, R.A.)[31]
High Green, Wolverhampton, 1797. (After Rowlandson)[47]
High Green, Wolverhampton, 1826. (From an Old Print)[51]
High Green, Wolverhampton, 1860. (From a Contemporary Photograph)[55]
Shiffnal.[67]
The Council House.[141]
The Honourable Thomas Kenyon. (From an Old Print)[153]
The Vale of Llangollen.[177]
Llangollen.[183]
Llangollen. (After J. M. W. Turner, R. A.)[187]
Valle Crucis Abbey. (After J. M. W. Turner, R.A.)[207]
Cernioge.[227]
The Swallow Falls. (From an Old Print)[247]
Llyn Ogwen and Trifaen Mountain.[255]
Penmaenmawr. (After J. M. W. Turner, R.A.)[275]
The Old Landing-Place on the Anglesey Shore.[283]
ILLUSTRATIONS IN TEXT
Vignette: Prince Rupert[Title Page]
List of Illustrations: The Black Country[vii]
The Holyhead Road[1]
The “Hen and Chickens,” 1830[18]
The “Old Royal”[24]
Wednesbury[37]
Old Hill, Tettenhall[59]
The Sabbath-breaking Seamstress[60]
Snedshill Furnaces[71]
Haygate Inn[76]
The Wrekin[79]
The “Old Wall”[84]
Wroxeter Church[85]
Atcham Bridge[91]
Lord Hill’s Monument[92]
The English Bridge[97]
Wyle Cop and the “Lion”[107]
The “Lion” Yard[132]
The Market-Place, Shrewsbury[138]
Shelton Oak[144]
The Breidden Hills[147]
Queen’s Head[156]
Offa’s Dyke[176]
The Ladies of Llangollen. (From an Old Print)[198]
Plas Newydd[203]
Owain Glyndwr’s Mount[211]
Cerrig-y-Druidion[224]
The Waterloo Bridge[232]
The Old Church, Bettws-y-Coed[234]
Sign of the “Royal Oak”[238]
Pont-y-Pair[245]
Cyfyng Falls[250]
Capel Curig[252]
The Falls of Ogwen[257]
Nant Ffrancon. (After David Cox)[258]
Nant Ffrancon[260]
Penrhyn Castle[263]
Lonisaf Toll-House[264]
The Penrhyn Arms[266]
Penrhyn Castle and Snowdonia, from Beaumaris. (After David Cox)[278]
Deserted Stables, Menai Village[290]
The Menai Bridge and the Isle of Benglas[291]
The Anglesey Column[296]
The Britannia Bridge[299]
Near Mona Inn[303]
Llangristiolus[304]
Caer Ceiliog[306]
The South Stack. (After T. Creswick, R.A.)[323]
Holyhead Mountain[325]

THE HOLYHEAD ROAD

Birmingham to Holyhead

MILES
Birmingham (General Post Office)109¼
Hockley110½
Soho111¼
Handsworth111¾
West Bromwich114½
Hilltop116
Wednesbury117¼
Moxley118½
Bilston119½
Wolverhampton122¼
Chapel Ash122¾
Tettenhall124
The Wergs125¼
Boningale129½
Whiston Cross130¼
Shiffnal134¼
Prior’s Lee137½
Ketley139
Ketley Railway Station139½
(Junction of Watling Street with Holyhead Road.)
Wellington (“Cock”)140½
Haygate141½
Burcot Toll-House143
Norton146½
Tern Bridge147½
(Cross River Tern.)
Atcham148¼
(Cross River Severn.)
Shrewsbury (Abbey Foregate)151¼
(Cross River Severn.)
Shrewsbury (Market House)152
Shrewsbury (Welsh Bridge and Frankwell)152¼
(Cross River Severn.)
Shelton Oak154
Bicton154½
Montford Bridge156¾
(Cross River Severn.)
Nesscliff160½
West Felton165¼
Queen’s Head166¼
Oswestry170
Gobowen172¾
Chirk175
(Cross River Ceiriog.)
Whitehurst Toll-House177
Vron Cysylltan179¾
Llangollen182½
Berwyn Railway Station184¼
Glyndyfrdwy188
Carrog189
Corwen192½
(Cross River Dee.)
Maerdy Post Office196
Pont-y-Glyn197¾
Tynant198¼
Cerrig-y-Druidion202
Glasfryn204½
Cernioge205¾
Pentre Voelas207¾
Bettws-y-Coed214½
(Cross River Conway)
Swallow Falls216
Cyfyng Falls218½
Tan-y-Bwlch219
Capel Curig220
Llyn Ogwen224
Ogwen Falls}225
Pass of Nant Ffrancon}
Tyn-y-Maes228
Bethesda229¼
Llandegai232¾
Bangor (Cathedral)234½
Upper Bangor236
Menai Bridge237
(Cross Menai Straits)
Menai Village237¼
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerchwyrndrobwlltysiliogogogoch239¼
Gaerwen242½
Pentre Berw (Holland Arms)243
Llangristiolus245½
Mona247½
Gwalchmai249¾
Bryngwran252½
Caer Ceiliog255
Valley256
Stanley Sands256¼
(Cross Stanley Sands Viaduct to Holy Island)
Holyhead (Admiralty Pier)260½

THE OLD ROAD FROM MENAI VILLAGE TO HOLYHEAD

MILES
Menai Village237¼
Braint239½
Ceint242½
Llangefni244¾
Bodffordd247
Gwyndû and Glanyrafon249¾
Llynfaes250¼
Trefor251¼
Bodedern254
Llanyngenedl255¼
Valley and Four-Mile Bridge258¼
Trearddur Bay261½
(Cross Causeway over Straits to Holy Island)
Holyhead263½

BIRMINGHAM TO HOLYHEAD

I

There are said to be no fewer than a hundred and forty different ways of spelling the name of Birmingham, all duly vouched for by old usage; but it is not proposed in these pages to recount them, or to follow the arguments of those who have contended for its derivation from “Bromwicham.” It is singular that in the first mention we have of the place, in Domesday Book, it is spelt “Bermingham,” almost exactly as it is to-day, and this lends much authority to the view that we get the place-name from an ancient Saxon tribe or family of Beormingas.