THE MANCHESTER AND GLASGOW ROAD

Manchester and Glasgow

Manchester—

(Cross River Irwell.)
MILES

Salford

185¾

Pendleton

186¾

Irlam-o’-th’-Height

187¾

Pendlebury

188½

Clifton

190

Kearsley Moor Church

192¼

Farnworth

193¼

Moses Gate

194

Bourndon

195

Bolton (Deansgate)

196¼

Dorfcocker

198¼

Boot Lane

198¾

Heaton

199½

Horwich

201½

Smithy Bridge

202½

(Cross Lancaster Canal.)

Chorley

207¼

Clayton Green

211¼

Bamber Bridge

213¼

Walton-le-Dale

215

(Cross River Ribble.)

Preston

217

Cadley Moor

219¾

Broughton

221¼

Barton

222¾

Bilsborough

223¼

Brock’s Bridge

225½

(Cross River Wyre.)

Claughton

226½

Catterall

227¼

(Cross River Wyre.)

Garstang

228¾

Scorton

231

Bay Horse Station

233½

Galgate

235¾

Scotforth

238½

Lancaster

239½

(Cross River Lune.)

Slyne

242½

Bolton-le-Sands

243½

Carnforth

245

Burton-in-Kendal

249¾

End Moor

255¼

(Cross River Kent.)

Kendal

261

Watchgate

265¾

Boroughbridge

271

Shap

276¾

Thrimby

280

Clifton

284½

Lowther Bridge

285½

(Cross River Lowther.)

Eamont Bridge

286

(Cross Eamont River.)

Penrith

287

Salkeld Gate

291½

High Hesket

296¼

Low Hesket

297¾

Carleton

302½

(Cross Petterill Brook.)

Carlisle (Clock Tower)

305¼

(Cross River Eden.)

Stanwix

306

Kingstown

308

Blackford

309¼

West Linton

311¼

(Cross River Line.)

Arthuret

313¼

Longtown

313¾

(Cross River Esk.)

The Border

317¼

(Cross River Sark)

Springfield

317½

Gretna Green

318½

Graham’s Hill

321

Kirkpatrick

322

Ecclefechan

328

Lockerbie

333¾

Dinwoodie Green

338¾

Johnstone Bridge

340¼

(Cross River Annan.)

Beattock

347¾

Moffat

349¾

Elvanfoot Bridge

362½

(Cross River Clyde.)

Crawford

365

(Cross River Clyde.)

Abington

368

Denighton Bridge

370

(Cross a Branch of the Clyde.)

Douglas Mill

377¼

Lesmahagow

383¼

Larkhall

391½

Hamilton

395¼

Bothwell Bridge

396¾

(Cross River Clyde.)

Bothwell

397½

Uddingston

399¾

Tolcross

403

Glasgow (Glasgow Cross)

405¾

Carlisle to Glasgow (Exchange) Direct, by Telford’s New Road,avoiding Longtown, Springfield, and Moffat.

Carlisle

305¼

Glasgow Cross

399¼

Glasgow Exchange

400¼

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

SEPARATE PLATES

Waiting to Change (After J. F. Herring)

[Frontispiece]
PAGE

The Building of Mancunium (From the fresco by FordMadox Brown)

[7]

Manchester Cathedral, from Deansgate

[17]

Manchester Town Hall

[61]

Hall-i’-th’-Wood

[79]

Preston: Town Hall, Harris Public Library, andSessions House

[99]

Lancaster

[109]

Lancaster Sands (After J. M. W. Turner, R.A.)

[127]

Eamont Bridge

[177]

Carlisle

[207]

Solway Moss (After J. M. W. Turner, R.A.)

[215]

“A False Alarm on the Road: ’Tis only the Mail!”(After C. B. Newhouse)

[223]

“One Mile from Gretna: The Governor in Sight, witha Screw Loose” (After C. B. Newhouse)

[231]

The Dumfries Coach (After C. B. Newhouse)

[255]

The Glasgow Mail (After James Pollard)

[275]
ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT

The Hall, Chetham’s School

[13]

Miserere Seat, Manchester Cathedral: The Pedlar andthe Monkeys

[19]

The “Bull’s Head,” Salford

[25]

The “Sun” Inn, Poet’s Corner

[65]

The “Old Man and Scythe”

[71]

Town Hall, Bolton

[74]

Firwood: Birthplace of Crompton

[76]

Rivington Pike

[85]

Rivington Pike from the Road

[87]

Darwen Bridge and Walton-le-Dale

[89]

“Teetotal”

[102]

Garstang

[105]

“A fair mark, my Lord”

[113]

Javelin-Man

[114]

Lancaster Castle

[115]

Map of the “Over-Sands” Route

[121]

Carnforth

[133]

The Buckstone

[135]

The Market Cross and Pillory, Burton-in-Kendal

[136]

The “Duke of Cumberland” Inn, and Farleton Knott

[137]

Kendal Castle, and the Road into Kendal

[138]

Castle Dairy

[145]

Boroughbridge, Shap Fell

[153]

Sign of the “Greyhound,” Shap

[155]

Shap Abbey

[156]

Clifton

[161]

Sepulchral Slab of Udard de Broham

[166]

Brougham Castle

[168]

Countess Pillar

[169]

Yanwath Hall

[170]

Askham Hall

[172]

King Arthur’s Drinking Cup

[174]

The Giant’s Grave

[184]

Old Doorway, Penrith

[186]

Thiefside

[188]

East End, Carlisle Cathedral

[195]

St. Alban’s Row

[203]

Map of Old and New Roads from Carlisle to Gretna Green

[211]

Arthuret Church

[213]

The Road past Solway Moss

[217]

Filial Affection (After Rowlandson)

[221]

Sark Bar

[227]

The Deaf Post-Boy (After Cruikshank)

[233]

Gretna Hall in the Old Days

[241]

The Old Smithy, Gretna Green

[247]

Gretna Green

[251]

Ecclefechan: Showing Birthplace of Thomas Carlyle

[265]

Old Tablet at Ecclefechan

[267]

Broken Bridge

[285]

“Brig o’ Clyde”

[289]

Hamilton Palace

[292]

Bothwell Bridge

[295]

Trongate

[305]

The Arms of Glasgow

[309]

Glasgow Cathedral and the Necropolis

[311]

The Oldest House in Glasgow

[317]

“Dixon’s Blazes”

[321]