The wanderings of a pen and pencil . 85 CHAPTER IV. t X. vE now turned our backs upon the most ancient town in r^ the county —the Tame Waert, or « Worthidge,the water farm of the Saxon, the seat of government,and the royal residence under Offa, Cenwulf, Beorn-wulf, and others. It is now a tranquil borough, celebratedfor a fabric of cottons, laces, and tapes. It still gives the title ofViscount to Earl Ferrars. The old ballad drollery of the Kingand the Tanner of Tamworth is familiar to most persons, andmen of that calling yet abound. Soon after you leave the bridge nearest to the railway line,
The wanderings of a pen and pencil . 85 CHAPTER IV. t X. vE now turned our backs upon the most ancient town in r^ the county —the Tame Waert, or « Worthidge,the water farm of the Saxon, the seat of government,and the royal residence under Offa, Cenwulf, Beorn-wulf, and others. It is now a tranquil borough, celebratedfor a fabric of cottons, laces, and tapes. It still gives the title ofViscount to Earl Ferrars. The old ballad drollery of the Kingand the Tanner of Tamworth is familiar to most persons, andmen of that calling yet abound. Soon after you leave the bridge nearest to the railway line, you fall into apleasant rural highway, with abundance of calm interesting scenery aroundyou; and thus we talked of the orchards, the bosky lanes, and the shycottages, until we reached the village green at Amington, about a mile and ahalf distant from Bole Hall. Here we rested to scan the circle of lonesomeclean structures, which, like a thoughtful family in council, lean over thespace, with boundaries of laburnum in the front of the porch, and line
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