. The baronial halls, picturesque edifices, and ancient churches of England. MORE TO N HALL, subject of our present delineation—Moreton Hall, is situatedamidst the sandy plain of Cheshire, on the Staffordshireborder of the county. Its eastern aspect is bounded bythat range of hills which extends from Scotland southwardsinto the centre of England, and which here presents some ofits most remarkable features in the high hills called MowCop and Cloud, both being upwards of 1000 feet abovethe sea-level. The former is surmounted by a ruined tower,and by a singular isolated rock called The
. The baronial halls, picturesque edifices, and ancient churches of England. MORE TO N HALL, subject of our present delineation—Moreton Hall, is situatedamidst the sandy plain of Cheshire, on the Staffordshireborder of the county. Its eastern aspect is bounded bythat range of hills which extends from Scotland southwardsinto the centre of England, and which here presents some ofits most remarkable features in the high hills called MowCop and Cloud, both being upwards of 1000 feet abovethe sea-level. The former is surmounted by a ruined tower,and by a singular isolated rock called The Old Man ofMow. The latter is an abrupt and dome-shaped terminationof a portion of the range to the northward. From the Hall, these hills presentobjects of interest not devoid of richness, as on this side they are clothed with the darkverdure of the Scotch fir. Moreton Hall—or, Little Moreton Hall, as it has beendenominated to distinguish it from the residence of the Bellots in the immediateneighbourhood, seated on the plain below — is an ancient timbered house, partlyembosomed in trees, but
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