The antiquarian itinerary, comprising specimens of architecture, monastic, castellated, and domestic; with other vestiges of antiquity in Great BritainAccompanied with descriptions . l Park, the seat ofthe earl of Upper Ossory. In the old castle, which stoodon much higher ground than the present mansion, and MARSTON MORTEYNE. belonged to Henry the Eighth, queen Catharine residedduring the time her unjust divorce was in agitation beforethe commissioners at Dunkirk. She had been cited toappear in couit to defend her cause, but on refusing to doso, the sentence of separation ^Yas pronounced. In r
The antiquarian itinerary, comprising specimens of architecture, monastic, castellated, and domestic; with other vestiges of antiquity in Great BritainAccompanied with descriptions . l Park, the seat ofthe earl of Upper Ossory. In the old castle, which stoodon much higher ground than the present mansion, and MARSTON MORTEYNE. belonged to Henry the Eighth, queen Catharine residedduring the time her unjust divorce was in agitation beforethe commissioners at Dunkirk. She had been cited toappear in couit to defend her cause, but on refusing to doso, the sentence of separation ^Yas pronounced. In referenceto tliis circumstance a neat octagonal cross, with a shieldbearing her arms, wzis erected on the site of the castle bythe earl of Ossory, and some appropriate lines, written byHoratio Walpole, are inscribed on the base. In days of old here Ampthills towers were mournful refuge of an injurd queen ;Here f5owd her pure, but unavailing blinded zeal sustained her sinking years:Yet freedom hence her radiant banners love avengd a realm by priests enslavd ;From Catharines wrongs a nations bliss was Luthers light from Harrys lawless muMiA^/im \ PupjJuaJorihiF^oliru/vrd/icJMJhjWa^FevBm^Sl^^ CRICKLADE CROSS, JFILTS. Cricklade is an ancient borongb situated in the north-west extremity of Wiltshire, about eighty-two miles west ofLondon. The town, though old and irregularly built, con-tains several modern houses and shops, two churches, amarket-house, and a good free-school. It is situated in arich, fertile, and healthy country, at the junction of the twosmall streams, the Churn and the Rey, with the Thames,which here first becomes capable of barge navigation. Tillwithin a few years the commodities of the country, chieflyconsisting of corn and malt, and the grocery, &c. consumedby the inhabitants and neighbourhood, were conveyed to andfrom London by the Thames. But since a canal has beencut between the Thames and the Severn, whch unites w
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