. An illustrated and descriptive guide to the great railways of England and their connections with the Continent . ^i^- BOLTON PRIORY. Approaching Bolton from Ilkley, the view is singularly lovely. To ourright is Beamsley Beacon, and beyond are the noble hill of Simons Seat, therich meadow lands, the deep woods of Bolton, the river flowing down theglorious Vale of Wharfe, and in the centre of the scene the ruins of theAbbey of Bolton, with an air of beauty, seclusion, and repose, that leavesnothing to be desired. The story has often been told of the founding of the famous Priory. Oneday, more
. An illustrated and descriptive guide to the great railways of England and their connections with the Continent . ^i^- BOLTON PRIORY. Approaching Bolton from Ilkley, the view is singularly lovely. To ourright is Beamsley Beacon, and beyond are the noble hill of Simons Seat, therich meadow lands, the deep woods of Bolton, the river flowing down theglorious Vale of Wharfe, and in the centre of the scene the ruins of theAbbey of Bolton, with an air of beauty, seclusion, and repose, that leavesnothing to be desired. The story has often been told of the founding of the famous Priory. Oneday, more than seven hundred years ago, a little lad, the heir of William deMeschines and Cicily de Romille, his wife, might be seen In tartan clad, and forest green, With hound in leash, and hawk in hood,. L3^ following the heron. He tries to leap from one rock to another at the Strid, where the overhanging rocks close in, and between which the riverflows deep down below; but The hound hung back, and back he drewThe master and his merlin too ; and the boy, young Romille, the heir of the Meschines, was drowned. Theforester who had witnessed the catastrophe hurries homeward with thetidings, and meets his mistress with the words, What is good for a boot-less bene ? (a hopeless prayer). She replied, Endless sorrow,For she knew that her son was dead. Long in darkness she sat, and when she arose her first words were: Let there beIn Bolton, on the field of Wharfe,A stately priory. 84
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