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Preface
THE primary object in the preparation of this Guide has been to offer to the reader a concise, trustworthy, and, at the same time, portable companion to all places of remarkable interest within the limits of the British Islands, suitably embellished and enriched with numerous coloured plates and illustrative engravings, and a useful series of new and correct maps. A secondary object has been to use the elaborate network of the London and Northwestern Railway Company's lines in their numerous ramifications and connections to convey the traveller from place to place. Almost the entire country described in these pages has been personally traversed, and the information thus laboriously acquired used in the preparation of this work. In those few instances in which this has not been the case, the information has been sought from original sources, and used only when it might be with good reason considered reliable.
A glance at the contents pages of this work will show the reader that by accepting this work as his Guide to the tourist districts of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, he will be enabled to see every object of great interest or historic renown. In conducting the traveller his interests have been studied in recommending the shortest and most direct routes, and in those cases in which the London and North-Western Railway system offers a more circuitous approach, the author has unhesitatingly sacrificed the interests of the company to the convenience of the tourist in recommending a line, even when in direct opposition to that company.
While this course has been adopted in the necessary cases, rather than make the work a mere advertisement of the London and North- Western Railway, it will be evident to the reader that this wide-reaching company offers unparalleled resources to the traveller who desires to visit the many romantic and beautiful districts which gem the island home of the English race, or those centres of industrial efforts and manufacturing activity for which England is famed. On no other line in Great
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Britain can the tourist see so many places of interest. By means of its own line, or those of other companies with which it has through-booking arrangements, it can offer the best and quickest routes between London, Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool to and from all parts of Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, possessing, as it does, the shortest sea-routes between England and Ireland. This will be yet more evident when it is considered that the London and North -Western Railway offers to the tourist the best and quickest routes to and from the following districts and towns : —
The south-west of Ireland, including Killarney, Glengarriff, Cork, Queenstown, and the Blackwater.
The west of Ireland, embracing Limerick, Kilkee, and thence by the coast to the Cliffs of Moher, Lisdoonvarna, Galway, Connemara, Achill, and Sligo.
The north of Ireland : Lough Erne, Donegal Llighlands, Londonderry, Giant's Causeway, Lough Neagh, and Belfast.
The east of Ireland : Newcastle, Carlingford Bay, Dundalk, Drogheda, Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford.
North and South Wales.
In Scotland : Moffat, Abottsford and Melrose, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Greenock, the Trosichs, Oban, Staffa, Iona, Caledonian Canal, Inverness, Isle of Skye, Aberdeen, Dundee, Perth, Highland Railway, and Stirling.
In England : Carlisle, English Lakes, Lancaster, Preston, York, Scarborough, Harrogate, Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool, Chester, Buxton, Crewe, Shrewsbury, the Pottery Districts, Stafford, Derby, Lichfield, Woiverhapton, Birmingham, Leicester, Coventry, Kenilworth, Leamington, Warwick, Stratford-on-Avon, Rugby, Market Harborough, Stamford, Peterborough, Northampton, Cambridge, Oxford, Aylesbury, Watford, St. Albans, Harrow, and London.
For the American tourist landing at the ports of call in Ireland, Queenstown and Londonderry, the London and Northwestern Railway Company have the best and quickest route to London and Liverpool and the other great towns in England. The journey between Liverpool and London, 200 miles, only occupies five hours. By this route tourists may visit Crewe, Shrewsbury, the Pottery Districts, Stafford, Derby, Lichfield, Wolverhampton, the Black Country, Birmingham, Coventry, Kenilworth, Warwick, Leamington, Stratford-on-Avon, Rugby, Peterborough, Cambridge, Oxford, and St. Albans.
The London and North- Western Railway Company also book to all parts of the Continent from all their principal stations, and by the routes, mentioned on page 578, etc.
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Among the minor advantages of the present work is the light which it affords upon the internal working of this the most important and wealthy of British railways, showing, as it does, the vast capital that lies buried in its permanent way, bridges, tunnels, rolling stock, and enormous constructing works at Crewe and elsewhere, and also the numerous ramifications of its interests and connections. In this connection it may be worthy of mention, that through the free access to important official documents which have been consulted in the preparation of this work, the public are put in possession of information never before published.
And lastly — what will be an obvious characteristic — the exceeding cheapness of this volume, comprising, as it does, in addition to a copious text, forty-eight coloured engravings, numerous wood engravings, and ten new maps. In no other work of the same class is so much given for so low a price.
Chapter I. Page
History I
Liverpool and Manchester Railway ..... 2
London and Birmingham Railway ..... 3
Manchester and Birmingham Railway .... 5
List of Tunnels ........ 6
Euston Station 8
Board of Directors ........ 9
Extent of the System 12
List of Canals . . . . . . . . .13
Section VII
Londonderry to Portrush and Giant's Causeway, by Coast Road to Larne, and from the latter by rail to Belfast 159
Londonderry to Belfast, via the Giant's Causeway 160
EXCURSION VI.
Direct from Portrush for Giant's Causeway, by Rail, via Antrim and Carrickfergus Junction . 168
SECTION XLI. Stafford to Shrewsbury and Welshpool . .419
SECTION XLI I.
Shrewsbury to Hereford 420
SECTION XLLLI.
WOOFFERTON TO DROITWICH, lid TENBURY AND
Bewdley 422
SECTION XLLV.
Hereford to Birmingham, via Malvern, Worcester, Droitwich, Kidderminster, and Stourbridge . 423
SECTLON XLV.
Crev\E, via Warrington, to the North . . .427
SECTLON XLVL.
Liverpool to Carlisle 430
SECTION XLVLL.
Preston to Lytham, Blackpool, and Fleetwood . 436
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Lancaster to Morecambe, Furness Abbey, Etc. . 437
SECTION XLIX.
Oxenholme Junction to Windermere •. . . 442
SECTION I. Penrith to Whitehaven, and Maryport . .451
SOUTH WALES.
SECTION LI.
Shrewsbury to Swansea and Pembroke . . . 453
SECTION LII Hereford to Abergavenny, Newport, and Cardiff 457
SCOTLAND.
SECTION LIIL Carlisle to Glasgow, via Carstairs Junction . . 459
EXCURSION XVI Beattock to Moffat and its Neighbourhood . 462
EXCURSION XVII Carstairs to Lanark and Douglas . . . .465
SECTION LIV Carlisle to Glasgow, via, Ayr (Land of Burns) . 467
SECTION IV arlisle, via Dumfries to Stranraer . . . 477
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SECTION LVI.
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EXCURSION XVIII Hamilton and Bothwell Castle , . . . 485
SECTION LVII
Glasgow to Stirling, the Trossachs, Loch Lomond, Dumbarton, and Glasgow ..... 488
EXCURSION XIX.
Stirling to Cambuskenneth Abbey, Rumbling Brig, Castle Campbell, Etc. ...... 504
SECTION LVIIL Glasgow to Edinburgh by Caledonian Railway . 506
EXCURSION XX.
Edinburgh to Roslin, Hawthornden, Etc. . . 532
SECTION LIX.
Glasgow to Greenock, down the Clyde, through the Crinan Canal, to Oban, Etc 536
EXCURSION XXI.
Oban to Staffa and Iona ...... 544
SECTION LX.
Oban, via Ballachulish and Glencoe, to Fort William 550
SECTION LXI Fort William to Inverness, via the Caledonian Canal 551
EXCURSION XXII.
Inverness to Isle of Skye and Back . . . 553
SECTION LXIL
Inverness, via Forres and Highland Railway, to Perth and Stirling ...... 556
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SECTION IX I II
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Inverness, via Elgin and Aberdeen, to Perth and Stirling 563
EXCURSION XXIII Aberdeen to Balmoral and Blair Atholl . . 567
SECTION LXIV.
Stirling to Edinburgh and Carlisle, via Melrose and Abbotsford . . 569
TO THE CONTINENT.
SECTION IXV.
Choice of Routes 578
SECTION LXVI.
London, via Folkestone, to Boulogne ; or via Dover, to Calais . 579
SECTION IXVII London, via Dover, to Calais ..... 582
SECTION IXVIII
London, via Brighton and Newhaven, to Dieppe ; and via Littlehampton, to Honfleur , . . 585
SECTION IXIX.
London, via Southampton, to Havre .... 590
SECTION LXX.
London, via Colchester and Harwich, to Antwerp and Rotterdam . . . . . . . . . 596
Index 601
MAPS AND PLANS.
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Killarney Lakes . . . . . . . .117 b xviii CONTENTS.
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North Wales
London and North- Western Railway and its Communica tions . . .
Environs of London
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The Lake District
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Portrait of Stephenson {frontispiece).
Queenstown Harbour
Lower Lake, Killarney .....
Ross Castle, Killarney ....
Cliffs of Moher
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Glendalough and Twelve Pin Mountains .
Kylemore Lough, Connemara .
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"Tleaskin Head, Giant's Causeway
Powerscourt Waterfall ....
Glendalough, Wicklow . . .
Menai Suspension Bridge ....
Britannia Tubular Bridge ....
Conway Castle . . . .
Waterloo Bridge, Bettws-y-Coed
The Swallow Falls, Bettws-y-Coed .
Pont Aberglaslyn .....
Pass of Llanberis .....
r Run corn Bridge .....
London and North- Western Hotel, Liverpool
St. George's Hall, Liverpool
Exchange Buildings, Liverpool . .
Kenilworth Castle .....
The Avenue, Guy's Cliff, Warwickshire
Shakespeare's House, Strat ford-on- Avon .
St. Paul's Cathedral, London .
The Houses of Parliament
Westminster Abbey .....
The Tower of London ....
The Crystal Palace .....
The Quadrant, Buxton ....
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Leeds Town Hall
Kirkstall Abbey, near Leeds
Windermere
Coniston Lake .
Ulswater ....
Friars' Crag, Derwentwater
Glasgow Cathedral .
Loch Katrine and Ben Venue
Loch Lomond .
Edinburgh Castle
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Holyrood Palace
Fingal's Cave, StarTa lona ....
Strathcarron, Loch Carron in th e Dis
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Melrose Abbey
Abbotsford .
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Entrance to Euston Station
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Entrance Hall, Euston Station ......
II Erecting Shop, Crewe Works
An Express Train in Motion ......
An Express Locomotive .......
The "Rocket"
Diagram showing a Tender "picking up water," while in
Retort for making Bessemer Steel .
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Eight-ton Steam Hammer .......
The Circular Saw
The Boiler Shop ........
The Rail Rolling Mill
Sleeping Saloon Carriage .......
Plan of ditto .........
Interior of ditto ........
First-class Carriage converted into a Sleeping Compartment
Ordinary Tri-composite Carriage . . . . .
First Passenger Carriages used on the London and Northwestern Railway .......
Interior of Signal Box at Crewe Station . . . .
Exterior of ditto, showing the number of wires .
Post Office Van, Mail Bag Exchanging Apparatus, showing
Bags ready for delivery ......
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Station Post, showing Bags hung ready for receiving by
the Mail Bag Exchanging Apparatus . . . 67
Interior of Sorting Carriage on the London and Northwestern Railway ....... 69
Holyhead and Kingstown Mail Steamer Connanght . . 72
Interior of Post Office Sorting Cabin on board the Con-
naught 73
Landing the American Mail at Queenstown . . . 74 The Times Office, Printing House Square, at the hour of
Interior of Messrs. Smith and Son's Railway Van , . 78 Blackrock Castle . . . . . . . .91
Blarney Castle 97
Myrtle Grove I OO
The Black water . . . . . . . .101
Lismore Castle .107
Gougaune-Barra Lake . . . . . . .110
The Arbutus . .114
Brickeen Bridge . . . . . . . .120
The Tunnel connecting Ross and Muckross Demesnes . 121
Valentia 128
Amphitheatre on the Coast of Kilkee . . . .137
Lough Gill 155
Ladies' Wishing Chair, Giant's Causeway . . . .162 Giant's Loom . . . . . . . . . 163
Giant's Organ 164
An Ocean Mail Steamer rounding Holyhead , . . 201 Last Half-mile of Ascent of Snowden .... 218
The Ffestiniog Railway, starting from Portmadoc . . 220 On the Ffestiniog Railway . . . . . .222
Runcorn Bridge {facing) ....... 232
George's Landing Stage, Liverpool ..... 250
Kenilworth in Elizabeth's Time ..... 282
The Great Gatehouse, Kenilworth ..... 283
Fireplace, Kenilworth ....... 284
Leicester's Tomb ........ 288
Interior of Shakespeare's House . . . . . 311
Shakespeare's Monument . . . . . . . 313
St. Alban's Abbey . . . . . . . .331
Terrace Steps, Haddon Hall . . . . . . 393
Furness Abbey ....,,.. 440
Chapter House, Furness Abbey . . . , .441
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