Hall is about three miles north-east from Ludlow. At the bottom of the hill is

HENLEY HALL,

the residence of the Rev. S. Johnes Knight. It is a large brick building, two miles from Ludlow, on the Cleobury road. On the south front extends a well wooded park, with walks and plantations. The river Ledwich passes close by the house. At a short distance is

BITTERLEY COURT,

belonging to the Rev. J. Walcot, at the foot of the Clee Hill; above which, the Titterstone, rising on the north-east, forms a grand and prominent object, and the prospect toward Ludlow, over a rich and well-cultivated tract of country, is highly pleasing. Near the house is the Church, in which are found records of various charities; that of Sergeant Powis, afterwards Judge Powis, who bequeathed £50; of Mr. Richard Page, of Park Hall, who bequeathed £10; and of Mrs. Ann Sheppard of Middleton, who bequeathed to the poor of Bitterley the sum of £500, In the adjoining pleasant and healthy Village is

BITTERLEY SCHOOL, where, under the superintendance of Mr. James Green, a limited number of boarders are comfortably accommodated, and well educated in the different branches of a classical, commercial, and polite education, on moderate terms.

From the parish records we find this school has been founded upwards of one hundred years, as the following extract taken from the parish books will prove ;-"The said school being by deed settled for the use and benefit of the parish, one Mr. Humphrey Butler was first elected schoolmaster there by a great majority of voices of the said parish that pay to church and poor, pursuant to said deed, upon Easter Tuesday, being the 7th of April, 1713." The original endowment was for the instruction of the parish children, for which the master has a commodious house, with garden, play-ground, &c. and also a weekly stipend from the parents of each child, according to the amount of their respective rents. Mr. John Newborough, head master of Eton School, by will dated the 18th of January, 1712, left £400 to purchase an estate "for the use, benefit, and maintenance of the master for the time being, for ever." With £300 of this money an estate was bought, containing 39A. IR. 23P. called Little Perth-y-bee, in the parish of Kerry, Montgomeryshire. The buil dings on this estate being destroyed by fire, £50 was given in 1779 to the Rev. J. Attwood, (then master) to rebuild the same, of the remaining £50 no account can be obtained. The appointment of the master is vested in the parishioners who pay to church and poor. The good management and attention of the present

master, (who was elected in October 1823,) has given general satisfaction, and the school is extensively patronised.

THE TITTERSTONE CLEE HILL,

is five miles from Ludlow, and rises to the height of 1800 feet. The summit of it, on which was formerly a Roman Camp, affords very extensive prospects on every side, bounded by different ranges of distant hills, so that on a clear day no less than thirteen or fourteen counties are to be seen with the naked eye; but the sides (as Lord Littleton observes) are more difficult to pass than almost any of the Welsh hills, being covered with loose stones, or rather with pieces of rocks, which from their extraordinary magnitude must have required an immense force to throw in the different directions in which we find them scattered. The extreme point, called Titterstone, which comprehends a space of nearly an acre and half of ground, is supposed to have been formed by a volcano, the rugged exterior of this hill, is compensated by the great quantity of coal and iron-stone found within it; with the former of which, of a very excellent quality, the surrounding country is supplied.

The Collieries are chiefly on the south, and north-east sides of the Clee Hill, and in sinking the deepest pit on the first of these, the following strata occur.-Earth, sandstone-rock, and basalt, called jewstone, 75 yards; sandstone

rock, bind, clunch, and coal-roof, 23 yards; the great coal, 2 yards; coal-bottom and ironstoneroof, 1 yd. 1 ft. ironstone 1 yd. 6 in. three-quarters coal, 1 ft. 6 in. clumper, 2 yds. smith's coal, 1 yd. 2 ft. smith's coal-bottom, down to the four feet coal-rock, 2 ft. in all 107 yds. 1 ft. The pits on the Knowbury side of the hill are considerably deeper, two of which are more than 200 yards on this side, the stratum of basalt does not occur.

Opposite the north-east side of the Clee Hill, is HOPTON COURT,

the seat of T. Botfield, Esq. near which is the village of Hopton Wafers; remarkable as giving a singular instance of longevity in William Hyde, who residing here, lived to the advanced age of 106 years. He enjoyed health and activity nearly to the last, and had sons upwards of 80 years old at the time of his decease in 1798.

The celebrated William Henry West Betty, arose from this obscure village; beginning his career at eleven years of age; and performing to crowded theatres with singular success.

To the south of the Clee Hill, is

COURT OF HILL,

an ancient family mansion, lately occupied by J. Fowler, Esq. and in the same neighbourhood, near the village of Hope Bagot, we arrive at the antique mansion of

which was the seat of the Charlton family previous to their occupation of Ludford. It is a very fine specimen of what is called Queen Elizabeth's style of architecture, though it is supposed to have been built by Sir Robert Charlton in the early part of the reign of Charles I. At present it is only inhabited by a tenant of E. L. Charlton, Esq. though it still retains vestiges of its pristine celebrity, having an extensive park, round which there is a brick wall, and a very fine drawing room, hung to this day with the Tapestry, which in times past probably bore witness to many an entertainment that

"Blazed with lights, and bray'd with minstrelsy."

Descending the hill we arrive at the scattered village of Caynham, in which is