Railroad; a little further on it passes under a handsome iron bridge, with stone piers, and pursues a similar course on the right. To the left is Creswell Hall, a large white house with numerous offices; it is the residence of the Rev. T. Whitley.
On the right, about a mile and a half distant, the towers of Stafford Castle may be plainly seen emerging from the trees. The site of this castle has been occupied as a fortalice from the time of William, who appointed Robert de Toeni (the progenitor of the present house of Stafford) governor; it was afterwards rebuilt in the time of Edward the Third, by Ralph de Stafford, and in the civil war was garrisoned by the Royalists under the Earl of Northampton, who perished in a sharp skirmish on Hopton Heath. After his death the castle was taken by the Parliamentarians, and eventually demolished. Sir William Jerningham under-built the walls of the ruin, to prevent their falling; since then Sir George restored the existing portion of it (one front flanked by two round towers), about half a century since; and it now has a very imposing appearance, as seen from the Railroad.
The road still continues through these marshy fields, and, though the embank-
