| Miles. | 2nd Class. | |
|---|---|---|
| From Liverpool and Manchester | 77½ | 11s. 6d. |
| From Birmingham | 19¾ | 3s. 0d. |
This station takes its name from a small hostelrie, situated on the Liverpool road, about three hundred yards from the Railway, and which has probably administered to the comforts of our forefathers for a century or two, at the sign of the Four Ashes. From this station Brewood is two miles to the westward.
Brewood, a small market town and parish, in the hundred of Cattlestone, county of Stafford, pleasantly situated on the banks of the river Penk. Pop. 3,799; An. As. Val. £16,428. The principal trade is in malt. It had formerly a market, which has been discontinued. Fairs, September 19, for horses and cattle. The Church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a spacious and handsome edifice. The living is a disvicarage, in the archdeaconry of Stafford and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry; K.B. £6 7s. 8d.; patron, the dean of Lichfield. Here is an excellent Free School.
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Somerford Hall, the seat of the Ho-
