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Grand Junction Line.
125
From Birmingham.
From L'pool & Manch'r.

concealed after the battle of Worcester. The red brick building, a little further on, is Bentley Farm, Mr. Foster.

10¾ 86½

An embankment of half a mile, on which is one bridge, brings us to the Darlaston Cutting, which is crossed by an aqueduct, supported by two arches and two bridges. This cutting is three quarters of a mile long, and from 10 to 15 feet deep. Darlaston Church is a conspicuous object, and may be here seen, on the right, to the south-west; and 150 yards further is

James's Bridge Station.
Miles. 2nd Class.
From Liverpool and Manchester 87¼ 13s. 6d.
From Birmingham 10 1s. 6d.

From this station Darlaston is three-quarters of a mile to the westward.

Darlaston. A parish in the south division of the hundred of Offlow, pleasantly situated on the banks of the Trent. Pop. 6,647; An. As. Val. £4,213. The Church, which is a brick building, is dedicated to St. Lawrence; K.B. £3 11s. 5d. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Stafford, and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry. Patron, the Society for the Purchase of Advowsons. There are places of worship for various classes of Dissenters, and a National School,