| Miles. | 1st Class. | 2nd Class. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Distant from L'pool & Manchester | 19½ | 4s. 0d. | 3s. 0d. |
| Distant from Birmingham | 77¾ | 10s. 6d. | 11s. 6d. |
From this Station. Runcorn lies 4 miles west; Altrincham, 12 miles east. Except, however, he is travelling by a first class train, we should advise the traveller who is desirous to go to Runcorn, to alight at the Moore Station.
We shall now proceed to give a short account of
Warrington.[1] It is a market town and parish, in the hundred of West Derby; the population of the parish is 19,155; of the town, 16,018. An. Ass. Val. £29,069. Its principal manufactures are, cottons, sail-cloth, hardwares, files, pins, and glass. Its public buildings are, a town-hall, market-ball, and cloth-hall. It has assembly-rooms, a theatre, gas-works, and a dispensary. Its markets are on Wednesday and Saturday; it has two fairs, for horses, horned cattle, and cloth, viz., on July 18 and November 30 (St. Andrew's), and a fair every Wednesday fortnight for cattle. Whittaker asserts, that it was formerly a Roman station, but as the ancient name of the town was
- ↑ As the traveller may be desirous of tracing the route of the carriages as he passes on his journey, we shall direct him for the future to the continuation of the Line itself, whenever we break off to describe places; for example, thus, on this occasion, (Line continued, page 35,) means that the description of the Line, and whatever may be seen from it, is resumed on page 35.
