Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE MANCHESTER AND
GLASGOW ROAD

CONTENTS

WORKS BY CHARLES G. HARPER

THE MANCHESTER AND GLASGOW ROAD

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
SEPARATE PLATES
ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT

MANCHESTER AND GLASGOW ROAD
I
II
III
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V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
XIII
XIV
XV
XVI
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XVIII
XIX
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XXI
XXII
XXIII
XXIV
XXV
XXVI
XXVII
XXVIII
XXIX
XXX
XXXI
XXXII
XXXIII
XXXIV
XXXV
XXXVI
XXXVII

INDEX

WORKS BY CHARLES G. HARPER

=The Portsmouth Road=, and its Tributaries: To-day and in Days of Old.

=The Dover Road=: Annals of an Ancient Turnpike.

=The Bath Road=: History, Fashion, and Frivolity on an Old Highway.

=The Exeter Road=: The Story of the West of England Highway.

=The Great North Road=: The Old Mail Road to Scotland. Two Vols.

=The Norwich Road=: An East Anglian Highway.

=The Holyhead Road=: The Mail-Coach Road to Dublin. Two Vols.

=The Cambridge, Ely, and King’s Lynn Road=: The Great Fenland Highway.

=The Newmarket, Bury, Thetford, and Cromer Road=: Sport and History
on an East Anglian Turnpike.

=The Oxford, Gloucester, and Milford Haven Road=: The Ready Way to
South Wales. Two Vols.

=The Brighton Road=: Speed, Sport, and History on the Classic Highway.

=The Hastings Road= and the “Happy Springs of Tunbridge.” Cycle Rides
Round London.

=A Practical Handbook of Drawing for Modern Methods of Reproduction.=

=Stage-Coach and Mail in Days of Yore.= Two Vols.

=The Ingoldsby Country=: Literary Landmarks of “The Ingoldsby
Legends.”

=The Hardy Country=: Literary Landmarks of the Wessex Novels.

=The Dorset Coast.=

=The South Devon Coast.=

=The Old Inns of Old England.= Two Vols.

=Love in the Harbour=: a Longshore Comedy.

=Rural Nooks Round London= (Middlesex and Surrey).

=Haunted Houses=: Tales of the Supernatural.

=The North Devon Coast.=

[_In the Press._

[_By J. F. Herring._
]

THE
MANCHESTER
AND
GLASGOW ROAD

_THIS WAY TO GRETNA GREEN_

By CHARLES G. HARPER

_ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR, AND FROM
OLD-TIME PRINTS AND PICTURES_

Vol. II.—MANCHESTER TO GLASGOW

LONDON
CHAPMAN & HALL, LTD.
1907

PRINTED AND BOUND BY
HAZELL, WATSON AND VINEY, LD.,
LONDON AND AYLESBURY.

THE MANCHESTER AND GLASGOW ROAD

MANCHESTER AND GLASGOW

Manchester—
(Cross River Irwell.)

MILES

Salford 185-3/4

Pendleton 186-3/4

Irlam-o’-th’-Height 187-3/4

Pendlebury 188-1/2

Clifton 190

Kearsley Moor Church 192-1/4

Farnworth 193-1/4

Moses Gate 194

Bourndon 195

Bolton (Deansgate) 196-1/4

Dorfcocker 198-1/4

Boot Lane 198-3/4

Heaton 199-1/2

Horwich 201-1/2

Smithy Bridge 202-1/2
(Cross Lancaster Canal.)

Chorley 207-1/4

Clayton Green 211-1/4

Bamber Bridge 213-1/4

Walton-le-Dale 215
(Cross River Ribble.)

Preston 217

Cadley Moor 219-3/4

Broughton 221-1/4

Barton 222-3/4

Bilsborough 223-1/4

Brock’s Bridge 225-1/2
(Cross River Wyre.)

Claughton 226-1/2

Catterall 227-1/4
(Cross River Wyre.)

Garstang 228-3/4

Scorton 231

Bay Horse Station 233-1/2

Galgate 235-3/4

Scotforth 238-1/2

Lancaster 239-1/2
(Cross River Lune.)

Slyne 242-1/2

Bolton-le-Sands 243-1/2

Carnforth 245

Burton-in-Kendal 249-3/4

End Moor 255-1/4
(Cross River Kent.)

Kendal 261

Watchgate 265-3/4

Boroughbridge 271

Shap 276-3/4

Thrimby 280

Clifton 284-1/2

Lowther Bridge 285-1/2
(Cross River Lowther.)

Eamont Bridge 286
(Cross Eamont River.)

Penrith 287

Salkeld Gate 291-1/2

High Hesket 296-1/4

Low Hesket 297-3/4

Carleton 302-1/2
(Cross Petterill Brook.)

Carlisle (Clock Tower) 305-1/4
(Cross River Eden.)

Stanwix 306

Kingstown 308

Blackford 309-1/4

West Linton 311-1/4
(Cross River Line.)

Arthuret 313-1/4

Longtown 313-3/4
(Cross River Esk.)

The Border 317-1/4
(Cross River Sark)

Springfield 317-1/2

Gretna Green 318-1/2

Graham’s Hill 321

Kirkpatrick 322

Ecclefechan 328

Lockerbie 333-3/4

Dinwoodie Green 338-3/4

Johnstone Bridge 340-1/4
(Cross River Annan.)

Beattock 347-3/4

Moffat 349-3/4

Elvanfoot Bridge 362-1/2
(Cross River Clyde.)

Crawford 365
(Cross River Clyde.)

Abington 368

Denighton Bridge 370
(Cross a Branch of the Clyde.)

Douglas Mill 377-1/4

Lesmahagow 383-1/4

Larkhall 391-1/2

Hamilton 395-1/4

Bothwell Bridge 396-3/4
(Cross River Clyde.)

Bothwell 397-1/2

Uddingston 399-3/4

Tolcross 403

Glasgow (Glasgow Cross) 405-3/4

CARLISLE TO GLASGOW (EXCHANGE) DIRECT, BY TELFORD’S NEW ROAD,
AVOIDING LONGTOWN, SPRINGFIELD, AND MOFFAT.

Carlisle 305-1/4

Glasgow Cross 399-1/4

Glasgow Exchange 400-1/4

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

SEPARATE PLATES

WAITING TO CHANGE (_After J. F. Herring_) _Frontispiece_

PAGE

THE BUILDING OF MANCUNIUM (_From the fresco by Ford
Madox Brown_) 7

MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL, FROM DEANSGATE 17

MANCHESTER TOWN HALL 61

HALL-I’-TH’-WOOD 79

PRESTON: TOWN HALL, HARRIS PUBLIC LIBRARY, AND
SESSIONS HOUSE 99

LANCASTER 109

LANCASTER SANDS (_After J. M. W. Turner, R.A._) 127

EAMONT BRIDGE 177

CARLISLE 207

SOLWAY MOSS (_After J. M. W. Turner, R.A._) 215

“A FALSE ALARM ON THE ROAD: ’TIS ONLY THE MAIL!”
(_After C. B. Newhouse_) 223

“ONE MILE FROM GRETNA: THE GOVERNOR IN SIGHT, WITH
A SCREW LOOSE” (_After C. B. Newhouse_) 231

THE DUMFRIES COACH (_After C. B. Newhouse_) 255

THE GLASGOW MAIL (_After James Pollard_) 275

ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT

The Hall, Chetham’s School 13

Miserere Seat, Manchester Cathedral: The Pedlar and
the Monkeys 19

The “Bull’s Head,” Salford 25

The “Sun” Inn, Poet’s Corner 65

The “Old Man and Scythe” 71

Town Hall, Bolton 74

Firwood: Birthplace of Crompton 76

Rivington Pike 85

Rivington Pike from the Road 87

Darwen Bridge and Walton-le-Dale 89

“Teetotal” 102

Garstang 105

“A fair mark, my Lord” 113

Javelin-Man 114

Lancaster Castle 115

Map of the “Over-Sands” Route 121

Carnforth 133

The Buckstone 135

The Market Cross and Pillory, Burton-in-Kendal 136

The “Duke of Cumberland” Inn, and Farleton Knott 137

Kendal Castle, and the Road into Kendal 138

Castle Dairy 145

Boroughbridge, Shap Fell 153

Sign of the “Greyhound,” Shap 155

Shap Abbey 156

Clifton 161

Sepulchral Slab of Udard de Broham 166

Brougham Castle 168

Countess Pillar 169

Yanwath Hall 170

Askham Hall 172

King Arthur’s Drinking Cup 174

The Giant’s Grave 184

Old Doorway, Penrith 186

Thiefside 188

East End, Carlisle Cathedral 195

St. Alban’s Row 203

Map of Old and New Roads from Carlisle to
Gretna Green 211

Arthuret Church 213

The Road past Solway Moss 217

Filial Affection (_After Rowlandson_) 221

Sark Bar 227

The Deaf Post-Boy (_After Cruikshank_) 233

Gretna Hall in the Old Days 241

The Old Smithy, Gretna Green 247

Gretna Green 251

Ecclefechan: Showing Birthplace of Thomas Carlyle 265

Old Tablet at Ecclefechan 267

Broken Bridge 285

“Brig o’ Clyde” 289

Hamilton Palace 292

Bothwell Bridge 295

Trongate 305

The Arms of Glasgow 309

Glasgow Cathedral and the Necropolis 311

The Oldest House in Glasgow 317

“Dixon’s Blazes” 321

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