A Leisurely Tour in England

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 Excerpt: ... A signpost informed me that the road led to Welshpool. Now to Welshpool I had no desire to go; it is a large town where, I believe, they manufacture flannels, a useful town, but it had no interest for me; however, as the road was a pleasant one I kept to it By the way, the first signpost was inscribed To Welshpool, but farther on this was shortened to simply Pool. We duly reached Welshpool; it had a prosperous look; there was much traffic in its streets. We were glad to get out of it into the quiet country again, and a very pleasant country it proved to be, our road leading us along the hillsides and past fragrant pine-woods, with distant peeps of finely-shaped hills. Close to the hamlet of Wollaston I pulled up to consult the map, and to ask the name of the place from a youth who was passing by, and when he had told me this I jokingly queried if there were anything to see there, for it looked an uninteresting spot where nothing had ever happened, or was o likely to happen. Well, replied he, old Parr lived here--you may have heard of him; there's a brass about him in the church. I know where the key's kept, I'll run and get it for you--doubtless with an eye to earning an honest penny or two, where, I should imagine, pennies were hard to earn. But he was a civil youth, so I let him get the key. There in the church I found a brass against the wall with a portrait of that old man engraved on the top, and the following inscription below: --The Old, Old, very Old Man Thomas Parr Was born at the Glyn In the township of Winnington Within the Chapelry of Great Wollaston And Parish of Alberbury In the County of Salop In the year of our Lord 1483. He lived in the reigns of Ten Kings And Queens of England (viz.) King Ed...