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that a good deal of the atmosphere of antiquity
has vanished. I prefer York. From Chester
we, i.e. Jocelyn, Mary, & myself, made our
way to Ludlow spending the best part of a
day at Shrewsbury on route. Shrewsbury has
many nice old houses, a fine Church near
the Station, & a picturesque grammar school,
now the Museum etc. Ludlow is delightful!
Here we put up at the "Feathers Inn" a 15th. cent. [century]
house, only fairly comfortably. We stayed from
Friday to Monday in glorious weather, & enjoyed
every minute of our time. The town stands on
a hill, the apex of which is crowded with a
grand perpendicular church, with a lofty tower
'The Terne' flows past one side of the town &
between it & the church, above a sheep wooded
bank, is the castle - a historic border fortress
with a great courtyard, containing a Norman
keep, a circular Norman church, & much
building of 15th & 16th. Century date. On Saturday
afternoon we made our way by train to
Stokesay. a delightful moated manor house
of the 14th. or 15th. cent. [century] near Craven Arms, in
fine preservation & well looked after. It was
interesting to find in the Caretaker a retired
Dumfriesshire Ironmonger, who, when I

disclosed my nationality clung to me as a brother Scot.
From Ludlow we passed to Gloucester taking Here:
:ford on the way, and at both places it poured. Here:
:ford Cathedral is of more interest than I expected,
and has some good Norman work in it. I
was interested to see the tomb & effigy of Sir Richard
Pembridge whose Heaulme is in the Royal Scottish
Museum, having formerly being on the wall of the
Cathedral above the tomb, but was taken down &
presented by the Dean to Sir R. Meyrich, the well
known collector of Armour! It was an iniquit:
:ous act, and can't be undone now though
dearly would the present Cathedral authorities
like it if it could be. At Gloucester we stayed at
"The Bell", a large old fashioned Inn, comfortable
enough. From Gloucester we passed on to Bristol.
Here it poured every day. We made an excur:
:sion to Bath, saw a couple of nice Art
galleries, the Roman remains at the
Pump room, and lastly listenend to a concert
in the pump room, &, to Mary's delight,
watched the visitors taking the waters. We saw
fat people drinking and weighing, & were amused
at their efforts of reduction. At Bristol
we stayed at the Royal Hotel, College Green,
quite a good Hotel. The Cathedral is nearby
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