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Book: Gardening tours by J.C. Loudon 1831-1842
Chapter: Manchester, Chester, Liverpool and Scotland in the Summer of 1831

Gardens near Manchester and Knutsford

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We left Manchester on July 1., and precoeded to Knutsford (visiting Longford, the Stretford Nursery, and *Dunham Massey; Caldwell, Son, and Picking's Nursery; *Tatton Park, *High Leigh, *Mere, Mere Farm, and *Tabley); Northwich (the Beeches, *Vale Royale Abbey, and Delamere Forest); Chester (Eaton Hall, the Bache Pool Nursery, Hoole House, and *Hootton House); Liverpool (the Botanic Garden, the Public Cemeteries, St. James's Walk, the Walton Nursery, St. Domingo Nursery, Maghull Nursery, Wavertree Nursery, Cunningham's Nursery, and the Prescot Nursery, River Bank, West Dingle, Oakland Cottage, Aigburgh, Green Bank, Mossly Hill, Otterspool, Rose Bank, Dingle Head, Dingle Lodge, Farnfield House, Dingle Bank, Park Chapel and Cemetery, *Croxteth Park, *Knowlsley Park, Dovecote House, Gateacre, the town gardens of Charles Horsefald, Esq., and of - Appleton, Esq., the Railway, and Reid's Farm on Chat Moss); Ormskirk (Campbell's Nursery and Market-Garden, *Lathom House, and *Rufford Hall); Preston (Taylor's Nursery); Garstang (Falcon Cottage); Lancaster (Hargreave's Nursery, Conolly and Son's Nursery, the Lune Nursery, Saul's Pomological Garden, the garden of the Lunatic Asylum, the town gardens. of Mr. John Richardson and Serjeant Walmsley, Lune Villa Lune Terrace, Slyne House, Halton Hall, Halton Rectory, Grasyard Hall, and *Quernmoor Park); Yealand (the villa of William Waithman, Esq., and Moorecombe Lodge); Milnthorpe (*Dallam Tower, and *Leven's Hall); Castle Head (Eller Hall); Bowness (*Storr's Hall, and the garden of - Starkey, Esq.); Ambleside (Rayrigg, Elleray the villa of the poet and professor Wilson, Rhydal Hall, Rhydal Mount the residence of the poet Wordsworth, and Ivy Cottage); Grasmere (the Hollies, and the cottage and grounds of Samuel Barber, Esq.); Keswick (Vicar's Isle, Kerr's Nursery, and the residence of the poet Southey); Penrith (Lowther Castle, *Brougham Hall, *Carlton Hall, and the Penrith Nursery); High Hesketh (Armenthwaite Castle, and Armenthwaite Villa); Wetherall (*Corby Castle, and the bridge of the Carlisle and Newcastle Railway); Carlisle (Hutton's Nursery); Longtown (*Netherby); Langholme (*Langholme Lodge, Woodhouselee, Woodslee, and the Priory); Annan (the garden of - Thom, Esq., and *Glen Stewart); and, lastly, Dumfries, where we remain to arrange our Magazine of Natural History for September, and to write this article, and some reviews and notices for the Gardener's Magazine for October. (Mansion residences thus marked (*), for the reasons given in p. 385.)