[C] ASSENDON. At this township is a land spring, reputed the most eminent of its kind in England. The water only appears after a continuance of wet weather, but then issues forth in such abundance, that mills might be turned by the current, and the adjacent lowlands are inundated. This spring has been supposed by some to act on the principle of a natural syphon, and to be supplied from subterranean sources; but this is evidently erroneous, as the seasons of its flowing are uniformly after heavy rains. [Sidenote: Wonderful spring.] Map|Names of Places.| County. | Number of Miles From +--+----------------+---------+------------+-------------+ 36|Assington pa|Suffolk |Neyland 4|Sudbury 5| 45|Asson-Thorpe ham|W.R. York|Thorne 4|Snaith 5| 7|Astbury[A] pa|Chester |Congleton 2|Sandbach 6| 24|Asterby pa|Lincoln |Horncastle 7|Louth 7| 31|Asthall[B] pa|Oxford |Burford 2|Witney 6| 22|Astley chap|Lancaster|Newton 6|Manchester 11| 33|Astley chap|Salop |Shrewsbury 0|Wellington 11| 39|Astley[C] pa|Warwick |Nuneaton 4|Coleshill 7| 42|Astley[D] pa|Worcester|Bewdley 5|Worcester 9| +--+----------------+---------+------------+-------------+ |Dist.| Map|Names of Places.|Number of Miles From |Lond.|Population. +--+----------------+----------------------+-----+-------+ 36|Assington pa|Hadleigh 7| 57| 641| 45|Asson-Thorpe ham|Doncaster 9| 170| | 7|Astbury[A] pa|Leek 10| 160| 14637| 24|Asterby pa|M. Raisin. 13| 143| 231| 31|Asthall[B] pa|Charlbury 8| 70| 352| 22|Astley chap|Bolton 7| 195| 1832| 33|Astley chap|Oswestry 18| 153| 239| 39|Astley[C] pa|Coventry 7| 98| 340| 42|Astley[D] pa|Kiddermins 5| 121| 849| +--+----------------+----------------------+-----+-------+ [A] ASTBURY, or AUSTBURY, is an extensive village and contains several gentlemen's seats. The church is a handsome gothic structure, with a lofty steeple. In the church yard are two ancient monuments, ornamented with the insignia of knighthood, but the names of the families whose memories they were intended to record are now lost. The parish of Astbury contains no less than twelve townships, of which the market town of Congleton is one. Each of these townships has its overseer and other officers, but the whole parish is under the government of one church-warden, the office of which is served in rotation by eight persons, vulgarly denominated the "Posts of the Parish;" though they should properly be called Provosts. [Sidenote: Contains 12 townships.]