53a. Astley castle Mr. O. W. BARRY and Mr. W. H. HOWELL “Knebley” castle. 53b. Astley castle and gateway Mr. W. H. MCLAUCHLAN and Mr. W. H. STOKES 53c. Astley castle, the moat Mr. W. H. MCLAUCHLAN and Mr. W. H. STOKES “Adam Bede.” 53d. Corley Hall farm, gates Mr. A. W. HOARE “Evidently that gate is never opened; . . . and if it were opened, it is so rusty, that the force necessary to turn it on its hinges would be likely to pull down the square stone-built pillars, to the detriment of the two stone lionesses which grin with a doubtful carnivorous affability above a coat of arms, surmounting each of the pillars.”—_Adam Bede_, ch. 6. 53e. Corley Hall farm, row of walnut trees Mr. A. W. HOARE “That grand double row of walnut trees on the right-hand of the enclosure.”—_Adam Bede_, ch. 6. “Silas Marner.” 54–55. Bulkington, single hand-loom at Mr. A. W. HOARE Bulkington is possibly the village George Eliot had in mind in describing Raveloe (_Silas Marner_). The photographs show a hand-loom used in Silas Marner’s day.