Produced by Richard Tonsing, Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) THE HOLYHEAD ROAD [Illustration: EARLY DAYS ON THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.] THE HOLYHEAD ROAD: THE MAIL-COACH ROAD TO DUBLIN By CHARLES G. HARPER Author of “_The Brighton Road_,” “_The Portsmouth Road_,” “_The Dover Road_,” “_The Bath Road_,” “_The Exeter Road_,” “_The Great North Road_,” and “_The Norwich Road_” [Illustration] _Illustrated by the Author, and from Old-Time Prints and Pictures_ _Vol. II. BIRMINGHAM TO HOLYHEAD_ LONDON: CHAPMAN & HALL LTD. 1902 [_All rights reserved_] PRINTED BY HAZELL, WATSON, AND VINEY, LD. LONDON AND AYLESBURY. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration] LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS SEPARATE PLATES PAGE EARLY DAYS ON THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. _Frontispiece_ BULL RING. (_From a Print after David Cox_) 5 OLD BIRMINGHAM COACHING BILL. 13 DUDLEY. (_After J. M. W. Turner, R.A._) 31 HIGH GREEN, WOLVERHAMPTON, 1797. (_After Rowlandson_) 47 HIGH GREEN, WOLVERHAMPTON, 1826. (_From an Old Print_) 51 HIGH GREEN, WOLVERHAMPTON, 1860. (_From a Contemporary Photograph_) 55 SHIFFNAL. 67 THE COUNCIL HOUSE. 141 THE HONOURABLE THOMAS KENYON. (_From an Old Print_) 153 THE VALE OF LLANGOLLEN. 177 LLANGOLLEN. 183 LLANGOLLEN. (_After J. M. W. Turner, R. A._) 187 VALLE CRUCIS ABBEY. (_After J. M. W. Turner, R.A._) 207 CERNIOGE. 227 THE SWALLOW FALLS. (_From an Old Print_) 247 LLYN OGWEN AND TRIFAEN MOUNTAIN. 255 PENMAENMAWR. (_After J. M. W. Turner, R.A._) 275 THE OLD LANDING-PLACE ON THE ANGLESEY SHORE. 283 ILLUSTRATIONS IN TEXT Vignette: Prince Rupert _Title Page_ List of Illustrations: The Black Country vii