Knighton

Population, 1,655, partially engaged in the manufacture of woollens. Situated on the River Teme. There are races held here annually, in June; the course is a little more than a mile round.

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Hereford

Herefordshire

Hereford, stands at a military Ford on the Wye, which King Harold protected by a castle, the site of which, at Castle Green, is now occupied by the Nelson Column.
Ludlow

Shropshire

Ludlow is a parliamentary borough, standing on a beautiful bend of the Teme, in Shropshire, but close to the borders of Herefordshire, from which the river divides it.
Shrewsbury

Shropshire

This fine old capital of Shropshire, and parliamentary town, is 42 miles beyond Birmingham, 161¾ miles from London by the North Western (or 171 via Birmingham), and 171 by the Great Western.