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164.
Dou.
IManifuId.
Hansleic.
CUurne.
Dimsmere.
Vendor.
Aula Ciinufi.
Asiienhiriil.
Teliic.
Vttoxeter or
Vncesrcr.
Datu'i'iit.
Kcue.
THE DESCRIPTION OF BRITAINE.
writing of this riuer (as I earst noted) saith thereof in this wise. Into the Thame also
luiuieth the Bremichani brooke, which riseth foure or hue miles about Bremicham in the
Blacke hils in Worcestershire, and goeth into the aforesaid water a mile aboue Crudworth
bridge. Certes (saith he) this Bremichani is a towne mainteined chicflie by sniiths, nailers,
cutlers, edgetoole forgers, lorimers or biunakers, which haue their iron out of Stafford and
Warwijc shires, and coles also out of the first countie. Hitherto Leland. Now to resume
the Trent, which being grovven to some greatnesse, goeth on to VValion, Drakelow, and
there crossing a water that commeth by Newbold hail, it runneth to Stapenell, Winshull,
Wightmere, and Newton Souch, where it receiueth two chanels within a short space, to bo
described apart.
The first of these is called the Dou or Done, it riseth about the three shires meere, and
is as it were limes betweene Stafford and Darbishires, vntill it come at the Trent. Descending
therefore from the head, it goeth by Earlesbooth, Pilsburie grange, Hartington, Woiscot,
Eaton, Hunsington grange, and aboue Thorpe receiueth the IVIanifold water, so called,
bicause of the sundrie crinckling rills that it receiueth, and turnagaines that it selfe she^veth
before it come at the Dou. Rising therefore not farre from Axe edge crosse (in the bottome
thereby) it runneth from thence to Longmore, She'ene, Warslow chappeil, and Welton.
Beneath Welton also it taketh in the Hansleie water, that commeth out of Blackemoore
hilles to Watersall, where it falleth into the ground : and afterward mounting againe is
receiucd into the Manifold, north of Throwleie (as I heare) which goeth from thence to
11am, and aboue Thorpe dooth cast it selfe into Dou. Hauing therefore met togither after
this maner, the Dou proceedeth on to Maplington, beneath which it crosseth one water
descending from Brassington by Fennie Bentleie, and another somewhat lower that commeth
from riocston hall by Kognasion and Ashburne, and then going to Matterfield, Narburie,
EUaston, Rawston Rowcesler, it mceteth with the Churne, eucn here to be described before I
go anie further. It riseth a good waie aboue Delacrasse abbie, and comming thither by
Hellesbie wood, it taketh in the Dunsmere, betweene Harracrasse and Leike.
Thence it goeth to the Walgrange, and a little beneath receiueth the Yendor that
comi.;eth from aboue Harton, thence to Cheddleton, and hauing crossed the Ashenhirst
brooke aboue Cnutes hall, it runneth by Ypston, Froghall, Below hill, Alton castell,
Preestwood, and at Rowcester falleth into the Dou, which yer long also receiueth a rill from
Crowsden, and then going to Eton mceteth first with the Teine that commeth thither from
each side of Chedleie by Teinetowne, Bramhirst and Stranehill. Secondlie with the
Vncester or Vttoxeter water, and then gouig on to Merchington, Sidberie, Cawlton, it
crosseth a brooke from Sidmister college, by Saperton. From this confluence in like sort
it passeth foorth to Tilberie castell, Marstcn, and at Edgerton meeteth with the water that
commeth from Yeklersleie by Longford (-.vhereinto runneth another that commeth from
Hollington) and so to Hilton. These waters being thus ioined, and manie ends brought into
one, the Dou it selfe falleth yer long likewise into the Trent, aboue Newton Souch. So
that the maine riuor being thus inlarged, goeth onwards with his course, and betweene
Willing ton and Repton meeteth with two waters on sundrie sides, whereof that which falleth
in by WiUington, riseth neere Dawberie Lies, and runneth by Trusselie and Ashe: the
other '-'.at entereth aboue Repton, descendeth from Llartesburne, so that the Trent being
past mese, hasteth to Iwiford, Inglebie, Staunton, Weston, Newton, and Aston, yer long
also nitetir.g with the Darwent ; next of all to be dispatched. The Darwent, or (to vse
the verie British word) Dowr gwine (but in Latine Fluuius Dereuantanus) riseth plaine west,
neere vnto the edge of Darbishire, aboue BlackwcU a market towne, and from the head
runneth to the New chappeil, within a few miles : Iter it be risen. From hence moreouer
it goeth by Howden house, D^nwent chappeil, Yorkeshire bridge, and at Witham bridge
dooth crosse the Neue or Nouius that commeth from Newstole hill, by Netherburgh, Hope
(crossing there one rill from Castelton, another from Bradwell, and the third at Hathersage,
ironi Stonie ridge hill) and so goeth on to Padleie, Stockehall, receiuing a rill by the waie
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