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6. Fulford, near Cheadle, Staffordshire. Light brown sandstone. 7. Grinshill, near Shrewsbury. White, light yellow, and reddish brown freestone; flaggy at the top, with courses of massive stone yielding large blocks, presenting altogether a section of nearly 100 feet. 1 A stone well adapted for highest kinds of architectural work. 8. Gnuj Hill, Baschurch, Salop. Bather soft, fine, white sandstone, in lenticular beds. 9. Ilclsby, Delamere Forest. Light red, fine grained, sometimes flaggy sandstone. 10. Hollington, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire. Light brownish grey, to white, freestone, fine grained, yielding blocks from 30 to 40 feet square, and 8 feet thick; used in Trentham Hall, Drayton Manor, Heath House, Town-hall, Derby, and Meer Hall, Cheshire. 11. Manley, near Dunham, Cheshire. White and light red freestone of good quality, and yielding large blocks. With the light-reddish freestone from this locality Chester Cathedral is now being re stored. 12. New Brighton, Wallasey, Cheshire. Yellowish freestone, rather soft and fine grained. 13. Ombersley and Hadley, near Worcester. Bed- 1 A section of this quarry is given by Sir R. Murchison in the Silurian System, p. 40.