AROUND NOTTINGHAM.
Clifton Grove.
Clifton (2 miles), with its famous Clifton Grove, sung by Henry Kirke White, its thatched cottages, its old-world charm and its ancient church. Colwick Hall (2 miles), the home of John Musters, who married Mary Chaworth, for whom Lord Byron formed an attachment. The church of St. John the Baptist at Colwick contains the tombs of the Byrons and Musters and a memorial to Mary Chaworth. Southwell (16J miles), with its ancient Minster, portions dating from the reign of Henry I and the whole completed by the end of the 14th century. The exquisite Chapter House is entered through a grand doorway which has been declared to be "one of the most beautiful specimens within the range of Gothic art." A Norman two-storeyed North Porch, a stately central tower and two high towers flanking the western entrance are. with the Chapter House, its chief external features. The grandeur and richness of the tower arches of the nave, with their deeply cut cable moulding, the choir-screen and the vaulted roof, and the traceried windows and arcade mouldings of the Chapter House are the chief attractions of the interior. Hucknall (2½ miles from Bulwell tram terminus), the parish church of which—St. Mary Magdalene—contains the tomb of Lord Byron. Newstead Abbey, founded in 1170 by Henry II as a Priory, passed to the Byron family at the time of the dissolution of the monasteries and remained in their possession until 1818, when it was sold by the poet Byron to his friend Colonel Wildman. The Dukeries, including Welbeck, Clumber and Thoresby, Worksop and Edwinstowe in Sherwood Forest. Newark (20 miles). Castle ruins and Parish Church. King John died at Newark Castle.
Newstead Abbey.