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situated on the north-side of the church-yard, may be satisfied
it is not so, by viewing the part of the inclosure-wall yet
standing, which is a thin mouldering fabric; whereas the
Wery-wall is a cemented mass, that nothing but great violence can
injure. Another fragment of it stands at a stile on the foot
path, under the west end of the church-yard [1]. It is frequently
met with in the church-yard, and its direction is to the western
side of the castle. The father of the late William Bradshaw, Esq.
of Halton, remembered the Wery-wall projecting over Bridge lane,
and pointed directly to the river. This could never be the
direction of the priory wall. To say nothing of the name which
tradition has preserved, had Mr. Pennant viewed both, he would
not have doubted a moment to join Camden against Leland. At
Bridge-lane this wall makes an angle, and runs along the brow of
the hill, behind the houses, in a line to Church-street, which it
crosses about Covell cross. This is attested by the owners of the
gardens. who have met with it in that direction, and always found
blue clay under the foundation stones.
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