Monday, September 25, 2006

Old Parr's cottage


In the Gentleman's Magazine for March 1814, a view, which we have copied. (see the preceding page), is given of Old. Parr's cottage, in the parish of Alberbury; Rodney's Pillar, on the Breidden Hill, appears in the distance. It is also stated in the work referred to, that the cottage has under-gone very little alteration since the period when Parr himself occupied it, and that a corner beside the huge misshapen chimney is shewn as the place where the Nestor of Shropshire used to sit.