SANDBACH, (Cheshire) 125 cm. 153 mm. from London, famous for its nappy ale, which the staunch ale-conners say is as good
as that at Derby. It stands delightfully on the r. Wheelock, which comes with three streams from Mowcop-hill, and falls
into the Dan, a little above the T. It was long the estate of the Ratcliffes of Lancashire, of whom Sir John, in the last
century, procured it a Mt. which is on Th. It has since bel. to Sir Randal Crew. The Fairs here are on Easter-Tu. Whitson-
W. the M. after St. Bartholomew, and the W. Th. and F. before Christmas. Its Ch. has a lofty steeple. The Mt.-place has
two stone crosses with images.