Excerpt from A History of the Manor of Beresford: In the County of Stafford Shrunken, however, though the manor may be, its famous dale combines in miniature all the beauties of Dovedale. It has its grey cliffs overhung with foliage, its murmuring river, its tall and slender tor rising out of Pike Poo], its mysterious caves, and, what Dovedale has not, the ruins of an ancient manor house with a history which, though unwritten until now, is worthy of attempt as well because of its chequered continuity through many ages as because of the reputation achieved by some members of the Family long situated there. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.