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The antient and present state of the county and city of Waterford: being a natural, civil, ecclesiastical, historical and topographical description thereof. Illustrated By Remarks made on the Baronies, Parishes, Towns, Villages, Mountains, Rivers, Medicinal Waters, Fossils, Animals and Vegetables; with some Hints relating to Agriculture and other Useful Improvements. With several Notes and Observations. Together with new and correct maps of the City and County; and embellished with Perspective Views of the City of Waterford, and of the Towns of Lismore and Dungarvan. Published with the approbation of the Physico-Historical Society. By Charles Smith.
Smith, Charles, 1715?-1762.Date: M,DCC,XLVI. [1746]- Books
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Britannia depicta: or, Ogilby improved. Being an actual survey of all the direct and principal cross roads of England and Wales; Shewing All the Cities, Towns, Villages, Churches, Gentlemen's Seats, &c. situated on, or near any of the Roads; With Distances laid down in Measured Miles, through each Road. Engraved by Emanuel Bowen, Geographer. To which is added, An accurate Historical and Topographical Description of all the Cities, Boroughs, Towns Corporate, and other Places of Note. Compiled from the best authorities, by John Owen, Gent. The Whole illustrated with Maps of all the Counties of South Britain, and a summary Description of each.
Ogilby, John, 1600-1676.Date: MDCCLXIV. [1764]- Books
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Owen's new book of roads: or, a description of the roads of Great Britain. Being a companion to Owen's complete book of fairs. Containing, I. An Alphabetical List of all the Cities, Towns, and remarkable Villages, in England and Wales; the Counties in which they are situated, and the Market-Days. II. The Distance is measured Miles from London, to the several Towns, &c. and from one Town to another on the several Roads. III. The Cross Roads. IV. The High Roads and principal Cross Roads in Scotland. V. The general Roads of the Judges Circuits. VI. A concise Account of the Noblemens and Gentlemens Seats upon each Road. VII. An Account of the Posts and Postage of Letters, as regulated, by the Post-Master-General.
Owen, W. (William), -1793.Date: M.DCC.LXXXII. [1782]- Books
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The english traveller: giving a description of those parts of Great-Britain called England and Wales. Containing I. A particular Survey, both Geographical and Historical of every County in the same. II. An Ample and Accurate Account of all the Cities, Boroughs, Market-Towns, Villages, Rivers, Royal-Palaces, Noblemen's and Gentlemen's Seats. III. The Fairs, Trade, Commerce, and Product of each County; of the Rarities both natural and artificial; of the eminent Persons born, or who have resided in them, and of the extraordinary Events that have happened in the same. IV. A map of every County, from the best and latest Observations; wherein are mark'd the Number of measured Miles, and the usual Roads from one Post-Town to another, after the Designs of Herman Moll. V. Of the Isles of Wight, Man, Jersey, Guernsey, and other British Isles, with the Maps of the same. ...
Read, Thomas, Printer.Date: MDCCXLVI. [1746]- Books
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Owen's new book of roads: or, a description of the roads of Great Britain. Being a companion to Owen's Complete book of fairs. Containing, I. An Alphabetical List of all the Cities, Towns, and remarkable Villages, in England and Wales; the Counties in which they are situated, and the Market-Days. II. The distance in measured Miles, from London, to the several Towns, &c. and from one Town to another on the several Roads. III. The Cross Roads. IV. The High Roads, and principal Cross Roads in Scotland. V. The general Roads of the Judges Circuits. VI. A concise Account of the Noblemens and Gentlemens Seats upon each Road. Vii. An Account of the Posts and Postage of Letters, as regulated by the Post-Master-General. The second edition, corrected and greatly improved. Illustrated with a neat and correct map of Great Britain, describing the principal Roads and chief Towns, &c. on a large Scale.
Owen, W. (William), -1793.Date: [1779]- Books
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Owen's new book of roads: or, a description of the roads of Great Britain. Being a companion to Owen's complete book of fairs. Containing, I. An Alphabetical List of all the Cities, Towns, and remarkable Villages, in England and Wales; the Counties in which they are situated, and the Market-Days. II. The Distance in measured Miles from London, to the several Towns, &c. and from one Town to another on the several Roads. III. The Cross Roads. IV. The High Roads and principal Cross Roads in Scotland. V. The general Roads of the Judges Circuits, VI. A concise Account of the Noblemens and Gentlemens Seats upon each Road. VII. The Post-Master-General's Account of the Nights that Post Letters are dispatched. The fourth edition, corrected and greatly improved. Illustrated with a neat and correct map of Great Britain, describing the principal Roads and chief Towns, &c. on a large Scale.
Owen, W. (William), -1793.Date: M.DCC.LXXXIV. [1784]- Books
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Owen's book of roads: or, a description of the roads of Great-Britain; being a companion to Owen's book of fairs. Containing I. An Alphabetical List of all the Cities, Towns, and remarkable Villages, in England and Wales; the Counties in which they are situated, and the Market-Days. II. The Distances in measured Miles, from London, to the several Towns &c. and from one Town to another on the several Roads. III. The Cross Roads. IV. The High Roads, and principal Cross Roads in Scotland. V. The general Roads of the Judges Circuits. VI. A concise Account of the Noblemens and Gentlemens Seats upon each Road. Vii. An Account of the Posts and Postage of Letters, as regulated by the Post-Master General. Viii. A short Description of the several Counties, and an Account of their Manufactures, Antiquities, Curiosities, &c. Illustrated with a neat and correct map of Great Britain, describing the principal Roads and chief Towns, &c.
Owen, W. (William), -1793.Date: MDCCLXXVII. [1777]- Books
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A description of all the seats of the present wars of Europe, in the Netherlands, Piedmont, Lombardy, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Spain, and Portugal. Being a particular survey of all those countries; setting forth the Situation and Distances of their Provinces, Cities, Towns, Villages, &c. With historical remarks upon the places of note, especially such as are of Importance to the Contending Parties. With an Exact Delineation of the March of the Germans from Lower Lombardy to Piedmont; of the several Marches of the French to join the Duke of Bavaria; of the March of our Forces from the Maese to the Danube; and of all the Marches and Adventures of our Army under the Duke of Marlborough, from that time to September 1706; as well as those of the Imperial Army under Prince Eugene of Savoy. The whole illustrated with nine new and exact maps of the respective countries, done by Mr. Moll; besides Three Plans, of the Battle of Hochstet, of the Battle of Ramilly, and of the Siege of Ostend, with the Approaches. With A Large Alphabetical Table, to find out any Town, River, &c. Very Useful for all that Read the Publick Transactions.
Date: 1707- Books
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A topographical survey of the counties of Hants, Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall, commonly called the western circuit. Containing An accurate and comprehensive Description of all the Principal Direct and Cross Roads In Each Respective County. In which the Situations of all the Towns, Villages, Noblemen's and Gentlemen's Seats, Navigable Rivers, Canals, &c. upon and in the Vicinity of each Road, are particularly expressed, and their relative Distances exactly ascertained. Embellished with new and elegantly engraved maps of the several Counties, Taken from actual Surveys, And laid down with great Accuracy on a large Scale. Also A General Map of the Western Circuit. And many Hundreds of Elegant Engravings of the Arms of the Subscribers, Arranged in a Manner entirely New, and neatly finished by an eminent Artist. Likewise copious and complete indexes of all the roads, Exhibiting at one View the several Stages, principal Inns, Fairs, and other Objects of Note thereon. To Which Are Added, Accurate Tables of the Distances from Town to Town, in each County, and throughout the West of England. Together With The Names of the Nobility, Gentry, and other Subscribers, their respective Seats and Places of Residence, with proper References to the same in the Body of the Work. The whole adapted to the various Uses of the Gentleman and Traveller in each respective County. By William Tunnicliff, Land-Surveyor.
Tunnicliff, William.Date: M,DCC,XCI. [1791]- Books
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A journey from London to Scarborough, in several letters from a gentleman there, to his friend in London. Letter I. The Passage to Scarborough by Sea. An Account of what is most remarkable in the Way thither by Land, and a Description of the several Towns, Villages, Gentlemen's Seats, &c. on the Road, particularly Edmonton, Cheshunt, Ware, the New-River Head, Puckeridge, Gogmagog-Hills and Cambridge. Letter II. St. Ives, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, Stilton, Burleigh-House and Park, Stamford, Lord Gainsborough's Seat, the Roman Fosseway, Grantham, Lord Tyrconnel's Seat and Park, Ancaster, Lincoln, the Cathedral and Castle. Letter III. Lincoln-Heath, Spittle, the Wolds of Lincolnshire, Redbourn, Hibberstow, Barton on the Humber, Hull, the Garrison, &c. Letter IV. Beverley, the Minster; Driffield, Foxhole and Seymore; thence to Scarborough. Letter V. Scarborough, the Description of it towards the Sea, and its lofty Situation; the Harbour and Piers; the Shipping; great Plenty and Variety of Fish; the beautiful Parterre on the Sands; Sports and Exercises there; of the Spaw, the Resort thither of late Years; a humorous Description and Character of Dicky Dickinson, Keeper of the Wells; the manner of Gentlemen and Ladies bathing in the Sea, Verses on a Lady bathing in the Sea. The Town and Buildings described, Ledgings, and Provisions, number of Inhabitants, Hackney-Chairs. Long-Room, its pleasant and lofty Situation, Balls and Assemblies, the Phar? Bank, Billiard-Tables, &c. The Ordinaries, and the Custom of them; the Play-House, Booksellers Shop, the Coffee-House; with an Account of the various Diversions and agreeable Amusements of the Place. With a list of the nobility, quality, and gentry at Scarborough, during the spaw season, in the year 1733 . Taken from the Subscription-Books at The Spaw, and The Long-Room, The Booksellers Shop, and The Coffee-House. To which is annex'd an account of the nature and us of the Scarborough spaw-water, interspers'd with some Observations and Remarks.
Date: M.DCC.XXXIV. [1734]- Books
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A gazetteer of the Netherlands. Containing a full account of all the Cities, Towns, and Villages, in the Seventeen Provinces, and the Bishoprick of Liege; With the relative Distance of the Cities and great Towns from each other, and from Parts; and the Distances of each Village from the nearest City or Town in their respective Provinces. Embellished with Two New Maps, neatly Coloured: One of the Seven United Provinces; The other of the Catholic Netherlands.
Date: MDCC.XCIV. [1794]- Books
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A new sett of pocket mapps of all the counties of England and Wales. Shewing, The Situation of all the Cities, Boroughs, Market-Towns, and most considerable Villages, with the Distances between each. Also the Rivers and Roads both direct and across. Together with a separate mapp of England, a plan of the roads, and a chart of the Channel.
Cowley, J. (John).Date: 1745- Books
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The economy of an institution, established in Spitalfields, London. For the purpose of supplying the poor with a good meat soup, at one penny per quart. Principally extracted from the Papers of the Society, and published with a View to the Establishment of Similar Institutions, In Towns, Villages, And Populous Neighbourhoods. To which is added an account of the soup establishment at Westminster.
Society for the Relief of the Industrious Poor (Spitalfields, London, England)Date: 1800- Books
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The curiosities, natural and artificial, of the island of Great Britain. Containing A full and accurate Description of whatever is remarkable and worthy of Notice in the Works of Nature and Art, in the Several Counties, Cities, Towns, Villages, &c. of England, Wales, and Scotland; the Principal Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, Public Buildings, Places of Resort and Entertainment, &c. Carefully and faithfully Displayed. ...
Date: [1775?]- Books
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A faithful narrative of the surprizing work of God in the conversion of many hundred souls in Northampton, and the Neighbouring Towns and Villages of New-Hampshire in New-England. In a letter to the Revd. Dr. Benjamin Colman of Boston. Written by the Revd. Mr. Edwards, Minister of Northampton, on Nov. 6. 1736. and published, with a large preface, by Dr. Watts and Dr. Guyse.
Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758.Date: M.DCC.XXXVII. [1737]- Books
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A faithful narrative of the surprizing work of God in the conversion of Many Hundred Souls in Northampton, and the Neighbouring Towns and Villages of New-Hampshire in New-England. In a letter to the Revd Dr. Benjamin Colman of Boston. Written by the Reverend Mr. Edwards, Minister of Northampton, on Nov. 6. 1736. and published, with a large preface, by Dr. Watts and Dr. Guyse.
Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758.Date: MDCCXXXVIII. [1738]- Books
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A new and accurate description of all the direct and principal cross roads in England and Wales. Containing, I. An Alphabetical List of all the Cities, Towns, and remarkable Villages; with their Market-Days, and Counties they are situated in. II. The Direct Roads from London to all the Cities, Borough, Market, and Sea-Port Towns; shewing the Distance from each City, Town, or Village, to the next on the same Road; with their Distance from London, and an Account of the remarkable Seats that are near the Road. III. The Cross Roads of England and Wales. IV. The Circuits of the Judges in England. V. An Index to the Country Seats. The Whole on a Plan entirely new, and far preferable to any Work of the Kind extant. By Daniel Paterson, Assistant to the Quarter-Master-General of His Majesty's Forces.
Paterson, Daniel, 1738-1825.Date: MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]- Books
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A new and accurate description of all the direct and principal cross roads in England and Wales. Containing, I. An Alphabetical List of all the Cities, Towns, and remarkable Villages; with their Market-Days, and Counties they are situated in. II. The Direct Roads from London to all the Cities, Borough, Market, and Sea-Port Towns; shewing the Distance from each City, Town, or Village, to the next on the same Road; with their Distance from London, and an Account of the remarkable Seats that are near the Road. III. The Cross Roads of England and Wales. IV. The Circuits of the Judges in England. V. An Index to the Country Seats. The Whole on a Plan entirely new, and far preferable to any Work of the Kind extant. By Daniel Paterson, Assistant to the Quarter-Master-General of His Majesty's Forces.
Paterson, Daniel, 1738-1825.Date: MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]- Books
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A new and accurate description of all the direct and principal cross roads in England and Wales. Containing, I. An Alphabetical List of all the Cities, Towns, and remarkable Villages; with their Market-Days, and Counties they are situated in. II. The Direct Roads from London to all the Cities, Borough, Market, and Sea-Port Towns; shewing the Distance from each City, Town, or Village, to the next on the same Road; with their Distance from London, and an Account of the remarkable Seats that are near the Road. III. The Cross Roads of England and Wales. IV. The Circuits of the Judges in England. The Whole on a Plan entirely new, and far preferable to any Work of the Kind extant. The fifth edition, corrected, and greatly improved; with additions. By Daniel Paterson, Assistant to the Quarter-Master-General of His Majesty's Forces.
Paterson, Daniel, 1738-1825.Date: MDCCLXXXI. [1781]- Books
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A new and accurate description of all the direct and principal cross roads in England and Wales. Containing, I. An Alphabetical List of all the Cities, Towns, and remarkable Villages; with their Market-Days, and the Counties in which they are situated. II. The Direct Roads from London to all the Cities, Borough, Market, and Sea-Port Towns; shewing the Distance from each City, Town, or Village, to the next on the same Road; with their Distance from London, and an Account of the Remarkable Scats that are near the Road. III. The Cross Roads of England and Wales. IV. The Circuits of the Judges in England. V. An Index to the Country Seats. The Whole on a Plam entirely New, and far preferable to any Work of the Kind extant. By Daniel Paterson, Assistant to the Quarter-Master-General of his Majesty's Forces.
Paterson, Daniel, 1738-1825.Date: M.DCC.XCII. [1792]- Books
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The traveller's pocket-book: or, Ogilby and Morgan's book of the roads improved and amended, in a method never before attempted. Containing I. The distances in measured miles from London to all the Cities, Towns, and remarkable Villages, in England and Wales, according to the new erected Mile Stones: And an Account of such Noblemens and Gentlemens Seats as lie near the road Side. II. The Cross-Roads in England and Wales. III. An Alphabetical List of all the Cities, Towns, and remarkable Villages, shewing in what Road they are situated. IV. A whole Sheet Map of the Roads in England and Wales, fitted to bind with the Book. V. The Post-Master-Genera's Account of the Nights that Post-Letters are dispatched to the several trading Towns; and the Expence of sending a Letter or Packet by Express to any Part of the Kingdom. VI. A list of the fairs in England and Wales, regulated according to the New Style.
Ogilby, John, 1600-1676.Date: 1760?]- Books
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A new and accurate description of all the direct and the principal cross roads in Great Britain. Containing I. An Alphabetical List of all the Cities, Towns, and remarkable Villages, in England and Wales; with their Market-Days, and Counties they are situated in. II. The Direct Roads from London to all the Cities, Borough, Market, and Sea-Port Towns, in England and Wales; shewing the Distance from each City, Town, or Village, to the next on the same Road; with their Distance from London, and an Account of the remarkable Seats that are situated near the Road. III. The Cross Roads of England and Wales. IV. The Direct and the Principal Cross Roads of Scotland. V. The Circuits of the Judges in England. The Whole on a Plan entirely new, and far preferable to any Work of the Kind Extant. The fourth edition, corrected, and greatly improved; with additions. By Daniel Paterson, Assistant to the Quarter-Master-General of His Majesty's Forces.
Paterson, Daniel, 1738-1825.Date: MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]- Books
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The traveller's pocket-book: or, Ogilby and Morgan's book of the roads improved and amended, in a method never before attempted. Containing, I. The distances in measured miles from London to all the Cities, Towns, and remarkable Villages, in England and Wales, according to the new erected Mile Stones: And an Account of such Noblemens and Gentlemens Seats as lie near the road Side. II. The Cross-Roads in England and Wales. III. An Alphabetical List of all the Cities, Towns, and remarkable Villages, shewing in what Road they are situated. IV. A whole Sheet Map of the Roada in England and Wales, fitted to bind with the Book. V. The Post-Master-General's Account of the Nights that Post-Letters are dispatched to the several trading Towns; and the Expence of sending a Letter or Packet by Express to any Part of the Kingdom. VI. A list of the fairs in England and Wales, regulated according to the New Style.
Ogilby, John, 1600-1676.Date: 1761?]- Books
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A new and accurate description of all the direct and the principal cross roads in Great Britain. Containing, I. An Alphabetical List of all the Cities, Towns, and remarkable Villages in England and Wales, with their Market-Days, and Counties they are situated in. II. The Direct Roads from London to all the Cities, Borough, Market, and Sea Port Towns in England and Wales, shewing the Distance from each City, Town, or Village to the next on the same Road, with their Distance from London, and an Account of the remarkable Seats that are situated near the Road. III. The Cross Roads of England and Wales. IV. The Direct and the Principal Cross Roads of Scotland. V. The Circuits of the Judges in England. The Whole executed on a Plan entirely new, and far preferable to that of any Work of the Kind Extant. The third edition, corrected, and greatly improved; with additions. By Daniel Paterson, Assistant to the Quarter-Master-General of His Majesty's Forces.
Paterson, Daniel, 1738-1825.Date: MDCCLXXVI. [1776]- Books
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A new and accurate description of all the direct and principal cross roads in Great Britain. Containing, I. An Alphabetical List of all the Cities, Towns, and remarkable Villages in England and Wales, with their Market-Days, and Counties they are situated in. II. The Direct Roads from London to all the Cities, Borough, Market, and Sea-Port Towns in England and Wales, shewing the Distance from each City, Town, or Village to the next on the same Road, with their Distance from London, and an Account of the remarkable Seats that are situated near the Road. III. The Cross Roads of England and Wales. IV. The Principal Direct and Cross Roads of Scotland. V. The Circuits of the Judges in England. The Whole on a Plan entirely new, and far preferable to any Work of the Kind Extant. The second edition, corrected; with the addition of a map, and other improvements. By Daniel Paterson, Assistant to the Quarter-Master-General of his Majesty's Forces.
Paterson, Daniel, 1738-1825.Date: MDCCLXXII. [1772]