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A tour thro' the whole island of Great Britain. Divided into circuits or journies. Containing, I. A description of the principal cities and Towns, their Situation, Government, and Commerce. II. The Customs, Manners, Exercises, Diversions, and Employments of the People. III. The Nature and Virtue of the many Medicinal Springs with which both Parts of the united Kingdom abound; particularly those of Bath, Tunbridge, Bristol, Cheltenham, Moffat, &c. IV. An ample Description of London, including Westminster and Southwark, their Bridges, Squares, Hospitals, Churches, Palaces, Markets, Schools, Libraries, Shipping in the Thames, and Trade, by means of that noble River, &c. V. The Produce and Improvement of the Lands, the Trade and Manufactures. VI. The Sea Ports and Fortifications, the Course of Rivers, and the Inland Navigation. Vii. The Public Edifices, Seats, and Palaces of the Nobility and Gentry. Viii. The Isles of Wight, Scilly, Portland, Jersey, Guernsey, and the other English and Scotish Isles of most Note. Interspersed with Useful Observations. Particularly fitted for the Perusal of such as desire to Travel over the Island. By a gentleman. In Four Volumes. With an Index to each Volume. ...
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.Date: M.DCC.LXI. [1761]-62- Books
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The new state of England, under our Sovereign Queen Anne. In three parts. Containing, I. An exact and particular Description both of England and Wales, through their several Counties; with all Things Remarkable therein, and the best Account hitherto of London and Westminster. II. Of the Original, Temper, Genius, Language, Trade, Laws, and Religion of the English. Of our several Orders of Men, the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, and Commonalty III. Of the English Monarchy in general, its Greatness and Power, the Sovereign's Prerogative, Dignity, Titles, and Arms; With a compendious History of the Kings and Queens of England to this Time. Of the present Queen in particular, Her Court, Forces, and Revenues, with the Management thereof. Of the present Princes and Princesses of the Royal Blood, and the Succession to the Crown as it stands settled in the Protestant Line. Of the High Court of Parliament, Privy Council, and all Courts of Judicature. With the newest and exactest lists of Her Majesty's Officers in Church and State, and of the present Parliament and Convocation.
Miège, Guy, 1644-1718?.Date: 1703- Books
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A catalogue of the antiquities, houses, parks, plantations, scenes, and situations in England and Wales, arranged according to the alphabetical order of the several counties.
Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771.Date: 1773]- Books
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Dictionarium Angliæ topographicum & historicum. An alphabetical description of the chief places in England and Wales; With an account of the most memorable events which have distinguish'd them. By the celebrated antiquary William Lambarde, formerly of Lincoln's-Inn, Esq; and author of the Perambulation of Kent. Now first publish'd from a manuscript under the author's own hand.
Lambarde, William, 1536-1601.Date: MDCCXXX. [1730]- Books
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A set of fifty new and correct maps of the counties of England and Wales, &c. with the great roads and principal cross-roads, &c. Shewing the computed miles from town to town. A work long wanted, and very useful for all gentlemen that travel to any part of England. All, except two, composed and done by Herman Moll, geographer. Viz. 1. The map intituled, in gratiam itinerantium curiosorum antonini Aug. itinerarium per britanniam tentavit Wil. Stukeley, 1723. 2. A general map of England. 3. Cornwall. 4. Devonshire. 5. Dorsetshire. 6. Somersetshire. 7. Wiltshire. 8. Hampshire. 9. Isle of Wight. 10. Berkshire. 11. Surry. 12. Sussex. 13. Kent. 14. Glocestershire. 15. Oxfordshire. 16. Buckinghamshire. 17. Bedfordshire. 18. Hertfordshire. 19. Middlesex. 20. Essex. 21. Suffolk. 22. Norfolk. 23. Cambridgeshire. 24. Huntingdonshire. 25. Northamptonshire. 26. Leicestershire. 27. Rutlandshire. 28. Lincolnshire. 29. Nottinghamshire. 30. Derbyshire. 31. Warwickshire. 32. Worcestershire. 33. Staffondshire. 34. Shropshire. 35. Cheshire. 36. Herefordshire. 37. South-Wales. 38. Monmouthshire. 39. North-Wales. 40. Denbigh and Flintshires. 41. Yorkshire. 42. -West Riding. 43. -East Riding. 44. -North Riding. 45. Durham. 46. Lancashire. 47. Westmoreland. 48. Cumberland. 49. Northumberland. 50. The isles of Mar, Guernsey, and Jersey. And, to render this work more acceptable to the curious, the margins of each map are adorned with great variety of very remarkable antiquities.
Moll, Herman, -1732.Date: [1739]- Books
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Angli? notitia: or the present state of England: With Divers remarks upon The Ancient State thereof. By Edw. Chamberlayne, Doctor of Laws.
Chamberlayne, Edward, 1616-1703.Date: 1702- Books
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England's gazetteer; or, an accurate description of all the cities, towns, and villages, in the Kingdom. ... And their distances from London, &c. ... To which is annexed, Antoninus's Itinerary, ... By Philip Luckombe. In three volumes. ...
Luckombe, Philip, -1803.Date: 1790- Books
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A tour thro' the whole island of Great Britain, divided into circuits or journies. Giving a particular and diverting account of whatever is curious and worth observation, viz. I. A description of the principal cities and towns, their situation, magnitude, government, and commerce. II. The customs, manners, speech, as also the exercises, diversions, and employment of the people. III. The produce and improvement of the lands, the trade, and manufactures. IV. The sea ports and fortifications, the course of rivers, and the inland navigation. V. The publick edifices, seats, and palaces of the nobility and gentry. With useful observations upon the whole. Particularly fitted for the reading of such as desire to travel over the island. By a Gentleman.
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.Date: MDCCXXIV. [1724]