The bath and Bristol guide: or, tradesman's and traveller's pocket-companion. Containing, I. A description of Bath; the first Discovery of its Waters; of the Public Buildings, viz. the Churches, Hospitals, Squares, Streets, Rooms for Public Assemblies, &c. II. The quantites of water each bath contains; the daily Produce of the Waters, and the Hours for Bathing. III. Rules relating to Bath; Orders for the better Regulation of the Chairmen; with the Distances from the Public Places of Resort to several Parts of the City; and what they are to take for each fare they carry. IV. A Table of the Posts going out, and arriving at Bath; the Time of the Coaches, Waggons, Carriers, and Boats going out, and arriving; and an exact Measurement of the Roads between Bath and London, according to the Stones erected every Mile. V. A Description of Bristol. VI. A List of the Carriers that come into, and set out from the City of Bristol, with the Days they keep, the Places they come from, and the Inns they put up at; with an Alphabetical Index, whereby any Person may easily find out the Carrier he wants, with the Place he belongs to; also an Account of the going out and coming in of the Post. VII. Directions for all Travellers, &c. when to Pass over at Aust or New Passage, between England and Wales; with the Prices of Goods, Cattle, and Passengers going over at both Passages. VIII. The Prices of conveying a Letter from the General Post-Office to any Part of England, Ireland, or Flanders; with the going out of the Marls. IX. An account of the roads; the Distances from Place to Place. And other useful observations.

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[1753]
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Bath : printed and sold by Thomas Boddely, in King's-Mead-Street. Sold also by the booksellers of Bath and Bristol, [1753]

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[4],59,[1]p. ; 80.

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ESTC T163738

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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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