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The general gazetteer; or, compendious geographical dictionary. Containing a description of all the empires, kingdoms, states, provinces, cities, towns, forts, seas, harbours, rivers, lakes, mountains, and capes, in the known world; with The Government, Customs, Manners, and Religion of the Inhabitants; the Extent, Boundaries, and Natural Productions of each Country; the Trade, Manufactures, and Curiosities of the Cities and Towns; their Longitude, Latitude, Bearings and Distances in English Miles from remarkable Places; and the various Events by which they have been distinguished. Including An Account of the Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Market-Towns, and principal Villages, in Great Britain and Ireland. Illustrated with maps. Originally written by R. Brookes, M.D.
Brookes, R. (Richard), active 1721-1763.Date: MDCCXCV. [1795]- Books
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The general gazetteer: or, compendious geographical dictionary. Containing a description of all the empires, Kingdoms, States, Republics, Provinces, Cities, chief towns, Forts, Fortresses, Castles, Citadels, Seas, harbours, Bays, Rivers, Lakes, Mountains, Capes, and promontories in the known world; together with the government, policy, Customs, Manners, and Religion of the inhabitants; The Extent, Bounds, and Natural Productions of each Country; and the Trade, Manufactures, and Curiosities, of the Cities and Towns; their Longitude, Latitude, Bearing and Distances in English Miles from remarkable Places; As also, The Sieges they have undergone, and the Battles fought near them. Including An Authentic Account of the Counties, Cities, and Market-Towns in England and Wales; as also the Villages, with the Days on which the Fairs are kept. Embellished with nine maps. By R. Brookes, M.D.
Brookes, R. (Richard), active 1721-1763.Date: MDCCLXXXII. [1782]- Books
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Longitude delineated; or, the exact difference of time between all the chief towns and Cities throughout his Majesty's British dominions, to the Sixtieth Part of a Minute from London. A Work never before attempted in that peculiar Manner as it is now Stated, from the exactest Rules in Geography. By John Neale, Watchmaker.
Neale, John (Clockmaker)Date: MDCCXLIV. [1744]- Books
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The general gazetteer: or, compendious geographical dictionary. Containing a description of all the empires, kingdoms, states, republics, provinces, cities, chief towns, forts, fortresses, castles, citadels, seas, harbours, bays, rivers, lakes, mountains, capes. and promontories in the known world; together with the government, policy, Customs, Manners, and Religion of the inhabitants; the Extent, Bounds, and Natural Productions of each Country; and the Trade, Manufactures, and Curiosities, of the Cities and Towns; their Longitude, Latitude, Bearings and Distances in English Miles from remarkable Places; as also, The Sieges they have undergone, and the Battles fought near them. Including An Authentic Account of the Counties, Cities, and Market-Towns in england and wales; as also the Villages, with the Days on which the Fairs are kept. Embellished with nine maps. By R. Brookes, M.D.
Brookes, R. (Richard), active 1721-1763.Date: MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]- Books
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A history of the whole realm of Scotland, civil, natural, and ecclesiastical: comprehending an account of all its kings, and remarkable events, with a description of its situation, commodities, distances of towns, &c. Also, Of Cities, Royal Borroughs, Abbeys, Palaces, Forts, Castles, Towns, Roads and Rivers; Together With a List of the Shires, Synods, Presbyteries, Parishes, Royal Family, Nobility, Officers of State, Court of Session, Admiralty, &c. &c. And Likewise, A Description of the Orkneys, and the other Isles, with the Genealogy of the Saxons, Danes, and Normans. With a variety of other curious and interesting particulars, proper to be known and perused by every Scotsman.
Date: 1760- Books
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England's gazetteer; or, an accurate description of all the cities, towns, and villages of the Kingdom. In three volumes. Vol. I. and Vol. II. contain a dictionary of the Cities, Corporations, Market-Towns, and the most noted Villages; their Manufactures and Trade; Markets, Fairs, Customs, and Privileges; principal Buildings, and charitable Foundations, &c. With their Distance from London, in Miles both computed, and measured. ... A New Index Villaris, or, Alphabetical Register of the less noted Villages; With their Distance, or Bearing, from the next Market-Town, or well-known Place. This Work includes all the chief Harbours, Bays, Forests, Hills, Mines, medicinal Springs, Moors, and other Curiosities both of Nature and Art; and not only takes notice of most of the Manors and Seats in the Kingdom, both ancient and present; but also points out the old military Ways, Camps, Castles, and other remarkable Ruins of Roman, Danish, and Saxon Antiquity:-And particularly shews the Estates that were formerly Abbey-Lands.
Whatley, Stephen, active 1712-1741.Date: M.DCC.LI. [1751]- Books
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A summary view of the present population of the principal cities and towns of France, compared with the principal cities and towns of Great Britain and Ireland. By an unprejudiced traveller.
Unprejudiced Traveller.Date: 1797- Books
Reports on cities and towns. I, Glasgow.
Strang, Dr.Date: 1855- Books
Reports on cities and towns. III, Bedford / Herbert Barker.
Barker, Herbert.Date: 1855- Books
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A new topographical, historical, and commercial survey of the cities, towns, and villages of the county of Kent. Arranged in alphabetical order. This Work includes a minute and interesting Account of the antient and present State of Kent, Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Military, from the earliest Times to this Century, with all the Improvements of the Arts, of Civilization, and Luxury. It comprehends all the chief Harbours, Bays, Rivers, Docks, Forests, Hills, Valleys, Medicinal Springs, and other Curiosities both of Nature and Art; and not only takes Notice of all the Manors and Seats in the County, but also points out the old Military Ways, Camps, Castles, and other remarkable Ruins of Roman, Saxon, Danish, and Anglo Norman Antiquity. It shews particularly the Estates that were formerly Abbey Lands, and mentions the Manufacture and Trade, the Privileges and Customs, the principal Buildings and Charitable Foundations of the two Cities, Corporations, and the most noted Villages, with their Distances from London, in measured Miles. The ancient and obscure Terms of the Feudal Law, and the obsolete Tenures and Customs relative to it, are also explained. By Charles Seymour, Teacher of the Classics, &c. at Canterbury.
Seymour, Charles.Date: MDCCLXXVI. [1776]- Books
Reports on cities and towns. II, Swansea / W.H. Michael.
Michael, W. H. (William Henry), 1821-1892Date: 1855- Books
Keeping bees in towns & cities / Luke Dixon.
Dixon, LukeDate: 2012- Books
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The general London guide; or, tradesman's directory for the year 1794. With a general index to trades. Containing a separate arrangement of all the merchants, manufactures, and principal traders In The Cities Of AtLondon, Wesminster, And Borough Of AtSouthwark. Also a complete list of the market towns in Great Britain; their Distances from London; the Market Days-The Stage Coaches, Post, Waggons, and other Carriages; the Hours of setting-out; their Postage and Fares to Town; with the principal Inns they put up at, &c. &c. A complete list of all the magistrates and police officers in London, &c.; the Fees to be taken by each Clerk as regulated; with the Name and Place of Abode of each Magistrate, &c. &c. A short sketch of the political geography of Europe, with the Number of Inhabitants, Miles, Acres, and Distances to each Place; and an exact Account of the Commodities sent to, and taken from them. A correct tide table, shewing the true Time of High Water at London-Bridge, and all the Ports in Great-Britain, every Day in the Year 1794.
Boyle, P. (Patrick), -1808?.Date: [1793?]- Books
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Suggestions for improvements in the sewerage of cities and towns / by Charles F. Moore.
Moore, Charles Frederick.Date: 1854- Books
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[A collection of views of the cities and chief towns of England, with some country houses by Samuel and Nathanael Buck.]
Buck, Samuel, 1696-1779.Date: 1725-62]- Books
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A letter to the freeholders, citizens and burgesses, of the counties, cities and towns of Great-Britain.
Gordon, Thomas, -1750.Date: 1722- Books
Population history of western U.S. cities and towns, 1850-1990 / Riley Moffat.
Moffat, Riley Moore, 1947-Date: [1996], ©1996- Books
Urban bodies : communal health in late medieval english towns and cities / Carole Rawcliffe.
Rawcliffe, Carole, 1946-Date: 2013- Books
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The home cook book / compiled by ladies of Toronto and chief cities and towns in Canada.
Date: 1877- Books
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Officers of the local boards of health in the towns, cities and boroughs of Connecticut.
Connecticut. State Board of Health.Date: [1890?]- Books
Population history of cities and towns in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand : 1861-1996 / Riley Moffat.
Moffat, Riley Moore, 1947-Date: [2001], ©2001- Books
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On sewage treatment and disposal : for cities, towns, villages, private dwellings, and public institutions / by Thomas Wardle.
Date: [1893]- Books
On sewage treatment and disposal : for cities, towns, villages, private dwellings, and public institutions / by Thomas Wardle.
Wardle, Thomas, Sir, 1831-1909.Date: [1893]- Books
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Dirty dustbins and sloppy streets : a practical treatise on the scavenging and cleansing of cities and towns / by H. Percy Boulnois.
Boulnois, H. Percy (Henry Percy)Date: 1881- Books
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Dirty dustbins and sloppy streets : a practical treatise on the scavenging and cleansing of cities and towns / by H. Percy Boulnois.
Boulnois H. Percy (Henry Percy)Date: 1881