Leigh's New Pocket Road-book of England and Wales, and part of Scotland; on the plan of Reichard's Itineraries; containing an account of all the direct and cross Roads, etc. [Edited by J. T. With a map.]Samuel Leigh, 1825 - 398 pagini |
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Leigh's New Pocket Road-book of England and Wales, and part of Scotland; on ... J. T.,Samuel LEIGH (Publisher.) Vizualizare completă - 1825 |
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Abbey adorned antiquity architecture Assembly Rooms banks BASINGSTOKE Bath beautiful Bishop building called Castle celebrated chalybeate Chapel Chapel of Ease Charitable Institutions Church contains Church to Miles commanding considerable trade CONTINUATION Corinthian order Corner to Miles County Gaol Crown curious Doric order Duke Earl edifice elegant eminence erected formerly Free Grammar School Free School George Gloucestershire Gothic Gothic architecture Hall to Miles harbour Henry Hertfordshire Hicks's Hall Hill Hotel Hyde Park Corner inhabitants Inns King's Arms King's Head Lancashire Lincolnshire lofty LONDON mansion manufacture Market House Meeting Houses Meeting-Houses Merionethshire miles distant neat town Newport noble NORTHAMPTON Northamptonshire numerous painted principal objects worthy Red Lion remarkable Riding of Yorkshire river Roman ruins scenery seat SECOND ROAD Shoreditch Church situated small town spacious Staffordshire stone bridge Street Swan Tetbury Theatre tower Town Hall Tyburn Tyburn Turnpike vicinity Warwickshire well-built town White Hart Wiltshire worthy of notice
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Pagina 109 - RICHARD WATTS, Esq. by his Will, dated 22 Aug. 1579, founded this Charity for Six poor Travellers, who not being ROGUES, or PROCTORS, May receive gratis for one Night, Lodging, Entertainment, and Fourpence each.
Pagina 281 - BEVERLEY, an extensive and pleasant town near the Hull, at the foot of the York Wolds. The houses are elegant, and the principal street is terminated by an ancient gateway. The market-place, which comprises an area of nearly four acres, is ornamented with an octangular market-cross.
Pagina 293 - HASLINGDEN is a flourishing manufacturing town. The chapel contains a font of the time of Henry VIII., as well as several monuments. The Haslingden canal communicates with Bury, Manchester, Liverpool, and Leeds. Pop. 8063. On an eminence near the town is a tower erected by Messrs William and Charles Grant, (
Pagina 94 - Chester, whose remains, together with those of his uncle and several of his successors, were deposited here. St John's Church, on the east side of the city, without the walls, is supposed to have been founded by Ethelred in 689. In Trinity Church lie the remains of Matthew Henry the commentator, and of Parnell the poet.
Pagina 175 - The town is seated on a tongue of land, opposite the united mouths of the Stour and Orwell, which are navigable 12 in.
Pagina 142 - Bedfordshire, is a neat and pleasant town, on the banks of the Ivel, by means of which it carries on a considerable trade in timber, coals, and oats. The Church, formerly collegiate, is an ancient and strong fabric, and there are also two or three Charity Schools, mid a Meeting House.
Pagina 99 - Cromer is distinguished by two peculiarities : one is, that for a considerable time in summer the sun may be seen to rise and set in the sea on the same day...
Pagina 184 - Gothic structure, supposed to have been erected in the eighth century; it has a lofty and beautiful spire, and the interior is adorned with some exquisite carving and several monuments of the ancestors of the families of Lord Dudley and Lord Harcourt.
Pagina 281 - SCARBOROUGH is delightfully situated in the recess of a bay, whence it rises In the form of an amphitheatre to the summit of a cliff or scar. Its name, signifying a fortified rock, is of Saxon derivation ; and there is reason to suppose that it was also a Roman settlement. It ranks among the most ancient boroughs which send members to Parliament. The town was in ancient times...
Pagina 44 - Shakspeare stands at the north end of the building. The interior is adorned with portraits of Shakspeare, Garrick, and the Duke of Dorset In the High Street also are the remains of an ancient cross, and adjoining them is the guildhall, a portion of which is occupied as a grammar school, where it is said Shakspeare received bit education.