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A new description of all the counties in England and Wales [electronic resource] : containing I. In...

A new description of all the counties in England and Wales [electronic resource] : containing I. In...

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A new description of all the counties in England and Wales [electronic resource] : containing I. In what diocese; the circumference in miles; Number of Acres and Houses; the Air, Soil, Rivers, Commodities, chief Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, and the Hundreds in each county. II. Market-Towns, Market days, and their Distances from the City of London. III. Members of Parliament. IV. Fairs, fixed and moveable. V. A brief and succinct History of all the Cities in England and Wales. VI. Coaches, Carriers, and Waterbound, to all Parts of the Kingdom; what Days they go out of Town, and from whence. Vii. Roads from London to the chief Towns, and Cross Roads; each County distinct by itself, alphabetically. Viii. The Distances of the principal Towns from the Shire-Towns in every County. IX. The rates of coachmen, Carmen, and Watermen in and about the cities of London and Westminster, &c. &c. The whole very plain, easy, entertaining, and more exact than in any other Work.

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A new description of all the counties in England and Wales [electronic resource] : containing I. In what diocese; the circumference in miles; Number of Acres and Houses; the Air, Soil, Rivers, Commodities, chief Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, and the Hundreds in each county. II. Market-Towns, Market days, and their Distances from the City of London. III. Members of Parliament. IV. Fairs, fixed and moveable. V. A brief and succinct History of all the Cities in England and Wales. VI. Coaches, Carriers, and Waterbound, to all Parts of the Kingdom; what Days they go out of Town, and from whence. Vii. Roads from London to the chief Towns, and Cross Roads; each County distinct by itself, alphabetically. Viii. The Distances of the principal Towns from the Shire-Towns in every County. IX. The rates of coachmen, Carmen, and Watermen in and about the cities of London and Westminster, &c. &c. The whole very plain, easy, entertaining, and more exact than in any other Work.

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Publisher

London : printed for J. Hodges, at the Looking-Glass, over-against the Magnus's Church, London-Bridge, 1752.

Date

1752.

Record Identifier

74VvQXdE2qkA

MMS ID

991014536079702626

Language

English

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261,[25],30p.,plate : map ; 12°.

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Publisher

London : printed for J. Hodges, at the Looking-Glass, over-against the Magnus's Church, London-Bridge, 1752.

Edition

The sixth edition revised, and much improved. To which is added, a compleat index, ..

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

1752.

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Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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A new description of all the counties in England and Wales [electronic resource] : containing I. In what diocese; the circumference in miles; Number of Acres and Houses; the Air, Soil, Rivers, Commodities, chief Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, and the Hundreds in each county. II. Market-Towns, Market days, and their Distances from the City of Lon...

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General note

Advertisement to the reader signed: R.R.

Includes 'A table of the fixed fairs'.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Vertical chain lines.

Citation / References Note

ESTC T113685.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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74VvQXdE2qkA

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991014536079702626