England displayed. [electronic resource] : Being a new, complete, and accurate survey and descriptio...
England displayed. [electronic resource] : Being a new, complete, and accurate survey and description of the Kingdom of England, and principality of Wales. Containing, I. A full and ample Account of whatever is remarkable in every County, City, Town, Village, Hamlet, and Parish in England and Wales. II. Description of the various Manufactures and other useful Arts established in different Parts of this Kingdom. III. Accounts of the Nature and Produce of the various Kinds of Land, with a complete History of the modern Improvements in Agriculture, Gardening, &c. IV. An historical Account of all the Forts, Castles, Roman Military Ways, Docks, Harbours, Creeks, Bays, &c. with the Particulars of their ancient and present State. V. A full Description of all the natural and artificial Curiosities of this Kingdom; such as Rocks, Mines, Caverns, Lakes, Grottos, Fossils, Minerals, Abbeys, Cathedrals, Churches, Palaces, and the Seats of the Nobility and Gentry. VI. A faithful Narrative of all Improvements made in the Roads, Rivers, and Canals of this Kingdom, for the Convenience of Travelling, and the Benefit of Inland Navigation. The whole forming such an accurate and comprehensive Account of this Country, as has never yet been published, and will be equally entertaining and instructive. By a society of gentlemen: Each of whom has undertaken that Part for which his Study and Inclination has more immediately qualified him. The particulars respecting England, revised, corrected, and improved, by P. Russell, Esq; and those relating to Wales, by Mr. Owen Price.
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London : printed for the authors, by Adlard and Browne, Fleet-Street: and sold by S. Bladon, No. 28, T. Evans, No. 54, and J. Coote, No. 16, in Pater-Noster Row; W. Domville, and F. Blythe, at the Royal Exchange, MDCCLXIX. [1769]
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MDCCLXIX. [1769]
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2v.,plates : maps ; 2°.
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London : printed for the authors, by Adlard and Browne, Fleet-Street: and sold by S. Bladon, No. 28, T. Evans, No. 54, and J. Coote, No. 16, in Pater-Noster Row; W. Domville, and F. Blythe, at the Royal Exchange, MDCCLXIX. [1769]
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England
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MDCCLXIX. [1769]
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England displayed. [electronic resource] : Being a new, complete, and accurate survey and description of the Kingdom of England, and principality of Wales. Containing, I. A full and ample Account of whatever is remarkable in every County, City, Town, Village, Hamlet, and Parish in England and Wales. II. Description of the various Manufactures and o...
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A prospectus was issued in early 1769.
Published in 80 numbered parts.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Vol.2 ends with a list of subscribers.
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ESTC T110454.
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Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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