ABC/180 - Modern Universal British Traveller

ABC/180

Modern Universal British Traveller

1 volume

An extensive guide for the 18th century's Universal British Traveller. It offers a new, complete, and accurate tour throughout England, Wales, Scotland and Neighboring Islands, comprising all that is worthy of observation in Great Britain. It contains a full, ample, and circumstantial account of everything remarkable in several Cities, Boroughs, Market Towns, Villages, Hamlets, &c. Throughout the Kingdom. The whole is displayed under the following heads: General (Situation Extent; Latitude; Longitude; Roads; Battles; Sieges; Skirmishes; Civil Commotions; Trading and other companies; Civil, Ecclesiastical and Military Offices; Earthquakes; Storms; Inundations, and other singular Occurences); Natural (Rocks; Mines; Grottoes; Fossils; Caves; Minerals; Plants; Agriculture; Beasts; Birds; Fishes; Insects; Reptiles; Amphibious Creatures); Local (Castles; Military Ways; Docks; Harbours; Markets; Fairs; Canals; Buildings; Fortifications; Places; Seats; Parks; Bridges; Cathedrals; Collegiate, and Parish Churches; Monuments; Ecclesiastical and Civil Jurisdictions; Corporations; Customs, Manners, &c.); Biographical (Handicrafts; Military and Naval Exploits; Extraordinary Abilities or Defects, either of Body or Mind, or any other Circumstance by which the Lives of remarkable Personages may be thought worthy of being communicated to the Public, and commemorated to Posterity); Miscellaneous (Government; Manufactures; Trade; Commerce; Revenues; Forces; Naval and Military; Polity, Power and Prerogative of the King; Laws and Customs of the House of Lords; Privileges and Usages of the House of Commons; Nature of the Legislature and Modes of Proceeding in the various courts of Justice, &c.). It includes various Maps; etchings of Landscapes, Views; a complete Road Book; a list of the Fairs and a variety of other useful and entertaining particulars. The book is divided into four parts. Part one - England: Southern Circle, or first-discovered parts (Kent; Sussex; Surry; Essex; Suffolk); Midland Circle, or the next district penetrated into (Derbyshire; Staffordshire; Shropshire; Herefordshire; Monmouthshire; Worchestershire; Leicestershire; Warwickshire; Rutlandshire; Huntingdonshire; Northamptonshire; Cambridgeshire; Bedfordshire; Bickinghamshire; Oxfordshire; Hertfordshire; Middlesex); Western Circle, which was originally the most commercial division (Hampshire; Berkshire; Wiltshire; Glocestershire; Dorsetshire; Somersetshire; Devonshire; Cornwall); Northern Circle, or the portion last known (Norfolk; Lincolnshire; Nottinghamshire; Yorkshire; Durham; Northumberland; Cumberland; Westmoreland; Lancashire; Chechire). Part two - Wales: South Wales (Brecknockshire; Cardiganshire; Caermarthenshire; Glamorganshire; Pembrokeshire; Radnorshire); North Wales (Anglefea; Caernarvonshire; Denbighshire; Flintshire; Merionethshire; Montgomeryshire). Part three - Scotland, shires of: Edinburgh; Haddington; Merfe; Roxborough; Selkirk; Peebles; Lanerk; Dumfries; Kirkcudbright; Aire; Dumbarton; Bute; Caithness; Renfrew; Stirling; Linlithgow; Argyle; Perth; Kinross; Clackmannan; Fife; Forfar; Kincardine; Bamff; Aberdeen; Elgin; Nairne; Cromartie; Inverness; Rofs; Sutherland; Orkney). Part four - British Isles (Isle of Wight; Isle of Man; Guernsey and Jersey; Alderney and Sark; Scilly Islands; Orcades, or Orkney Isles; Islands of Shetland; Hebrides, or Western Isles; &c.). The plates illustrate: Perspective View of the City, and Cathedral of Canterbury, Kent; View of Rochester Bridge with the Castle; View of Greenwich from Deptford; View of the Castle with part of the Town of Dover, Kent; Perspective View of the City of Chichester, Sussex; Perspective View of the Arch-Bishop's Palace, with St. Mary's Church Lambeth; A View from the West side of the Island in the Garden of Hopkins Esq. near Cobham, Surry; A View of Guildford in Surrey; The Seat of Admiral Keppel near Bagshot, Surrey; View of Richmond from the River; Perspective View of Colchester, Essex; Bartlow Hills near Ashdon, Essex; Combat between Edmund Ironside and Canute the Great; Upton House near Stratford, Essex; Perspective View of St. Edmund's Bury-Abbey, Suffolk; A Perspective View of Matlock Bath, Derbyshire; View of the Cascade near Matlock Bath, Derbyshire; A View of Haddon Hall, Derbyshire; A View of Chatsworth-House, County of Derby; A View of the Rocks and Cavern at Castleton, called the Devil's Arse, in the Peak, Derbyshire; Perspective View of Shrewsbury, Shropshire; View of Leasowes near Hales Owen, Shropshire; A Perspective View of Ludlow Castle, Shropshire; A View of part of the city of Hereford, with the Cathedral Church and wye Bridge; Chepstow Castle, Monmouthshire; View of Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire; Perspective View of the City and Cathedral of Worchester; Perspective View of the Town on Leicester, Leicestershire; East View of Birmingham, Warwickshire; West View of Cambridge; A View of Clare Hall and Kings College Chapel, Cambridge; View of the city of Ely, Cambridge County; View of Dunstable Priory, Bedfordshire; View of EatonCollege, Buckinghamshire; View of Cliefden House, Buckinghamshire; Perspective View of St. Mary's Church, All-Souls, University and Queen's Colleges, Oxford; View of New College Chapel, &c. the Turrets of All Souls, the Spire of St. Mary's Church, the Dome of Radcliffe Library, and the Tower upon the Schools at Oxford; Ditchley the Seat of the Earl of Litchfield near Woodstock, Oxfordshire; View of London, &c. from One Tree Hill in Greenwich Park; Perspective View of St. Paul's Cathedral, London; westminster Abbey and St. Margaret's Church, London; View of Stairs at York Buildings in the Strand, with the Water Works and a distant prospect of Westminster Bridge; View of Putney and Fulham from Mr. Nannecks; The Duke of Devonshire's Seat at Chiswick as seen from the Garden; View of the back part of the Cassina and Serpentine River in Chiswick Gardens; View of Twickenham from the River; View of Isleworth from Richmond Gardens; A View of the Seat of David Garrick Esq. at Hampton, with a prospect of the Temple of Shakespeare in the Garden; View of the Seat of Lord Hawke at Sunbury, Middlesex; View of the Church of St. Pancras, Middlesex; Hornsey Church, Middlesex, with the Adjacent Country; View of the Seat of Joseph Mellish Esq. near Enfield, Middlesex; View of Hackney; Queen Emma Widow of Canute the Great proving her Innocence by the Ordeal or Fiery Trial, at Winchester, Hampshire; View of the Town and Harbour of Portsmouth; View of Porchester Castle, Hampshire; Perspective View of the Castle, or Royal Palace, at Windsor, Berkshire; View of the Cascade and Grotto in Windsor Great Park; View of White Horse Hill, Berkshire; Perspective View of the City of Salisbury, Wiltshire; Wilton House, Seat of the Earl of Pembroke; A South View of Stone Henge, on Salisbury Plain, Wilts County; Perspective View of the city of Glocester, Glocestershire; Edward the Martye Stabbed by Order of his Step Mother Elfrida; Perspective View of the City of Bristol, Counties of Somerset and Glocester; View of St. Vincent's Rock, with the Hot Wells near Bristol; Perspective View of the City of Bath, Somersetshire; Prospect of the Ruins of Gastonbury Abbey, Somersetshire; Perspective View of the Cathedral and City of Exeter, Devon County; View of Plymouth fort and St. Nicholas's Island from Mount Edgecumbe; View of Mount-Edgecumbe from St. Nicholas's Island; The Ruins of Lestwithiel Palace, Cornwall; View of St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall; Perspective View of the Castle and part of the City of Norwich, Norfolk; Perspective View of the Cathedral and City of Lincoln; South Prospect of Nottingham with the Castle, &c.; Perspective View of Newstead-Abbey and Park, Nottinghamshire; View of the Cataract, on the River Teese, which divides the Counties of York and Durham; View of the City of York from the River Ouse; Perspective View of Wentworth House, Yorkshire; Perspective View of the Dropping Well and Ruins of Knaresbrough-Castle, Yorkshire; View of the Mount Grace and Carthusian Monastery, York County; Prospect of Borough and Ruins of the Castle of Scarborough, Yorkshire; Castle Howard , near New Malton, Yorkshire; Perspective View of the Cathedral and City of Durham, Durham County; View of Lumley Castle in Bishoprick of Durham; Perspective View of Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland; View of Tinmouth Castle and Priory, Northumberland; Prospect of the City of Cirlisle, Cumberland; North East View of Lancaster; View of Liverpool, Lancashire; South Prospect of the City of Chester; View of the Castle and Bridge of Haverford West in Pembrokeshire; View of the Dinas Bran Castle, Denbigh County; View of Hawarden Castle, Flintshire; Perspective View of the City of Glasgow, Clydesdale County; Perspective View of the Castle and City of Edinburgh, with the Towns of Leith, Burnt Island and Kinghorn; View of Stirling Castle, Highlands of Scotland; View of Loch-Ranza Bay, Scotland; Perspective View of New Aberdeen, Aberdeen County or Marr; View of Inverness in Scotland, with its Bridge over the River Ness and Fort George; View of Castle Urqhuart, Inverness County, Scotland; View of the Columns near Shags Cave, Island of Staffa, Scotland; Perspective View of the Town of St. Hillary, Jersey.

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