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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whatley, Stephen, active 1712-1741.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

England--Gazetteers.

England.

Genre:

Gazetteers.

Physical Description:

3v. ; 12⁰

Place of Publication:

London : printed for J. and P. Knapton, D. Browne, A. Millar, J. Whiston and B. White, M.DCC.LI. [1751]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

The dedication is signed: Stephen Whatley.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

Alston, XI.87

English Short Title Catalog, T32658.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.