A book of the names of all parishes, market towns, villages, hamblets, and smallest places, in England and Wales : Alphabetically set down, as they be in every shire. With the names of the hundreds in which they are, and how many towns there are in every hundred. So that naming any town or place in England and Wales, you may presently in the alphabet find it, and know in what shire and hundred it is, and so know the distance from it to the shire town, and in the large table for shires in England, how far to London, or from it, to any other town in England. Together with a catalogue of the market towns, castles, parish churches, rivers, forrests and parks; and also the length, breadth and circumference of every particular shire. A work very necessary for travellers, quartermasters, gatherers of breefs, strangers, carriers, and messengers with letters, and all others that know the name of the place, but can neither tell where it is, nor how to go unto it. If you would find out any shire, note that the shires lie alphabetically, beginning with Bark-shire, and so folloing accordingly.

Format:

Book

Series:

Early English books online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Names, Geographical--England--Early works to 1800.

Names, Geographical.

Names, Geographical--Wales--Early works to 1800.

Great Britain--Guidebooks--Early works to 1800.

Wales.

England.

Local Subjects:

Great Britain--Guidebooks--Early works to 1800.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (197 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates) : illustrations

Other Title:

Book of the names of all parishes, market towns, villages, hamlets, and smallest places, in England and Wales

Place of Publication:

London : printed by S.S. for John Garret, at his shop as you go up the stairs of the Royal Exchange in Cornhil: where is also sold all sorts of large and small maps of the world, or any particular part thereof, with variety of prospect cities, 1677.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

A greatly expanded version of "A direction for the English traviller", 1643, with letterpress text added to the engraved tables and maps.

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 997:2; 1862:9) s1999 miun s

Cited in:

Wing (2nd edition, 1994) B3719

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.