England's remarques giving an exact account of the several shires, counties, and islands in England and Wales. In every of which you have I. How the county is bounded. II. The length, breadth, and circumference. III. The temperature of the air, and fertility or barrenness of the soil. IV. What commodities each shire or county affordeth. V. In what dioces, and how many parishes in it. VI. The number of Parliament-men, hundreds, and market-towns. VII. In every shire you have the name of the city or shire-town, with the latitude thereof, and how it bears, with the reputed and measured distance of the same from London, the road to the same; how governed, and the coat of arms, and what other things are therein remarkable. VIII. You have the names of such noble families as have been dukes or earls of each county since their first constitution. IX. Whatsoever is eminent or remarkable thorow-out the whole kingdom. To which is added a travelling map, describing the principal roads thorow-out England.
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- England's remarques giving an exact account of the several shires, counties, and islands in England and Wales. In every of which you have I. How the county is bounded. II. The length, breadth, and circumference. III. The temperature of the air, and fertility or barrenness of the soil. IV. What commodities each shire or county affordeth. V. In what dioces, and how many parishes in it. VI. The number of Parliament-men, hundreds, and market-towns. VII. In every shire you have the name of the city or shire-town, with the latitude thereof, and how it bears, with the reputed and measured distance of the same from London, the road to the same; how governed, and the coat of arms, and what other things are therein remarkable. VIII. You have the names of such noble families as have been dukes or earls of each county since their first constitution. IX. Whatsoever is eminent or remarkable thorow-out the whole kingdom. To which is added a travelling map, describing the principal roads thorow-out England.
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- 1682.
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"England's remarques giving an exact account of the several shires, counties, and islands in England and Wales. In every of which you have I. How the county is bounded. II. The length, breadth, and circumference. III. The temperature of the air, and fertility or barrenness of the soil. IV. What commodities each shire or county affordeth. V. In what dioces, and how many parishes in it. VI. The number of Parliament-men, hundreds, and market-towns. VII. In every shire you have the name of the city or shire-town, with the latitude thereof, and how it bears, with the reputed and measured distance of the same from London, the road to the same; how governed, and the coat of arms, and what other things are therein remarkable. VIII. You have the names of such noble families as have been dukes or earls of each county since their first constitution. IX. Whatsoever is eminent or remarkable thorow-out the whole kingdom. To which is added a travelling map, describing the principal roads thorow-out England." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A38421.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 5, 2024.
Contents
- title page
- TO THE READER.
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The Names of the several Counties in
England. - map
- county
- Bedford-shire.
- Buckingham-Shire.
- Cambridge-Shire.
- Cheshire.
- Cornwal.
- Cumberland.
- Derbyshire.
- Devonshire.
- Dorsetshire.
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Durham: THE BISHOPRICK and CITY. - Essex.
- Gloucester-Shire.
- Hantshire.
- Hertfordshire.
- Herefordshire.
- Huntington-Shire.
- Kent.
- Lancashire.
- Leicestershire.
- Lincolnshire.
- Middlesex.
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The Description follow∣ing being too large to be inserted in its due place (according to the Course of the rest of the Counties) I have at the end by way of Supplement, added this Brief DESCRIPTION OF LONDON, K.
Charles hisAugusta, or City Royal. And of the City ofWESTMINSTER, the Borough ofSOƲTHWARK, and their Suburbs,&c. - Antiquity.
- Situation.
- Wall and its Gates.
- Its Extent.
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Of
WESTMINSTER. -
Of
LONDON. -
The Courts belonging to the City of
London. -
Another Glory of the City of
London, which must not be omitted, is the River ofThames. -
Of
London Bridge. - Of the Tower.
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Of Fresh Water Rivers, Aqueducts, Con∣duits, Fountains,
&c. belonging to the City ofLondon. - publisher's advertisement
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Memorable Casualties, and other Remarkable Things and Pas∣sages hapning in
London.
- Norfolk.
- Northampton-Shire.
- Northumber∣land.
- Nottingham-Shire.
- Oxfordshire.
- Rutlandshire.
- Shropshire.
- Somerset-Shire.
- Staffordshire.
- Suffolk.
- Surrey.
- Sussex.
- Warwick-Shire.
- Westmore∣land.
- Wiltshire.
- Worcester-Shire.
- Yorkshire.
- Anglesey.
- Brecknock-Shire.
- Cardiganshire.
- Caernarvan-Shire.
- Caermarden-Shire.
- Denbyshire.
- Flintshire.
- Glamorgan-Shire.
- Merioneth-Shire.
- Monmouth-Shire.
- Montgomery-Shire.
- Pembroke-Shire.
- Radnorshire.
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OF THE ISLANDS ABOUT
England. -
An Account of the seve∣ral Monasteries, Priories, Frieries, Nunneries, Col∣ledges and Hospitals, in every County in
England, and Diocesses inWales, which were Demolished in the Reign of K.Henry the VIII. and the Annual Re∣venue of them. -
A TABLE shewing the Beginning of the Reigns, the time of the Reigning, the Termination or Ending of the Reigns, and the num∣ber of Years since the end∣ing of the Reigns of every of the
English, Saxon andDanish Monarchs, from KingEgbert to theNorman Conquest. -
A TABLE OF THE KINGS and QUEENS of
ENGLAND since theNorman Conquest. -
A CATALOGUE of the Peers and Nobility of
England according to their Precedence. -
A CATALOGUE of all the Bishopricks in the two Pro∣vinces of
Canterbury andYork. The Names of what Cities, Shires, or Counties are in each Diocess. How many Parishes in each Dio∣cess. How many of them are Impropriations. The Annual Revenue of each Bishoprick as it is in the Kings Book. And how the Clergies Tenths are rated in each of them. - table of national statistics