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Thro' the Whole ISLAND of

GREAT BRITAIN.

Divided into

CIRCUITS or JOURN

JOURNEYS.

GIVING

A Particular and Entertaining AcCOUNT of

whatever is Curious and worth Obfervation;

VIZ.

I. A DESCRIPTION of the Prin-

cipal Cities and Towns, their

Situation, Government, and

Commerce.

II. The Cuftoms, Manners, Exer-

cifes, Diverfions, and Employ-

ment of the People.

III. The Produce and Improve-

ment of the Lands, the Trade,

and Manufactures.

IV. The Sea Ports and Fortifi-

cations, the Course of Rivers,

and the Inland Navigation.

V. The Public Edifices, Seats

and Palaces of the NOBILITY

and GENTRY.

VI. The Iles of Wight, Port-

land, Ferfey, Guernsey, and the

other English and Scotif Inles

of most Note.

Interfperfed with Ufeful OBSERVATIONS.

Particularly fitted for the Perufal of fuch as defire to.

Travel over the ISLAND.

By a GENTLEMAN.

The FOURTH EDITION.

With very great Additions, Improvements, and Corrections; which

bring it down to the Year 1748.

In FOUR VOLUME S.

With a Copious INDEX to each Volume.

Printed for S. BIRT, T. OSBORNE, D. BROWNE, J. HODGES,

J. OSBORN, A. MILLAR, and J. ROBINSON.

M.DCC.XLVIII.

CONTENTS

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VOLUME III.

LETTER I.

A Description of the Counties of Lincoln,

Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, and

Bedford,

LETTER II.

Page 1

A Defcription of Part of Nottinghamshire, of

Derbyshire, and Part of Yorkshire,

56

A Defcription of Part of the West-Riding of

Yorkshire, and of all the North and East-

Ridings, the Bishoprick of Durham, and the

County of Northumberland,

134

LET

LETTER IV.

A Defcription of the Counties of Lancafter,

Weftmorland, and Cumberland,

LETTER V.

235

A brief Account of the Iles of Jerfey, Guernsey,

Alderney, and Sarke,

LETTER VI.

278

Containing feveral curious Particulars, fupple-

mental to the preceding Letters,

APPENDIX,

294

309

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Thro' the ISLAND Of

GREAT BRITAIN.

VOL. III.

LETTER I.

. Containing a Defcription of the Counties of LINCOLN, RUTLAND, NORTHAMPTON, HUNTINGDON, and BEDford.

SIR,

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ROM Newark, ftill keeping the Fofsway, which lies as ftrait as a Line can mark it out, we went on to Lincoln, having a View of the great Church call'd the Minfter all the Way before us, the River Trent on the Left, and the Downs called Lincoln-Heath on the Right.

Lincoln is an antient City, govern'd by a Mayor, Aldermen, &c. and returns two Members to ParliaVOL. III.

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ment.