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Thro' the Whole ISLAND of

GREAT BRITAIN.

Divided into

CIRCUITS or JOURNIES.

Containing,

I. A DESCRIPTION of the
Principal Cities and Towns,
their Situation, Government,
and Commerce.

II. The Customs, Manners, Ex-

ercifes, Diverfions, and Em-
ployments of the People.
III. The Nature and Virtue of the
many Medicinal Springs with
which both Parts of the united
Kingdom abound; particularly
thole of Bath, Tunbridge, Bri-
fiol, Cheltenham, Moffat, &c.
IV. An ample Defcription of
London, including Westminster
and Southwark, their Bridges,
Squares, Hofpitals, Churches,

Palaces, Markets, Schools, Li-
braries, Shipping in the Thames,
and Trade, by means of that
noble River, &c.

V. The Produce and Improve-
ment of the Lands, the Trade
and Manufactures.

VI. The Sea Ports and Fortifica-
tions, the Courfe of Rivers, and
the Inland Navigation.

VII. The Public Edifices, Seats,
and Palaces of the NOBILITY
and GENTRY.
VIII. The Ifles of Wight, Scilly,
Portland, Jersey, Guernsey,
and the other English and Scot-
ifb Iles of moit Note.

Interfperfed with Ufeful OBSERVATIONS.
Particularly fitted for the Perufal of fuch as defire to
Travel over thé ISLAND.

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With very great Additions, Improvements, and Corrections; which
bring it down to the End of the Year 1761.

In FOUR VOLUMES.

With an INDEX to each Volume.

VOL. III.

LONDON:

Printed for D. BROWNE, T. OSBORNE, C. HITCH and
L. HAWES, A. MILLAR, J. BUCKLAND, J. RIVING-
TON, S. CROWDER and Co. W. JOHNSTON, T. LONG-
MAN, T. LOWNDES, B. LAW and Co. T. CASLON,
and G. KEARSLY. 1762.

GOLEIN

2 2 NOV. 1933

CONTENTS

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VOLUME III.

LETTER I.

A Defcription of the Counties of Lincoln,

Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, and

Bedford,

Page 1

LETTER II.

A Defcription of Part of Nottinghamshire, of

Derbyshire, and Part of Yorkshire,

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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,

132

LET

LETTER IV.

A Defcription of the Counties of Lancaster,

Weftmorland, and Cumberland,

LETTER V.

240

A brief Account of the Iles of Jerfey, Guernsey,

Alderney, and Sarke,

LETTER VI.

303

Containing feveral curious Particulars, fupple-

mental to the preceding Letters,

318

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Through the ISLAND of

GREAT BRITAIN.

VOL. III.

LETTER

I.

Containing a DESCRIPTION of the Counties of LINCOLN, RUTLAND, NorthAMPTON, HUNTINGDON, and BED

FORD.

SIR,

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

VOL. III.

B

Lincoln

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