A topographical dictionary of England : comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, chapelries, and townships, and the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man, with historical and statistical descriptions (v.1)
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Title: A topographical dictionary of England : comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, chapelries, and townships, and the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man, with historical and statistical descriptions (v.1)
Other titles: Lewis's topographical dictionary of England; Lewis's parliamentary history with plans, boroughs, etc
Classmark: Large Whitaker Collection 150
Creator(s): Lewis, Samuel (1865)
Publisher: published by S. Lewis and Co
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1835
Language: English
Size and medium: 5 volumes
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/299192
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991003989519705181
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This was a very variable edition; the maps may be interleaved with the text or bound up in an atlas volume. They may be revised in accordance with the Reform Act of 1832 as was shown in the edition of 1833, or they may be unchanged from the edition of 1831--Whitaker: The Harold Whitaker Collection... Univ. of Leeds, 1947, p. 78.
The fifth volume is a supplement containing maps of the new parliamentary divisions, and plans of the boroughs, with their places of election and polling places, etc., according to the Reform Act of 1832.
Title on spine: Vols. 1-4, Lewis's topographical dictionary of England --Vol. 5, Lewis's parliamentary history, with plans, boroughs, etc.
Contents: Vol. 1, A to C --Vol. 2, D to K --Vol. 3, L to R --Vol. 4, S to Z -- Vol. 5, Supplementary vol.
Indexed in: Chubb CCCCXXXII.
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