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Leigh's new pocket road-book of England & Wales : containing an account of all the direct and cross roads; together with a description of every remarkable place, its curiousities, manufactures, commerce, population, and principal inns; to which are added pleasure tours to the most picturesque parts of the country. The whole forming a complete guide to every object worthy the attention of travellers

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Type of record: Book

Title: Leigh's new pocket road-book of England & Wales : containing an account of all the direct and cross roads; together with a description of every remarkable place, its curiousities, manufactures, commerce, population, and principal inns; to which are added pleasure tours to the most picturesque parts of the country. The whole forming a complete guide to every object worthy the attention of travellers

Other titles: Leigh's new atlas of England & Wales

Level: Item

Classmark: Geography C-1.2/LEI

Creator(s): Leigh, Samuel

Additional creator(s): Hall, Sidney (fl.1817-1860) (Other)

Related people: Hall, Sidney

Publisher: Printed for M.A. Leigh

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1833

Language: English

Size and medium: 486 p., [1 folded plate]

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/374779

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991008558229705181

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Maps are engraved by Sidney Hall. They were previously issued in Leigh's new pocket atlas of England and Wales, and are now uncoloured but otherwise unchanged. The edition statement refers to the Road-book itself. It is the fourth edition of Leigh's atlas. Cf. Whitaker: The Harold Whitaker Collection... Univ. of Leeds, 1947, p. 69.


Cover title: Leigh's road book of England & Wales.


Includes index.

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