England's gazetteer, or, An accurate description of all the cities, towns, and villages of the kingdom : in three volumes... : this work includes all the chief harbours, bays, forests, hills, mines, medicinal springs, moors, and other curiosities both of nature and art, and not only takes notice of most of the manors and seats in the kingdom, both ancient and present, but also points out the old military ways, camps, castles, and other remarkable ruins of Roman, Danish, and Saxon antiquity : and particularly shews the estates that were formerly abbey-lands (v.1)
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Type of record: Book
Title: England's gazetteer, or, An accurate description of all the cities, towns, and villages of the kingdom : in three volumes... : this work includes all the chief harbours, bays, forests, hills, mines, medicinal springs, moors, and other curiosities both of nature and art, and not only takes notice of most of the manors and seats in the kingdom, both ancient and present, but also points out the old military ways, camps, castles, and other remarkable ruins of Roman, Danish, and Saxon antiquity : and particularly shews the estates that were formerly abbey-lands (v.1)
Other titles: Accurate description of all the cities, towns, and villages of the kingdom; Index villaris
Classmark: YAS 1469
Creator(s): Whatley, Stephen (1712-1741)
Additional creator(s): Browne, Daniel (1762) (Bookseller); Millar, Andrew (1705-1768) (Bookseller); John and Paul Knapton (Firm) (Bookseller); John Whiston and Benj. White (Bookseller)
Publisher: Printed for J. and P. Knapton, D. Browne, A. Millar, J. Whiston and B. White
Publication city: London
Date(s): MDCCLI [1751]
Language: English
Size and medium: 3 volumes
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/500616
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991010791419705181
Collection group(s): Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society
Description
The dedication is signed: Stephen Whatley.
Title page of v. 2 has "Kkapton" instead of "Knapton" in imprint. Title page of v. 3 reads: England's gazetteer. Vol. III, being a new index villaris, or, Alphabetical register of the less noted villages, with their distance, or bearing, from the next market-town or well-known place.
Unpaginated
(from t. p.) Vol. I and vol. II contain a dictionary of the cities, corporations, market-towns, and the most noted villages, their manufactures and trade, markets, fairs, customs, and privileges, principal buildings, and charitable foundations, &c. with their distance from London, in miles both computed, and measured -- Vol. III. A new index villaris, or, Alphabetical register of the less noted villages. with their distance, or bearing, from the next market-town, or well-known place.
Indexed in: Alston,
Indexed in: ESTC,
Additional description
Spine lettered: 'England's Gazetteer. Vol.I'. Inscribed on front flyleaf: 'Fiennes Trotman 10 Aug.t 1746' and 'Fiennes Trotman Jun.r 1783'
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