England - Guidebooks - Early works to 1800
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A companion to every place of curiosity and entertainment in and about London and Westminster Containing An Historical Description of London, The New River, The River Thames, The Tower of London, The Monument, The Royal Exchange, The Mansion-House, Guildhall, St. Paul's Cathedral, The British Museum, Westminster-Abbey, St. James's Park & Palace, The Queen's Palace, The Winter and Summer Diversions, And of many other Places. With a concise and exact Account of the Curiosities contained in several of them; and Directions for gaining Admittance to each Place. To which is added a new, large, and elegant map of London, Westminster, and Southwark: Also the Rates of Coachmen from the principal Parts of London to the above Places.
Date: 1774- E-books
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The Bath and Bristol guide or, the tradesman's and traveller's pocket-companion. Containing, I. A description of the city of Bath; ... II. Of the antiquity of Bath; ... III. Rules relating to Bath; ... IV. A table of the posts going out, and arriving at Bath; ... And other curious particulars.
Date: 1765- E-books
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A companion to every place of curiosity and entertainment in and about London and Westminster , containing An Historical Description of London, The River Thames, The Tower of London, London-Bridge, The Monument, The Royal Exchange, The Mansion House, Guildhall, St. Paul's Cathedral, The British Museum, Westminster Abbey, Westminster-Bridge, St. James's Park and Palace, The Queen's Palace, The Winter and Summer Diversions, Greenwich Hospital and Park Kensington, Kew, and Hampton-Court Palaces and Gardens, Windsor Castle, And of many other Places. With a oncise and exact Account of the Curiosities contained in several of them; and Directions for gaining Admittance to each Place. To which is added a new, large, and elegant map of London, Westminster, and Southwark: Also the Rates of Coachmen and Watermen from the principal Parts of London to the above Places. Whereby Strangers may choose such Objects as suit their Convenience, and afterwards relate what they have seen.
Date: 1772- E-books
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A companion to all the principal places of curiosity and entertainment in and about London and Westminster . Containing an Historical description of London, The Tower of London, The Monument, The Royal-Exchange, The Mansion-House, Guildhall, St. Paul's Cathedral, The Leverian Museum, Westminster-Hall, Westminster-Abbey, The British Museum And other Places. With a concise and exact Account of the curiosities contained therein. Also the Rates of Watermen. And a new, large, and correct Plan of London, Westminster, and Southwark: with Hackney Coach Fares. Designed for Strangers to chuse such Objects as suit their Convenience, and to enable them to describe what they have seen.
Date: 1799- E-books
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A Companion to all the principal places of curiousity and entertainment in and about London and Westminister . Containing an historical description of London, the river thames, the tower of London, the Monument, the Royal-Exchange, the Mansion-House, Guildhall, St. Paul's Cathedral, Westminster-Hall, Westminster-Abbey, the British Museum, and other places. With a concise and exact account of the curiosities contained in several of them. And a new, large, and elegant map of London, Westminster, and Southwark. Designed for strangers to chuse such objects as suit their convenience, and to enable them to describe what they have seen.
Date: 1789