Magnae Britanniae notitia: or, the present state of Great Britain. With diverse remarks upon the ancient state thereof / by John Chamberlayne.

  • Chamberlayne, Edward, 1616-1703.
Date:
1737
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Credit: Magnae Britanniae notitia: or, the present state of Great Britain. With diverse remarks upon the ancient state thereof / by John Chamberlayne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    pbureous boiling Well. Cheif Seats are Stoney-Hurjl, Duke of Norfolk Si Afhton-Hall, Duke Hamilton's $ Know fey, the Earl of Derby's 5 Dunkeyhalgh, Lord Petre's; Haigh, Sir Bradfraigh's, Bart. [In this Lord ft] ipare the fined Works of Coals, called Camel, in England, greatly admired for its Heat and Brightnefs, with which abundance of Curiofities are made.] Hough-End, Sir John Bland'sj Heaton> Sir Edward Egerton's j Latham, Thomas Bootle, Efqj. &eiceftertf)ire, Is in Lincoln Diocefe, 96 Miles in .Circumference, contains about 560,000 Acres, and 18,700 Houfes. The Air is mild and healthy, the County champaign, the Soil diverfe, very rich in Paftures ; it abounds likewile wirhPeafe and Beans to a Proverb, Leicefierjhire Bean-Belly; Wood, Pit-coal, and Wool off the largeft Sheep in England. Jts Rivers Stowrt9 Peek and Swift. It has 200 Parifhes, and 12 Towns ; Leicejler the chief Town, 80 Miles from London. AJhby-de-la-Zouch is noted for its fine Tower. Its chief Seats are Garenton, Duke of Montagus; Afhby-de-la-Zouch and Dunnington-Park, Earl of Huntingdon's ; Stanton-Harold, Earl of Ferrers's 5 Stanton- Brudenell, Earl of Cardigan's j Broad-gate, Earl of Stamford's * Bo (worth. Sir Wolf an Dixie s • Stanfordt Sir Thomas Cave's * Kirkby-Mallory, Sir Edward Noel's. JLincoinffure, Is in the Diocefe of Lincoln, 180 Miles in Circumference, contains about 1,740,500 Acres, and 40,590 Houfes, divided into three Parts, Holland, Lindfey and Kef even. The Air on the South and Eaft Parts is thick and foggy, and the Soil fenny and riclr : The Weft and Northern Parts are plea/ant and fer¬ tile. The Rivers iVeland, Trent, Humber, Nen, Wythem. The chief Commodities are fat Cattle, Wool, Horfes, Fifh and Fowl in great Plenty. It contains 630 Parifhes,and 3 5 Towns. Lincoln, is the Shire-Town, the Bi(hop’s See, a County of it felf, 104 Miles from London. Wdinfieet is noted for its School; Bofton for its Port and Harbour, and Tower, one of the fineft in England) Grantham for its Steeple; Bourn and Walcot for Mineral Waters. The chief Seats are Normanby, Duke of Buck's ; Grimfhorp and Earsby, Duke of Ancaftr's; Belton, Lord EyrconneCs 5 Notion, Sir William Ellis’s; Doddington, late Sir Edward Huffy's, Bart.; Gunby, late Sir William Mafenbeard'sj Gainsborough, Sir Willoughby Hickman's Stanfield, Sir John Tyrwhit's ,• Afwarby, Sir Francis Whichcote's; Ormsby, Mr. MaJJ'enbeard's 5 Thoresby, Captain Wood's ; Harrington, Mr. Amcourt s. 3111c of Lying Weft ward of Lancafhire and Cumberland, about 29 Mil es long, and 9 broad, is a Principality held lately by the Earl of Derby of the Crown of England. The Duke o {'Athol is nowT in Pofleflion of it. The Proprietor was anciently called