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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    2HiO£Cptofl}ire Is InWorceJIer Dioce(e, 120 Miles in Circumference, con-* tains about 540,000 Acres, and.20,634 Houfes. The Air fwee t, the Soil rich for Tillage and Pafturage, efpecially the Vale o{ Evefham. Its Rivers, Severn, Avon, Team, dec. Its Common dities. Lampreys, Cheefe, Syder, Perry, Cherries, Salt. Here are 152 Parifhes and 11 Towns; the chief is tne City of Worcefier, 86 Miles from London, a Biihop’s See; has a fine Cathedral Church, a great Cloth-Trade. Stowerbridgeis noted for its Free School, and Library, and Iron and Glafs-Works, and K'tdderminjler for Stuff s, and Droitwich for its Salt-Springs. The chief Sears are, Grafton, Duke of Shrewsbury's; Crome, Earl of Coventry's ; Great Whitley, Lord Foley's ; Lenchwich, Tot'd Craven’s ; Wejlwood, Sir Herbert-Perrot Pakington s, Bart. 5 JHagley, Sir Thomas LyttUton's; Sodington, Sir Edward Blount's], Cmberfly, Mr. Sandy's. Is in 2Fr/e Diocefe, 360 Miles in Circuit, contains about 5,770,000 Acres, and 106,151 Houfes. The Air diverfe, the Soil generally rich. ’Tis divided into three Divifions, anci¬ ently called Tithings (i. e. Third Parts) now corruptly Ridings, Eaft, North, and Weft which is the largeft. Its Rivers, Humber (the Conflux of the following, Are, Culder, Hun, Der¬ went, Nile, Oufe, Swall-Toure Warf) and Tees. Its Commo¬ dities, Corn,Cattle, fine Rories, Allom, Jett, Lime, Fifh, Her¬ rings near Scarborough ; Iron about Sheffield; Goats at Sureby. Its Manufactures, Cloth,Stockings, Knives, and Spurs. In the North-Riding is a Tra<ft of Land, called Richmondjbire, whole Hills afford Lead, Copper, and Pitcoal. Its chief Town, Richmond, Here is in all 563 Parifh-Churches, with many Chapels of Eafe and 49 Towns. The Shire-Town, Tork, 150 Miles from London, is reputed to be the fecond City of Eng¬ land, large, the Buildings old, and the Streets narrow, though there’s now built here one of the fineft .Rooms in England for an Affiembly Room, and by Subfcription of the neighbour¬ ing Gentlemen, and is computed coft upwards of 10,000 /. This City hath in the Middle of it a nobleStone-bridge over the River Oufe, confiding .principally of one huge Arch: It isinclofed with a ftrong Wall, contains 5*2 Churches and Chapels, where¬ of 28 are ftill in Ufe. Has a magnificent Cathedral Chm ch, and is an Archbifhop’s See. This City is governed by a Mayor, who has the Title of Lord, wh ch no other Mayor has but he of London. Hull, otherwife called Kingfonupon Hull, has been one -of theftrongeft Fortreffes of England, but now of little or no Strength, there being no Guns mounted at the Fort, which daily runs to Decay. Sheffield is noted for Smiths Trade, Ro- thtram for three Schools, firft for Languages, fecond for Mu- lick, third for .Writing; Knaesborough for four medicinal springs of different Operations; one of which, called the Drop-