A perambulation of Kent: conteining the description, hystorie, and customes of that shire / Written in the yeere 1570, by William Lambarde, of Lincolnes inne, gent: first published in the year 1576, and now increased and altered from the author's owne last copie.

  • William Lambarde
Date:
1826
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Credit: A perambulation of Kent: conteining the description, hystorie, and customes of that shire / Written in the yeere 1570, by William Lambarde, of Lincolnes inne, gent: first published in the year 1576, and now increased and altered from the author's owne last copie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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