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Survey of the High Roads of England and Wales. Part the First.: Comprising the counties of Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hants, Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall. etc.Mogg, Edward S.

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Survey of the High Roads of England and Wales. Part the First.: Comprising the counties of Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hants, Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall. etc.

Name: Survey of the High Roads of England and Wales. Part the First.: Comprising the counties of Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hants, Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall. etc.
Author: Mogg, Edward S.

Mogg, Edward S.

England -- Maps; Great Britain -- Maps; Roads -- Great Britain

131|Wearyall Hill, Somerset, 190.
     |
  178|Welland, Devon, 147.
     |
   10|Welling, Kent, 2.
     |
  163|=Wellington=, Somerset, 194. A market town and parish, situated on
     |the river Tone, containing 745 houses, and 4032 inhabitants.
     |
     |This town gives title of Duke to the illustrious hero of Waterloo:
     |it is well built, consisting of four streets, the principal one
     |being half a mile in length. The church is a noble structure,
     |having a lofty tower, containing eight bells. Market on Thursday.
     |
  125|WELLS, Somerset, 189. This city is pleasantly situated on the
     |borders of the Mendip Hills, on the small river Wesitire,
     |containing 930 houses, and 5156 inhabitants. It is well built, the
     |houses neat, many of them elegant, and the streets well paved and
     |clean.
     |
     |The cathedral, the greater part of which, as it now stands, was
     |erected in 1239, by Bishop Joseline de Wells, is a spacious gothic
     |structure, in the form of a cross, being 380 feet long, and 130
     |wide. The entire west front is a pile of statues of most excellent
     |carved stone-work, and one of the principal windows contains some
     |beautiful paintings on glass; the cloisters adjoining are spacious
     |and elegant, and the chapter-house, in the form of a rotunda, is
     |supported by one pillar in the centre.
     |
     |The episcopal palace is reckoned the handsomest in the kingdom,
     |though small.
     |
     |The parish church of St. Cuthbert has a lofty square tower,
     |containing six bells; that of the cathedral has eight. The
     |town-hall is situated over Bishop Bubwith’s Hospital, which is
     |endowed for thirty poor men and women, besides which there are
     |several other charities.
     |
     |On the east side of the city is a spacious open market place. It
     |was first incorporated in the reign of Richard the First, and
     |created into a free borough by a confirmed charter of King John;
     |but in the reign of Queen Elizabeth the present corporation was
     |formed, consisting of a mayor, recorder, seven masters, and
     |sixteen common-councilmen. It returns two members to parliament.
     |
     |The chief manufactures are knitting of hose and bone lace. Market
     |on Wednesday and Saturday.
     |
     |In that part called _East Wells_, which is without the city
     |liberty, the annual races are held.
     |
   62|Westergate, Sussex, 42.
     |
     |Westerton, Sussex, 216.
     |
  157|Weston, Devon, 114.
     |
  114|Weston, Little, Somerset, 166.
     |
     |Weston and Netley Heath, Hants, 221.
     |
     |Weston Pond, Hants, 221.
     |
   96|Westrop, Wilts, 186.
     |
  179|Wey, Devon, 147.
     |
  144|Weycroft, Devon, 144.
     |
   67|Weyhill, Hants, 159. A small village, consisting only of a few
     |straggling houses on a rising ground, but noted for its fair,
     |which commences on the 9th of October, for all kinds of cattle,

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Survey of the High Roads of England and Wales. Part the First.: Comprising the counties of Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hants, Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall. etc.Mogg, Edward S.

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Survey of the High Roads of England and Wales. Part the First.: Comprising the counties of Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hants, Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall. etc.

Mogg, Edward S.

England -- Maps; Great Britain -- Maps; Roads -- Great Britain

131|Wearyall Hill, Somerset, 190.
     |
  178|Welland, Devon, 147.
     |
   10|Welling, Kent, 2.
     |
  163|=Wellington=, Somerset, 194. A market town and parish, situated on
     |the river Tone, containing 745 houses, and 4032 inhabitants.
     |
     |This town gives title of Duke to the illustrious hero of Waterloo:
     |it is well built, consisting of four streets, the principal one
     |being half a mile in length. The church is a noble structure,
     |having a lofty tower, containing eight bells. Market on Thursday.
     |
  125|WELLS, Somerset, 189. This city is pleasantly situated on the
     |borders of the Mendip Hills, on the small river Wesitire,
     |containing 930 houses, and 5156 inhabitants. It is well built, the
     |houses neat, many of them elegant, and the streets well paved and
     |clean.
     |
     |The cathedral, the greater part of which, as it now stands, was
     |erected in 1239, by Bishop Joseline de Wells, is a spacious gothic
     |structure, in the form of a cross, being 380 feet long, and 130
     |wide. The entire west front is a pile of statues of most excellent
     |carved stone-work, and one of the principal windows contains some
     |beautiful paintings on glass; the cloisters adjoining are spacious
     |and elegant, and the chapter-house, in the form of a rotunda, is
     |supported by one pillar in the centre.
     |
     |The episcopal palace is reckoned the handsomest in the kingdom,
     |though small.
     |
     |The parish church of St. Cuthbert has a lofty square tower,
     |containing six bells; that of the cathedral has eight. The
     |town-hall is situated over Bishop Bubwith’s Hospital, which is
     |endowed for thirty poor men and women, besides which there are
     |several other charities.
     |
     |On the east side of the city is a spacious open market place. It
     |was first incorporated in the reign of Richard the First, and
     |created into a free borough by a confirmed charter of King John;
     |but in the reign of Queen Elizabeth the present corporation was
     |formed, consisting of a mayor, recorder, seven masters, and
     |sixteen common-councilmen. It returns two members to parliament.
     |
     |The chief manufactures are knitting of hose and bone lace. Market
     |on Wednesday and Saturday.
     |
     |In that part called _East Wells_, which is without the city
     |liberty, the annual races are held.
     |
   62|Westergate, Sussex, 42.
     |
     |Westerton, Sussex, 216.
     |
  157|Weston, Devon, 114.
     |
  114|Weston, Little, Somerset, 166.
     |
     |Weston and Netley Heath, Hants, 221.
     |
     |Weston Pond, Hants, 221.
     |
   96|Westrop, Wilts, 186.
     |
  179|Wey, Devon, 147.
     |
  144|Weycroft, Devon, 144.
     |
   67|Weyhill, Hants, 159. A small village, consisting only of a few
     |straggling houses on a rising ground, but noted for its fair,
     |which commences on the 9th of October, for all kinds of cattle,

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Survey of the High Roads of England and Wales. Part the First.: Comprising the counties of Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hants, Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall. etc.

Survey of the High Roads of England and Wales. Part the First.: Comprising the counties of Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hants, Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall. etc.

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