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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

|cheese, hops, and pedlary, and reckoned the largest in England,
     |lasting fourteen days.
     |
  128|=Weymouth=, Dorset, 171. A sea port, borough, and market town,
     |containing 1019 houses, and 4732 inhabitants. It is a place of
     |considerable antiquity, but was small, and indifferently built,
     |till within these last twenty or thirty years, when, from its
     |fashionable resort as a bathing place, it became greatly enlarged,
     |and has now many elegant buildings. The church is a low building,
     |and consists of three aisles; the altar-piece is universally
     |admired.
     |
     |Weymouth formerly carried on a considerable trade, and was the
     |principal port of the county, but it is now rivalled by Pool;
     |being sheltered by the surrounding hills, possessing a pure air, a
     |fine beach of sand, and a calm bay, formed by a semicircle of more
     |than two miles, it is well adapted as a bathing place: near the
     |centre of the town is a commodious hot salt-water bath; there are
     |likewise private cold baths. The theatre is neatly fitted up, and
     |has a good company. The assembly room is very spacious and lofty,
     |and the interior handsomely decorated. Here are also well
     |furnished libraries, commodious lodging-houses, and every thing
     |necessary for the pleasure and convenience of its numerous
     |visitors.
     |
     |The port is defended by two castles, Sandford, and Portland. The
     |fashionable promenade is on _The Esplanade_, which is about half a
     |mile long, and 30 feet broad. _The Look-out_, on the Weymouth side
     |of the river, is another pleasant and much frequented walk,
     |commanding a beautiful prospect of the bay and Portland isles;
     |near it is the Camera Obscura, and in the vicinity is a battery of
     |heavy cannon, and some cavalry barracks.
     |
     |Two packets are stationed here for the islands of Guernsey and
     |Jersey. It sends two members to parliament; and has a market on
     |Tuesday and Friday.
     |
   36|Wheeler Street, Surrey, 37.
     |
  187|Whiddon End, Devon, 149.
     |
  188|Whiddon Down, Devon, 149.
     |
   57|=Whitchurch=, Hants, 100. A borough, market town, and parish,
     |containing 220 houses, and 1275 inhabitants.
     |
     |The town is an ancient borough by prescription, but not
     |incorporated. It sends two members to parliament.
     |
     |Whitchurch is noted for a trout stream, much frequented by
     |anglers. Market on Friday.
     |
  108|Whitchurch Down, Dorset, 108.
     |
  128|White Cross, Somerset, 168.
     |
  136|White Down, Somerset, 143.
     |
   84|White Horse, The, Wilts, 184. (_For description see Oldbury Camp_)
     |
  131|Whitelackington, Somerset, 168.
     |
   39|Whiteman’s Green, Sussex, 50.
     |
     |Whitenap, Hants, 211.
     |
     |White Parish, Wilts, 210. A parish containing 189 houses, and 877
     |inhabitants.
     |
   96|Whitesand Cross, Wilts, 138.
     |

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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

|cheese, hops, and pedlary, and reckoned the largest in England,
     |lasting fourteen days.
     |
  128|=Weymouth=, Dorset, 171. A sea port, borough, and market town,
     |containing 1019 houses, and 4732 inhabitants. It is a place of
     |considerable antiquity, but was small, and indifferently built,
     |till within these last twenty or thirty years, when, from its
     |fashionable resort as a bathing place, it became greatly enlarged,
     |and has now many elegant buildings. The church is a low building,
     |and consists of three aisles; the altar-piece is universally
     |admired.
     |
     |Weymouth formerly carried on a considerable trade, and was the
     |principal port of the county, but it is now rivalled by Pool;
     |being sheltered by the surrounding hills, possessing a pure air, a
     |fine beach of sand, and a calm bay, formed by a semicircle of more
     |than two miles, it is well adapted as a bathing place: near the
     |centre of the town is a commodious hot salt-water bath; there are
     |likewise private cold baths. The theatre is neatly fitted up, and
     |has a good company. The assembly room is very spacious and lofty,
     |and the interior handsomely decorated. Here are also well
     |furnished libraries, commodious lodging-houses, and every thing
     |necessary for the pleasure and convenience of its numerous
     |visitors.
     |
     |The port is defended by two castles, Sandford, and Portland. The
     |fashionable promenade is on _The Esplanade_, which is about half a
     |mile long, and 30 feet broad. _The Look-out_, on the Weymouth side
     |of the river, is another pleasant and much frequented walk,
     |commanding a beautiful prospect of the bay and Portland isles;
     |near it is the Camera Obscura, and in the vicinity is a battery of
     |heavy cannon, and some cavalry barracks.
     |
     |Two packets are stationed here for the islands of Guernsey and
     |Jersey. It sends two members to parliament; and has a market on
     |Tuesday and Friday.
     |
   36|Wheeler Street, Surrey, 37.
     |
  187|Whiddon End, Devon, 149.
     |
  188|Whiddon Down, Devon, 149.
     |
   57|=Whitchurch=, Hants, 100. A borough, market town, and parish,
     |containing 220 houses, and 1275 inhabitants.
     |
     |The town is an ancient borough by prescription, but not
     |incorporated. It sends two members to parliament.
     |
     |Whitchurch is noted for a trout stream, much frequented by
     |anglers. Market on Friday.
     |
  108|Whitchurch Down, Dorset, 108.
     |
  128|White Cross, Somerset, 168.
     |
  136|White Down, Somerset, 143.
     |
   84|White Horse, The, Wilts, 184. (_For description see Oldbury Camp_)
     |
  131|Whitelackington, Somerset, 168.
     |
   39|Whiteman’s Green, Sussex, 50.
     |
     |Whitenap, Hants, 211.
     |
     |White Parish, Wilts, 210. A parish containing 189 houses, and 877
     |inhabitants.
     |
   96|Whitesand Cross, Wilts, 138.
     |

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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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