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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

It has belonged to the crown ever since the
     |conquest, and has of late been much improved, containing several
     |good streets, which are well paved and lighted.
     |
     |The parish church is a spacious building, situated in the High
     |Street, in which also stands the Guildhall, or Town-house, a neat
     |structure, erected in 1686, supported by columns and arches of
     |Portland stone. On the north side is a statue of Queen Anne, and
     |on the south side that of Prince George of Denmark: the inside is
     |adorned with the portraits of many royal person ages.
     |
     |Windsor contains many handsome buildings, but its chief pride is
     |the Castle, which for more than seven hundred years has been the
     |favourite country residence of the British kings. (_see Index of
     |Seats_)
     |
     |_The chapel of St. George_ was originally a chapel dedicated to
     |Edward the Confessor. It was rebuilt by Edward the Third, and
     |established as a collegiate church, but owes its present form to
     |Edward the Fourth, and its completion to Henry the Seventh. Here
     |lie interred under the choir, the bodies of Henry the Eighth and
     |Jane Seymour, Charles the First, and a daughter of Queen Anne.
     |Adjoining the east end is a neat building, erected by Henry the
     |Seventh, a burial place for himself and successors: a most
     |sumptuous monument was erected here by Cardinal Wolsey; but he
     |dying at Leicester, was there privately buried.
     |
     |This chapel, after having been long neglected, was repaired by his
     |present Majesty, in 1790, when it was adorned with rich carvings
     |in wood, and received a new altar-piece, organ, and gallery. The
     |ceremonies of the installation of the Knights of the Garter are
     |performed in this chapel with great state and solemnity.
     |
     |Windsor was made a free borough by Edward the First, and sent
     |members to parliament in the thirteenth year of the same reign,
     |which it has continued, except an intermission from the 14th of
     |Edward the Third, until the 25th of Henry the Sixth.
     |
     |Here is a neat theatre, and extensive barracks for horse and foot
     |soldiers. The market is held on Saturday, in the area beneath the
     |town hall, and is well supplied with all kinds of provision, fish,
     |&c.
     |
  134|Windwhistle, Somerset, 143.
     |
     |Wine Cross, Hants, 213.
     |
  125|Winterborne Abbas, Dorset, 110. A parish containing 26 houses, and
     |156 inhabitants.
     |
  126|Winterborne Common, Dorset, 110.
     |
   83|Winterborn Stoke, Wilts, 161. A parish containing 48 houses, and
     |256 inhabitants.
     |
   77|Winterbourn Down, Wilts, 103, 135.
     |
   75|Winterbourn Gunner Down, Wilts, 103, 135.
     |
  110|Winterborne Whitchurch, Dorset, 108. A parish containing 89
     |houses, and 430 inhabitants.
     |
   74|Winterslow Hutt, Wilts, 103, 135.
     |
     |Wishford, Wilts, 208.

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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

It has belonged to the crown ever since the
     |conquest, and has of late been much improved, containing several
     |good streets, which are well paved and lighted.
     |
     |The parish church is a spacious building, situated in the High
     |Street, in which also stands the Guildhall, or Town-house, a neat
     |structure, erected in 1686, supported by columns and arches of
     |Portland stone. On the north side is a statue of Queen Anne, and
     |on the south side that of Prince George of Denmark: the inside is
     |adorned with the portraits of many royal person ages.
     |
     |Windsor contains many handsome buildings, but its chief pride is
     |the Castle, which for more than seven hundred years has been the
     |favourite country residence of the British kings. (_see Index of
     |Seats_)
     |
     |_The chapel of St. George_ was originally a chapel dedicated to
     |Edward the Confessor. It was rebuilt by Edward the Third, and
     |established as a collegiate church, but owes its present form to
     |Edward the Fourth, and its completion to Henry the Seventh. Here
     |lie interred under the choir, the bodies of Henry the Eighth and
     |Jane Seymour, Charles the First, and a daughter of Queen Anne.
     |Adjoining the east end is a neat building, erected by Henry the
     |Seventh, a burial place for himself and successors: a most
     |sumptuous monument was erected here by Cardinal Wolsey; but he
     |dying at Leicester, was there privately buried.
     |
     |This chapel, after having been long neglected, was repaired by his
     |present Majesty, in 1790, when it was adorned with rich carvings
     |in wood, and received a new altar-piece, organ, and gallery. The
     |ceremonies of the installation of the Knights of the Garter are
     |performed in this chapel with great state and solemnity.
     |
     |Windsor was made a free borough by Edward the First, and sent
     |members to parliament in the thirteenth year of the same reign,
     |which it has continued, except an intermission from the 14th of
     |Edward the Third, until the 25th of Henry the Sixth.
     |
     |Here is a neat theatre, and extensive barracks for horse and foot
     |soldiers. The market is held on Saturday, in the area beneath the
     |town hall, and is well supplied with all kinds of provision, fish,
     |&c.
     |
  134|Windwhistle, Somerset, 143.
     |
     |Wine Cross, Hants, 213.
     |
  125|Winterborne Abbas, Dorset, 110. A parish containing 26 houses, and
     |156 inhabitants.
     |
  126|Winterborne Common, Dorset, 110.
     |
   83|Winterborn Stoke, Wilts, 161. A parish containing 48 houses, and
     |256 inhabitants.
     |
   77|Winterbourn Down, Wilts, 103, 135.
     |
   75|Winterbourn Gunner Down, Wilts, 103, 135.
     |
  110|Winterborne Whitchurch, Dorset, 108. A parish containing 89
     |houses, and 430 inhabitants.
     |
   74|Winterslow Hutt, Wilts, 103, 135.
     |
     |Wishford, Wilts, 208.

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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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