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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

|for the King’s astronomers, to which there is a steep ascent on
     |all sides except one, and it has a deep dry well for observations
     |in the day time. On the right stands Morden College, built by Sir
     |John Morden, for decayed Turkey merchants; and in the
     |neighbourhood are many beautiful villas.
     |
     |In 1780, a cavern was discovered on the side of the ascent to
     |Blackheath by the Dover road, consisting of seven large rooms,
     |from 12 to 36 feet wide; the whole range having a communication by
     |arched avenues: some of these apartments have large conical domes,
     |36 feet high, supported by a column of chalk, 43 yards in
     |circumference; the bottom of the cavern is 50 feet from the
     |entrance, and at the extremities 160 feet, the descent to which is
     |by a flight of steps; the sides and roofs are also rocks of chalk,
     |and the bottom a fine dry sand. 170 feet under ground is a well of
     |clear water, 27 feet deep.
     |
  187|Blackpool, Devon, 118.
     |
  103|Blackstone, Dorset, 139.
     |
   30|Blackwater, Hants, 73.
     |
  104|=Blandford=, Dorset, 107. A market town and parish, pleasantly
     |situated on the river Stour, near the Downs; its principal
     |manufactures consist of thread, and shirt buttons.
     |
     |The town is very ancient, and appears to have been a settlement of
     |the Britons long before the arrival of the Romans. It gave the
     |title of Marquis to John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, which has
     |still descended in the family; and formerly sent members to
     |parliament. The church is a neat structure, in the Grecian style.
     |The streets are handsome, and the houses in general well built of
     |brick. It has suffered more by fires than any other town in
     |England. Blandford contains 405 houses, and 2326 inhabitants; and
     |has a market on Saturday, which is well supplied.
     |
  101|Blandford Race Course, Dorset, 107.
     |
  250|Blazey, St., Cornwall, 127. A township to the parish of St.
     |Austle, situated upon an inlet from the Sea, and containing 87
     |houses, and 467 inhabitants.
     |
  222|Blerack, Cornwall, 123.
     |
   24|Blindley Heath, Surrey, 56.
     |
   74|Blockhouse, Hants, 98.
     |
   44|Bloom End, Berks, 178.
     |
     |Bodenham, Wilts, 209. A parish containing 50 houses, and 221
     |inhabitants.
     |
  233|=Bodmin=, Cornwall, 155. A borough and market town, standing
     |almost in the centre of the county, between two hills. This place
     |appears to have been very considerable some centuries past; having
     |a bishop’s see erected here by King Edward, in 905: but, during
     |the Danish wars, translated to St. Germain’s, and afterwards to
     |Kirton in Devonshire, and thence to Exeter, where it remains. It
     |sends two members to parliament, which it has done ever since the
     |reign of Edward the First. The town consists chiefly of one long

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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

|for the King’s astronomers, to which there is a steep ascent on
     |all sides except one, and it has a deep dry well for observations
     |in the day time. On the right stands Morden College, built by Sir
     |John Morden, for decayed Turkey merchants; and in the
     |neighbourhood are many beautiful villas.
     |
     |In 1780, a cavern was discovered on the side of the ascent to
     |Blackheath by the Dover road, consisting of seven large rooms,
     |from 12 to 36 feet wide; the whole range having a communication by
     |arched avenues: some of these apartments have large conical domes,
     |36 feet high, supported by a column of chalk, 43 yards in
     |circumference; the bottom of the cavern is 50 feet from the
     |entrance, and at the extremities 160 feet, the descent to which is
     |by a flight of steps; the sides and roofs are also rocks of chalk,
     |and the bottom a fine dry sand. 170 feet under ground is a well of
     |clear water, 27 feet deep.
     |
  187|Blackpool, Devon, 118.
     |
  103|Blackstone, Dorset, 139.
     |
   30|Blackwater, Hants, 73.
     |
  104|=Blandford=, Dorset, 107. A market town and parish, pleasantly
     |situated on the river Stour, near the Downs; its principal
     |manufactures consist of thread, and shirt buttons.
     |
     |The town is very ancient, and appears to have been a settlement of
     |the Britons long before the arrival of the Romans. It gave the
     |title of Marquis to John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, which has
     |still descended in the family; and formerly sent members to
     |parliament. The church is a neat structure, in the Grecian style.
     |The streets are handsome, and the houses in general well built of
     |brick. It has suffered more by fires than any other town in
     |England. Blandford contains 405 houses, and 2326 inhabitants; and
     |has a market on Saturday, which is well supplied.
     |
  101|Blandford Race Course, Dorset, 107.
     |
  250|Blazey, St., Cornwall, 127. A township to the parish of St.
     |Austle, situated upon an inlet from the Sea, and containing 87
     |houses, and 467 inhabitants.
     |
  222|Blerack, Cornwall, 123.
     |
   24|Blindley Heath, Surrey, 56.
     |
   74|Blockhouse, Hants, 98.
     |
   44|Bloom End, Berks, 178.
     |
     |Bodenham, Wilts, 209. A parish containing 50 houses, and 221
     |inhabitants.
     |
  233|=Bodmin=, Cornwall, 155. A borough and market town, standing
     |almost in the centre of the county, between two hills. This place
     |appears to have been very considerable some centuries past; having
     |a bishop’s see erected here by King Edward, in 905: but, during
     |the Danish wars, translated to St. Germain’s, and afterwards to
     |Kirton in Devonshire, and thence to Exeter, where it remains. It
     |sends two members to parliament, which it has done ever since the
     |reign of Edward the First. The town consists chiefly of one long

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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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