ENGLAND AND WALES DELINEATED:
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EXPLANATION OF THE LETTERS SUBJOINED TO THE NAMES OF PLACES.
bo borough hun hundred ra rape W. West
chap chapelry la lathe ti tithing N. North
co county lib liberty to township S. South
dis district m. t. market town vil village S.E. South-East
div division pa parish wap wapentake S.W. South-West
ext. p. extra parochial pre precinct ward wardship N.E. North-East
ham hamlet qr quarter E. East N.W. North-West
E.R. York.—N.R. York.—or W.R. York ... East, North, or West Riding of Yorkshire.
Map Names of Places County Number of Miles From Dist. Lond. Popul ation.
34 Abbas Combe pa Somerset Wincanton 3 Milborne Port 6 Shaftesbury 8 105 448
15AbbenhallpaGloucester Newnham4Mitchel Dean1Monmouth13116235
33Abberbury[A]paSalopShrewsbury8Melverly3Montgomery151611798
42AbberleypaWorcester Bewdley6Tenbury11Kidderminst8125590
14AbbertonpaEssexColchester4Witham12Maldon1347203
42AbbertonpaWorcesterPershore 6Alcester8Worcester1010390
29AbberwicktoNorthumberAlnwick3Wooler14Rothbury7311135
58Abber-cwm-HirchapRadnorRhayader6Knighton15Presteig18186368
9Abbey-DorepaHerefordHereford11Hay14Ross16140533
17Abbey-Holm[B]pa CumberlandWigton6Allonby7Carlisle173093056
[A] ABBERBURY, or Alberbury, a parish and township, partly in the hundreds of Cawrse and Deythur, in the county of Montgomery, and partly in that of Ford, in the county of Salop. Warine, sheriff of this county in the reign of Henry I., founded an abbey for black monks, a cell to Guardmont, in Limosin, which, at the suppression of alien priories was bestowed by Henry VI. upon the college founded by Archbishop Chiechley. Benthall, Eyton, Rowton, Amaston, and Wollaston, are all townships of this parish. At Glyn, in this parish, is the celebrated Old Parr's cottage and birth-place, who lived in the reigns of ten kings and queens. Old Parr's cottage, which has undergone but little alteration since his time; it is timber-framed, rare, and picturesque, within view of Rodney's Pillar on Bredden Hill, in Montgomeryshire. In Wollaston Chapel is a brass plate, with his portrait thus inscribed: "The old, old, very old man, Thomas Parr, was born at the Glyn, in the township of Wennington, within the chapelry of Great Wollaston, and parish of Alberbury, in the county of Salop, in 1483. He lived in the reigns of ten kings and queens of England, viz. King Edward IV., King Edward V., King Richard III., King Henry VII., King Henry VIII., King Edward VI., Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, King James I., and Charles I.; he died in London, (sixteen years after his presentation to Did penance at the age of 105. King Charles,) on the 13th of November, 1635, and was buried in Westminster Abbey, on the 15th of the same month, aged one hundred and fifty-two years and nine months. At the age of one hundred and five, he did penance in the church of Alberbury, for criminal connexion with Catherine Milton, by whom he had offspring."
[B] ABBEY-HOLM is a small town in the ward of Allerdale. The original consequence of this little town was derived from an abbey of Cistercian monks, founded here, about the twelfth century, by Henry I. of England, as the crown rolls imply. Its benefactors were many in number, and by the magnificent grants and privileges with which it was endowed, it acquired so much importance, that during the reigns of Edward I. and II. its abbots, though not mitred, were frequently summoned to sit in parliament. The abbey was pillaged and burnt during the incursion of Robert Bruce, but afterwards rebuilt with great magnificence; few vestiges, however, of its monastic buildings now remain. From the ruins the Parochial Chapel was formed, and there yet stands a part of the church in its original form. During the reign of Henry VIII. the abbey was chiefly dilapidated; the church continued in good condition till the year 1600, when the steeple, one hundred and fourteen feet high, suddenly fell down, and by its fall destroyed great part of the chancel. Its total ruin was nearly accomplished by an accidental fire five years afterwards. This fire took place on April 18, The Abbey destroyed by the accidental firing of a daw's nest. 1604, and was occasioned by a servant carrying a live coal into the roof of the church, to search for an iron chisel; the boisterous wind blew the coal out of his hand into a daw's nest, by which the whole was ignited, and within less than three hours it consumed both the body of the chancel and the whole church, except the south side of the low church, which was saved by means of a stone vault. Almost due-west from Abbey-Holm, in a strong situation near the sea coast, are some remains of Wulstey Castle, a fortress, which was erected by the abbots to secure their treasures, books, and charters from the sudden depredations of the Scots. "In this castle," observes Camden, "tradition reports, that the magic works of Sir Michael Scot (or Scotus), Michael Scot, the magician. were preserved, till they were mouldering into dust. He professed a religious life here about the year 1290, and became so versed in the mathematics, and other abstruse sciences, that he obtained the character of a magician, and was believed, in that credulous age, to have performed many miracles." The story of Michael Scot forms a beautiful episode in Scott's "Lay of the Last Minstrel," the notes to which furnish some curious information respecting that extraordinary personage. Sir Michael Scot, of Balwearie, we are told, flourished during the thirteenth century, and was one of the ambassadors sent to bring the Maid of Norway to Scotland, upon the death of Alexander III. Scottish legends. His memory survives in many a legend; and in the south of Scotland, any work of great labour and antiquity is ascribed either to the agency of auld Michael, of Sir William Wallace, or the devil. The following are amongst the current traditions concerning Michael Scot:—He was chosen, it is said, to go upon an embassy, to obtain from the King of France satisfaction for certain piracies committed by his subjects upon those of Scotland. Instead of preparing a new equipage and splendid retinue, he evoked a fiend in the shape of a huge black horse, mounted The fiend horse. upon his back, and forced him to fly through the air towards France. When he arrived at Paris, he tied his horse to the gate of the palace, and boldly delivered his message. An ambassador with so little of the pomp and circumstance of diplomacy was not received with much respect, and the king was about to return a contemptuous refusal to his demand, when Michael besought him to suspend his resolution till he had seen his horse stamp three times: the first stamp shook every steeple in Paris, and caused all the bells to ring; the second threw down three of the towers of the palace; and the infernal steed had French King's concession. lifted up his hoof to give the third stamp, when the king rather chose to dismiss Michael, with the most ample concessions, than to stand to the probable consequences. Another time, it is said that, while residing at the tower of Oakwood, upon the Ettrick, about three miles above Selkirk, having heard of the fame of a sorceress, called the Witch of The witch of Falsehope. Falsehope, who lived on the opposite side of the river, Michael went one morning to put her skill to the test, but was disappointed by her positively denying any knowledge of the necromantic art. In his discourse with her, he laid his wand inadvertently on the table which the hag observing, suddenly snatched it up and struck him with it. Feeling the force of the charm, he rushed out of the house; but as it had conferred on him the external appearance of a hare, his servant, who waited without, hallooed upon the discomfited wizard his own greyhounds, and pursued him so close, that, in order to obtain a moment's breathing to reverse the charm, Michael, after a very fatiguing course, was fain to take refuge in his own common sewer.
Fair, October 29, for horses and horned cattle.
Map Names of Places County Number of Miles From Dist. Lond. Popul ation.
16Abbots AnnpaHantsAndover2Salisbury16Stockbridge666562
11Abbots BickingtonpaDevonHolsworthy6Torrington9Hartland1322077
35Abbots Bromley[A]paStaffordUttoxeter7Lichfield10Stafford1111291621
12Abbotsbury[B]paDorsetDorchester10Bridport10Weymouth10127874
[A] ABBOTS BROMLEY. The hobby-horse dance, an ancient custom, was observed here till the civil war.—Ten or twelve of the dancers carried, on their shoulders, deers' heads, painted with the arms of Paget, Hobby-horse dance Bagot, and Welles, to whom the chief property of the town belonged. The horns yet hang up in the church, but the custom is now discontinued. The parish includes Bromley, Bagot's liberty, and Bromley Hurst township. Bagot's park is the deer-park of Lord Bagot, whose seat is at Blithefield.
Market, Tuesday.—Fairs, Tuesday before Mid-lent Sunday, May 22, September 4, for horses and horned cattle.
[B] ABBOTSBURY consists of a single parish, divided into three streets, nearly in the form of the letter Y, lying in a valley surrounded and protected by bold hills near the sea. There is a tradition that this Tradition of St. Peter place was called Abodesbyry by St. Peter himself, in the infancy of Christianity, but it is more probably supposed to have derived its name from the magnificent abbey, originally founded here, in the early part of the eleventh century. The ruins of the abbey (which was once large and splendid, but is now nearly demolished), consist of a large barn, a A ruined abbey. stable, supposed to have been the dormitory, a porch which belonged to the conventual church, the principal entrance, a portion of the walls, and two buildings conjectured to have been used for domestic purposes. The barn, which, when entire, was the largest in the county, is now so dilapidated, that only a part of it can be used. The church, in which Orcus and his wife, the founders, were buried, is, with the exception of the porch and a pile of ruins under some neighbouring elms, totally destroyed; but the numerous chantries and chapels which belonged to it sufficiently prove its ancient magnificence. On an eminence, at a short distance from the town, stands a small building called St. Catherine's St. Catherine's chapel, a sea mark. Chapel, which is supposed to have been erected about the time of Edward IV., and which from its height and lofty situation, serves both for a sea and land mark. Abbotsbury Church appears to have been built a short time before the reformation; the pulpit is pierced by musket balls, said to have been fired by Cromwell's soldiers, at the officiating minister, whom, however, they missed. But it is more likely to have occurred at the time of Sir Anthony Astley Cooper's attack on the royalists, at the siege of Sir John Strangeway's house, in 1651. About Wild fowl decoy, and swannery. a mile to the south-west of Abbotsbury, is the "decoy," where great quantities of wild fowl are annually taken. But the object which most engages the attention of strangers, in the neighbourhood of this town, is the celebrated "swannery," which, not long since, was the property of the Earl of Ilchester. In the open or broad space of the fleet are kept six or seven hundred swans, formerly one thousand five hundred, including hoppers—a small species of swans, who feed and range, and return home again.
Fair, July 10, for sheep and toys.
Map Names of Places County Number of Miles From Dist. Lond. Popul ation.
11Abbotshamm.t.& paDevonBideford2Torrington7Barnstaple10204386
44Abbotside,H.&Low paN.R. YorkAskrigg0Middleham7Richmond12208762
34Abbotts IslepaSomersetIlminster4Ilchester11Taunton10133380
11Abbotts KerswellpaDevonNewton Bush2Totness7Torquay6189442
18Abbotts Langley[A] paHertsSt. Albans4Watford4Hemel Hemp6171980
34Abbots LeighpaSomersetBristol3Bedminster3Keynsham9116360
15AbbotsleypaHuntsSt. Neots4Huntingdon12Potton458369
42Abbots MortonpaWorcesterEvesham4Alcester8Pershore699236
12Abbots StokepaDorsetBeaminster3Crewkerne10 Bridport6143587
16AbbotstonpaHantsAlresford4Basingstoke 12Winchester9 57248
33AbdonpaSalopLudlow9Bridgenorth 11 Ch. Stretton9 153170
53Abenbury FechamtoFlintshireWrexham4Chester10Mold7187111
52Abenbury VawrtoDenbighWrexham3Llangollen12Mold8187214
50Aber[B]paCaernavonBangor6Aberconway9Caernarvon15240552
51AberaerontoCardiganAberystwith 17Lampeter14Cardigan23208...
51Aberarthvil & paCardiganLampeter14Aberystwith 14Tregaron13222976
56Aber BechantoMontgomeryNewtown2Montgomery7Welsh Pool11178...
52AbercwhilertoDenbighDenbigh4St. Asaph3Caerwys4208487
54Aberavon [C]bo. & paGlamorganNeath6Bridgend14Swansea11192572
48AberbaidonamBrecknockAbergavenny5Crickhowel3Brecon141481781
50Aberconway [D]m.t.CaernarvonBangor15Llanrwst12Caernarvon 24 236 1245
[A] ABBOTTS LANGLEY. Before the Conquest, and till the dissolution of the monasteries, this place was in the possession of the abbots of St. Albans. About the time of Henry I., Nicholas Breakspear, Englishman made Pope. a native of this place, was advanced to the rank of cardinal, and at length became pope, by the title of Adrian IV.; being the only Englishman that ever attained that dignity. He died, not without suspicion of poison, in 1158.
[B] ABER (which signifies the mouth of a river, port, or harbour) is situated on the river Gwyngregyr, which here discharges itself into the Irish Sea. The native Welsh princes had a palace at this place, some remains of which are shewn as the residence of Llewelyn ap Ferry to Anglesea. Griffith. It is one of the ferries to Anglesea, and a convenient place from which to visit the formidable Penmaen Mawr mountain. The passage from hence across the Laven Sands to Beaumaris is by no means safe, as the sands frequently shift; but the large bell of this Laven sands dangerous. The bell constantly tolled in foggy weather. village is constantly rung in foggy weather, in the hope that its sound may serve to direct those whom imperious necessity obliges to cross under all disadvantages. Two miles from this pleasing village, following the banks of the stream, which flows through highly picturesque scenery, there is a most romantic glen, and a very fine waterfall; the upper part Romantic glen, and waterfall. of this cataract is sometimes broken into three or four divisions, by the rugged force of the impending cliff, but the lower one forms a broad sheet, and descends about sixty feet, in a very grand style.
Mail arrives 3.15 A.M., departs 9.32 P.M.—Inn, Bull.
[C] ABERAVON is situated at the mouth of the river Avon, on Swansea Bay, and has a harbour for small vessels. Although no charter exists for a market, one has been held here, more than a century past. There is a ridiculous belief, amongst the people of this place, that every Christmas Day, and that day alone, a large salmon presents himself Singular account of a Salmon. in the river, and allows himself to be caught and handled by any one who chooses; but it would be considered an act of impiety to detain him.
Fair, April 30.
[D] ABERCONWAY is an ancient fortified town, beautifully situated upon the estuary of the river Conway. The town is nearly of a triangular shape, and is thought by some to have been the Conovium of The Conovium of the Romans. the Romans. The annals of this place commence no earlier than with the history of its castle, which was erected in 1284, by command of Edward I., as a security against the insurrections of the Welsh. Soon after its erection, the royal founder was besieged in it, and the garrison almost reduced by famine to surrender, when they were extricated by the arrival of a fleet with provision. At the commencement of the civil wars, it was garrisoned on behalf of the king, by Dr. John Williams, Archbishop of York. In 1645 he gave the government of the castle to his nephew, William Hookes. Two years after, Prince Rupert superseded the Archbishop in the command of North Wales. He endeavoured to obtain redress from the king, but failed. Enraged at this injury, he joined Mytton, and assisted in the reduction of the place. The town was taken by storm, August 15, 1646, but the castle did not Town taken by storm, in 1646. surrender till November 10. This fortress remained in tranquillity till a grant was made of it, by King Charles, to the Earl of Conway and Kilulta; when he had scarcely obtained possession, before he ordered an agent to remove the timber, iron, lead, and other materials. It was held on lease, by Owen Holland, Esq. from the crown, at an annual rent of six shillings and eightpence, and a dish of fish to Lord Holland, as Curious tenure—6s. 8d. and a dish of fish. often as he passed through the town. Thus, unprotected, it has suffered material injuries from wind and weather, and is reduced to a state of rapid decay. The ruins are remarkably picturesque, and very extensive. The town was surrounded by high massive walls, twelve feet thick, strengthened at intervals by twenty-four circular and semi-circular towers; these, with the four principal gateways, remain in tolerable preservation. There are scarcely any remains of the Cistercian Cistercian Abbey, founded by Llewelyn ap Jorwerth in 1185. Abbey, founded by Llewelyn ap Jorwerth, in 1185. The church contains a few modern monuments, belonging to the family of the Wynnes, formerly of this place. The font appears ancient; it is composed of black marble, curiously carved, and supported by a cluster of pilasters, standing upon a pedestal. In Castle Street is a very old house, called the college, which has a singular window, decorated with several coats of arms of the Stanley family. A day school is also kept in an ancient mansion, called Plas Mawr, situated near the market place, which was erected in 1585, by Robert Wynne, Esq. of Gwyder. The river Conway rises out of Llyn Conway, at the south extremity of the county, in the mountains of Penmachno. The ferry is of importance, as it lies upon one of the great roads from London to Ireland, but is justly considered a dangerous The ferry considered dangerous; loss of the Irish mail and 14 passengers, in 1806. passage, and many are the accidents which have occurred. On Christmas Day, 1806, the boat conveying the Irish mail coach, was lost, and all the passengers, including the coachman and guard, were drowned, except two. At the Ferry-house a noble bay is formed where the tide enters the river. In this view, indeed, there are all the ingredients of a sublime and beautiful landscape. Few rivers, in England or Wales, in so short a course as twenty-nine miles, present so great a variety of beautiful scenery. Below Luna Hall, the falls of the Conway exhibit Falls of the Conway present a noble cataract, shooting from a solid rock. a noble cataract, about fifty feet; the stream of water, shooting directly from one aperture in the solid rock to a considerable distance, descends into a rocky basin, surrounded by hanging woods. One mile below this town, at Trefriw, the river becomes navigable, and contributes to the supply of the surrounding county. In Conway town there still exists Pearl fishery and suspension bridge. a pearl fishery, and a chain suspension bridge has been recently erected in lieu of a dangerous ferry. The vale of Conway teems with interesting objects. Upon the west side is the abrupt termination of the Snowdon chain, down the declivities of which, through innumerable chasms, fissures, and channels, rush the superfluous waters of the lakes above, to mingle with the parent ocean. The principal employment of the poor, in this neighbourhood, is gathering the different species of fuci, commonly Manufactory of barilla. called sea-wreck, thrown up by the tide, or growing upon the breakers. This wreck they put into a kind of square fireplace, made upon the sand, and heat it till it becomes a liquid and forms a cake; when further baked or burnt it resembles cinders, and is called barilla or impure fossil alkali; in this state it is sold to manufacturers of soap and glass.
Market, Friday.—Fairs, March 26, April 30, June 20, August 19, September 16, October 20, and November 15.—Inns, Harp, Bull's Head, and White Lien.—Mail arrives 2 A.M., departs 10¾ P.M.
Map Names of Places County Number of Miles From Dist. Lond. Popul ation.
54Aberdare[A]paGlamorgMer. Tydvil6Bridgend18Brecon201823961
50AberdaronpaCaernarvonPwllheli16Nevin16Bardsey Isle52581389
54Aberddaw, EasthamGlamorgCowbridge5Bridgend10Llandaff12179...
55AberdyfitoMerionAberystwith9Towyn5Machynlleth9217...
58Aberedwy[B]paRadnorBuilth4Hay12Radnor13169344
56AbererchpaCaernarvonPwllheli3Crickieth8Nevin82341365
45Aberford[C]m.t. & paW.R. YorkTadcaster6Leeds8Ferry Bridge9186925
47AberffrawpaAngleseaBangor17Newborough6Holyhead122581367
26Abergavenny[D]m.t. & paMonmouthMonmouth17Crickhowell7Usk91454230
[A] ABERDARE. Fairs, for cattle, April 19, Whit-Monday, November 14.
[B] ABEREDWY. This delightful village derived its name from its situation, near the junction of the River Wye and Edwy. Nothing in nature can exceed the beauty of the neighbouring scenery. The Edwy descends through lofty walls of rock; in some places, broken into crags, which frightfully overhang the abyss. Near the place are the ruins of a castle, the retreat of the last native Welsh Prince, Llewelyn ap Ruined castle—the retreat of Llewelyn, the last native Prince of Wales. Gruffydd. The object of Llewelyn's journey to Aberedwy was to consult the chief persons of the district, upon the best means of successfully opposing the King of England, then invading Wales. On his arrival he found himself disappointed. Instead of meeting with friends, he was surrounded by the enemy. Edmund Mortimer and John Gyfford, acquainted with his route, marched from Herefordshire, with their troops to meet him. The enemy were numerous—resistance was in vain—Llewelyn withdrew to Builth. The mountains being covered with snow, he caused the shoes of his horse to be reversed, in order to His horses shoes reversed. baffle pursuit, but the treacherous smith betrayed him. Llewelyn broke down the bridge of Builth, but was closely followed by the English forces, who fruitlessly attempted to gain it. Sir Elias Walwyn Betrayed by his smith. crossed the river, with a detachment, about eight miles below, at a place called Little Tom's Ferry Boat, and coming unexpectedly on the Welsh army, routed them. Llewelyn himself was attacked and slain, unarmed, in a narrow valley, not two hundred yards from the scene of action. Adam Francton, the murderer of Llewelyn, took no notice of His army routed, and himself slain. his victim, but joined in the pursuit of the Welsh. Returning with the view of plundering the slain, he discovered the wounded person was no other than the Prince of Wales; for on stripping him, he found a letter in cipher and his privy seal. The brutal Francton, overjoyed that the Welsh prince had fallen into his hands, cut off his head, and sent His head sent to the King of England. it to the King of England, and thus perished the last native Prince of Wales.
[C] ABERFORD is situated upon the River Cock, on the great northern road, on the banks of which river was fought the famous battle of Towton, in 1461, so called from a village in the vicinity. The town consists of a long straggling street, in the north of which are the remains of a Norman Here the famous battle of Towton was fought. fortification, called Castle Carey; and the whole is in the line of the ancient Roman road. This town is curiously situated, as respects township: the west side is in Aberford-cum-Parlington; the east of the same end is Lotherton-cum-Aberford, and the north of the river is Aberford alone.
Mail arrives 4.11 P.M., departs 8.46 A.M.—Inn, Swan.
[D] ABERGAVENNY, (the ancient Gobanium of the Romans,) and its Gobanium of the Romans. environs, have strong claims to the traveller's attention. Its castle and delightful terrace overlook the rich vale of Usk; its church, abounding in costly sculptured tombs, its beautifully variegated mountains, all conspire to render this place particularly attractive. This town was once fortified, and many portions of the work remain, particularly Tudor's Gate. Tudor's Gate. The western entrance is furnished with two portcullises, and remarkable for the beautifully composed landscape seen through it. The style of building which forms the remains of this fortress marks its origin to have been subsequent to the Norman epoch. Excursions are frequently made to Blaenavon Iron Works, about six miles distant, Blaenavon Iron Works. 4000 men employed. which employ upwards of four thousand men. The mountainous territory containing these mineral treasures of iron, was demised by the crown to the Earl of Abergavenny, and is held under a lease by Hill and Co. A principal excursion from Abergavenny is that which leads northwards to Llanthony Abbey, a majestic ruin, seated in Llanthony Abbey, a majestic ruin in the black mountains. a deep recess of the black mountains, at the very extremity of Monmouthshire. Abergavenny is a place of much resort, being the thoroughfare from the west of Wales to Bath, Bristol, and Gloucestershire. Its principal manufacture is flannel, and its annual fairs for cattle are well attended.
Mail arrives 2 P.M., departs 11 A.M.—Inns, Angel, and Greyhound.—Bankers, Hill and Co., draw upon Esdaile and Co.,—Jones and Co., draw upon Williams and Co.—Fairs, May 14, lean cattle and sheep; 1st Monday after Trinity, linen and woollen cloths; September 25, horses, hogs, and flannel.—Market Tuesday.
Map Names of Places County Number of Miles From Dist. Lond. Popul ation.
26AbergavennyhunMonmouth30818
52Abergelem.t. & paDenbighSt. Asaph7Holywell17Aberconway122242506
49AbergorlechchapCaermarLlandilo Var7Lampeter9Caermar14209
49Abergwilleyto & paCaermarCaermar2Llandilo Var15Newcastle 16 214 2675
56AberhafesppaMontgomeryNewton3Llanydloes11Llanfair10180535
56AberhalytoMontgomeryLlanfair6Newton5Montgomery10180
49AbermarlestoCaermarLlandovery 7Llangadock3Lampeter14198
48AberlyfnihamBrecknockHay4Brecon11Builth12160100
49AbernantpaCaermarCaermar4Llaugharne10Newcastle 11 222 654
54AberpergwmchapGlamorgNeath10Brecon20Merthyr Tyd 13 188
56Aber-RhiwpaMontgomeryWelsh Pool 5Montgomery 4 Newtown 9 172 2429
51Aber-PorthpaCardiganCardigan7Newcastle9Lampeter24235485
48AberyskirpaBrecknockBrecon4Llandovery16Builth14173110
51Aberystwith[A]m.t. & paCardiganTregaron15Machynlleth18Aberllelwyn52084128
26Aberystwithpa & chapMonmouthAbergaven7Crickhowell7Pontypool81535992
4Abingdon[B]m.t.BerksOxford6Wallingford11Wantage10565259
[A] ABERYSTWITH, a market town and seaport in the hundred of Glenaur Glynn, and also a township in the parish of Llanbadarn Vawr. It is situated at the confluence of the rivers Ystwith and Rhyddol, at which the former falls into the sea in the bay of Cardigan. The building of a castle, of which some vestiges remain, is attributed to Edward I. It stands on a craggy eminence projecting into the sea at the west of the town, and affords a magnificent view of the whole line of Welsh coast within the bay of Cardigan. The streets are steep and uneven.—The houses, which are principally formed of dark slate, present a very singular appearance. For some years past its celebrity, as a summer retreat and bathing-place, has been annually increasing, which is greatly Fine bathing place. contributed to by the beauty of the neighbourhood, and the commanding prospects around. The roads to it have been made excellent, and the customary amusements of plays and assemblies during the season add to the attractions for summer visitants. There was formerly a herring fishery, and the practice of fishing is still carried on with considerable advantage by the natives. About seven miles north of Aberystwith, on the sea coast, a considerable extent of land, has, by drainage, been Twelve miles of embankment. recovered; twelve miles of embankment have been formed; and two navigable cuts, with a road of three miles and a stone bridge completed.
Mail arrives 7 A.M. departs 5 P.M.—Fairs, 1st Monday in May and November, chiefly for hiring servants.—Bankers, W. Davis and Co., draw on Esdaile and Co.—Inns, Gogerddon Arms, Old Lion, and Talbot.—Markets, Monday and Saturday.
[B] ABINGDON, at the very edge of the county of Berkshire, was called Shovesham, by the Anglo-Saxons, until the foundation of the Monastery of Benedictine monks. abbey, from which period it began to assume the name of Abbandeen, or the Town of the Abbey. This monastery, the monks of which were Benedictines, was founded by Cissa, an Anglo-Saxon monarch, in 675. During the reign of Alfred it was demolished by the Danes, and remained in ruins till King Edgar partly restored it, in 954. Ethelwold, the abbot at that time, erected and embellished the church, and his successors contributed to its increase. After the Conquest, the wealth and grandeur of the abbey were equal to any similar foundation in England. William the Conqueror kept Easter in the abbey, A.D. 1084; William the Conqueror kept Easter, and his son was educated here. Jeffery of Monmouth buried in the abbey. and here was educated his youngest son, Henry, surnamed Beauclerc, afterwards King Henry I., in whose reign, one of the most eminent characters who received sepulture within the abbey, was the celebrated Jeffery of Monmouth, author of the British History,—a work, from which some of our best poets have derived materials for their sublime compositions. Shakspeare's Lear, and Milton's Comus, were both supplied from Jeffery's history. He flourished in the reign of Henry I. Among the natives of Abingdon, whose talents have rendered their possessors eminent, was Sir John Mason, a statesman of the sixteenth century. His memory is the more worthy to be revered, because, from a very obscure origin, his genius and perseverance Sir J. Mason, born here—his father a cow-herd. advanced him to the rank of privy-counsellor, ambassador to France, and chancellor of the University of Oxford. His father was a cow-herd and his mother, sister to one of the abbey monks, who attended to his early tuition, and sent him to Oxford, where he became a fellow of All Souls' college. While in this situation, the liveliness of his temper occasioned him to be chosen to compliment Henry VIII. on his visit to the University, in the year 1523, which being executed in a most graceful manner, engaged the favour of the monarch, who promoted him to the honourable offices above-mentioned. He died in 1566, and was buried in St. Paul's cathedral.
Mail arrives 2.49 A.M., departs 12.10 A.M.—Fairs, 1st Monday in Lent, May 6, June 20, August 6, September 19, cattle; Monday before Old Michaelmas, statute, and December 11, horses and cattle.—Bankers, Knapp and Co., draw on Williams and Co.—Inns, Crown and Thistle, and Queen's Arms.—Markets, Monday and Friday.
Map Names of Places County Number of Miles From Dist. Lond. Popul ation.
37AbingerpaSurrey Dorking4Guildford10 Ockley527767
15AbinghallpaGloucester Newnham6Mitchel Dean1 Monmouth12118235
28AbingtonpaNortham Northam2Wellingboro9 Moulton367155
6Abington,Gt.& Lit.paCambridge Linton3Cambridge9 Newmarket1250594
6Abington in the ClaypaCambridge Royston5Potton7 Cambridge1542259
23Ab KettlebypaLeicesterMelton Mow3Leicester16 Loughboro13108331
15AblingtontiGloucesterFairford5Cirencester7 Northleach785103
10AbneyhamDerbyTideswell5Sheffield14 Chapel-Frith8164112
49Above SawddehamCaermarLlangadock1Llandovery7 Llandilo Var8195803
22Above TowndivLancashireGarstang11Burton11 KirkbyLons15240591
22AbramtoLancashireWigan4Bolton9 Chorley11197511
15Abson with WickchapGloucesterBristol8Sodbury5 Marshfield4107824
21AbthorpchapNorthamTowcester3Brackley9 Banbury1563477
54AburthinpaGlamorgLlantrissant 8 Bridgend 7 Cowbridge1173...
24AbypaLincolnAlford2Louth9 Horncastle12142204
46Acaster MalbispaW.R. YorkYork4Selby8 Tadcaster8190707
46Acaster SelbytoW.R. York...5...7 ...8190201
22Accrington, NewtoLancasterBlackburn4Haslingden5 Burnley82084960
22Accrington, OldchapLancaster...6...4 ...62081323
30AchurchpaNorthamThrapston4Oundle4 Kettering1273239
43AcklampaN.R. YorkNew Malton6Gt. Driffield15 York14210827
44AcklamchapN.R. YorkYarm5Stockton3 Guisboro9244371
28AcklingtontoNorthumAlnwick8Morpeth13 Rothbury13300285
45AcktontoW.R. YorkPontefract3Wakefield5 Leeds917451
45Ackworth[A]paW.R. York...3...7 ...111741660
[A] ACKWORTH is a parish and township, in the upper division of Osgold Cross Wapentake, nominally divided into higher and lower Quakers' school. Ackworth. It is celebrated for its Quakers' School, which was purchased in 1777, with eighty-five acres of land, from the trustees of the Foundling Hospital, and rendered a seminary for the children of the more humble class of Friends. The number of pupils, is one hundred and eighty boys, and one hundred and twenty girls.
Map Names of Places County Number of Miles From Dist. Lond. Popul ation.
27Acle[A]m. t. & paNorfolkNorwich11Yarmouth9 Loddon8121820
45AcombpaW.R. YorkYork2Wetherby10 New Malton20201882
29Acomb EasttoNorthumbCorbridge15Aldston Moor9 Hexham1127536
29Acomb WesttoNorthumb...5...18 ...3275523
17Aconbury[B]chapHerefordHereford4Ross9 Ledbury14130163
21AcrisepaKentFolkstone4Dover8 Canterbury1167194
7Actonto & paChesterNantwich2Tarporley9 Middlewich111663928
7ActontoChesterNorthwich4Frodsham7 Chester15177309
52ActontoDenbighWrexham1Holt5 ...9190215
25ActonpaMiddlesexHarrow8Brentford3 Uxbridge1052453
29ActontoNorthumbAlnwick8Rothbury8 Morpeth1030091
36ActonpaSuffolkLavenham3Sudbury3 Bildeston857565
42Acton BeauchamppaWorcesterBromyard4Worcester11 Ledbury10122239
33Acton Burnell[C]to & paSalopWenlock7Shrewsbury7 Ch. Stretton7155381
[A] ACLE. Market, Thursday.—Fair, Wednesday before Michaelmas day.
[B] ACONBURY. At this place a nunnery of the order of St. Augustine was founded by Margery, wife of Walter de Lacey, in the reign Nunnery. of King John. The Cliffords were large benefactors to this house, which, at the dissolution, possessed £75. 7s. 6d. per annum. There are some remains yet standing, occupied as a farm house. On the summit of Aconbury Hill, a bold and extensive eminence, well wooded, and commanding a charming view over the adjacent county, are traces of a large encampment.
[C] ACTON BURNELL is celebrated for the remains of an ancient castle, founded by Robert Burnell, bishop of Bath and Wells, a man of eminent abilities, first treasurer, and afterwards chancellor of England, who was much employed by King Edward I. in Welsh affairs. He died at Berwick, in 1292, and was buried in the cathedral at Wells. The castle is a quadrangular building, with a square tower at each corner. The hall in which King Edward I. held his parliament, in 1283, was Edward I. held his parliament here in 1283. 183 feet long, by 41 broad, but the gable ends only remain. The Statutum de Mercatoribus enacted here, is from that circumstance better known as the Statute of Acton Burnell. The successor of the bishop, at the castle, was Sir Edward Burnell, son of Philip Burnell and Maud, daughter of Richard Arundel. He served in many actions in Scotland, under Edward I., and always appeared in great splendour, attended by a chariot decked with banners of his arms. He was summoned to parliament from the fifth to the eighth year of Edward the second's reign, and died in 1315. In 1346, the castle came into the possession of Nicholas Lord Burnell, who died in 1382, and is buried in the church under an altar tomb, inlaid with his effigy in brass. In the reign of Henry VI. the Lovell Lord Burnell's effigy in brass on the altar tomb. family were in possession of this estate, which was forfeited by Lord Lovell, in consequence of his adherence to King Richard III. Henry VII. being seated on the throne, granted Acton Burnell, together with other estates in this county, to Jasper Tudor, Earl of Bedford; after whose death it reverted to the crown, and Henry VIII. granted it to Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey, distinguished for his valour at the battle of Flodden. Sir Humphrey Lee, of Langley, in this parish, was created a baronet, May 3, 1620. Acton Burnell Park is now the residence of Sir Edward Joseph Smythe, Bart. whose family have been seated here from the time of Charles II., when Sir Edward Smythe, of Esh, in Durham, The seat of Sir E.J. Smythe. created a baronet, Feb. 23, 1660, married the daughter and heiress of Sir Richard Lee, Bart. of Langley. The mansion, on a verdant lawn, bordered by a shrubbery, presents a handsome elevation of fine white stone, having a noble Ionic portico, under which is the carriage entrance. Behind the house is the deer park, on a finely wooded eminence, affording one of the most beautiful prospects in the county. The chapelry of Ruckley and Langley is in this parish.
Map Names of Places County Number of Miles From Dist. Lond. Popul ation.
7Acton GrangetoChesterWarrington4Northwich10 Runcorn5183148
15Acton IronpaGloucesterChip. Sodbu2Thornbury7 Bristol91121372
33Acton PigottchapSalopMuch Wenlo6Shrewsbury8 Ch. Stretton9154...
33Acton ReynoldtoSalopShrewsbury8Wem6 Drayton12152173
33Acton RoundchapSalopWenlock3Bridgenorth6 Ludlow17145203
33Acton ScottpaSalopCh. Stretton 4Bish. Castle10 Ludlow10155204
35Acton Trussellto & paStaffordPenkridge3Stafford4 Lichfield15131551
15Acton TurvillechapGloucesterTetbury11Chippenham12 Sodbury5102236
35AdbastonpaStaffordEccleshall14Newport5 Hodnet7152601
31Adderbury Eastto & paOxfordBanbury3Deddington3 Aynhoe4702471
33AdderleypaSalopDrayton4Whitchurch8 Wem12157468
29AdderstontoNorthumbBeiford3Alnwick12 Wooler10319322
17AdfortontoHerefordLudlow8Presteign8 Knighton8150218
9AddinghampaCumberlandKirk Oswald2Penrith8 Aldstn Moor12291719
45AddinghampaW.R. YorkSkipton5Ottley8 Keighley52132251
37Addington[A]paSurreyCroydon4Westerham10 Bromley512463
5AddingtonpaBucksWinslow2Buckingham5 Bicester115074
21AddingtonpaKentMaidstone7Rochester8 Wrotham327206
28Addington, Gtto & paNorthampThrapston4Kettering7 Higam Ferrers570282
28Addington, Litto & paNorthamp...5...8 ...570264
21AddishampaKentWingham3Canterbury6 Sandwich662390
45Addle[B]to & paW.R. YorkLeeds5Ottley6 Bradford82051063
46Addle-cum-EccuptoW.R. York...5...6 ...8291703
45Addlingfleet[C]paW.R. YorkSnaith11Burton2 Howden6170478
[A] ADDINGTON is on the borders of Kent. Addington Place, a seat erected by Alderman Trecothick, in 1772, was purchased in 1807, for the residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The manor of Addington is held by the feudal service of finding a man to make a mess, called Gerout, in the king's kitchen, at the coronation, and serving it up in Coronation custom. his own person at Westminster Hall. In the reign of William the Conqueror, Addington appears to have been held by Tezelin, cook to the king, which accounts for the origin of the required culinary service. The Archbishop of Canterbury is now the claimant of the service alluded to. Near the village is a curious cluster of tumuli, or mounds Cluster of tumuli. of earth raised over the bodies of the slain, about twenty-five in number, of inconsiderable height. One of them is nearly forty feet in diameter, two are about half that size, and the rest very small.
[B] ADDLE. The church in this town is considered to be one of the most perfect specimens of Roman architecture remaining in England. In 1702, the traces of an ancient Roman town, with fragments of urns, Roman architecture. and of an aqueduct of stone were found in the adjacent moor.
[C] ADDLINGFLEET. A parish and township in the lower division of Osgold Cross, including the townships of Fockerby, Haldenby, and Eastoft. The village is situated very near the junction of the Trent with the Humber, the latter river being one of the largest in the kingdom, formed by the united waters of the Trent, Ouse, Derwent, Aire, and other minor streams. At this part it is about a mile broad, it is the Abus of Ptolemy. It runs towards the east, washing the port of Hull, where it receives the river called by the same name; from thence, taking a south-easterly direction, it expands itself into Boundary between Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. an estuary nearly seven miles across, and mingles with the German ocean. This river, which, with very few exceptions, receives all the waters of Yorkshire from the Ouse, and the greater part of those from the midland counties from the Trent, commands the inland navigation of very extensive and commercial parts of England; namely, those of the Mersey, Dee, Ribble, Severn, Thames, and Avon; it also forms the boundary between Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
Map Names of Places County Number of Miles From Dist. Lond. Popul ation.
7AdlingtontoCheshireMacclesfield 6Stockport6 Altringham101721066
22Adlington[A]toLancasterWigan4Chorley4 Bolton92641082
24Addlethorpeto & paLincolnAlford7Spilsby11 Wainfleet9134176
15AdlestroppaGloucesterStow4Burford11 Moreton686196
22AdmarshchapLancasterBurton11Kirkby Lon15 Garstang12240...
5AdstockpaBucksWinslow3Buckingham4 Bicester1152445
28AdstonehamNorthampTowcester7Daventry8 Brackley1067166
8AdventchapCornwallCamelford2Bodmin10 Launceston15230246
45Adwalton[B]hamW.R. YorkBradford4Leeds7 Huddersfield8192...
31AdwellpaOxfordTetsworth2Thame5 Watlington44148
45Adwick-on-DearnechW.R. YorkRotherham6Barnsley8 Doncaster7167145
45Adwickpa & toW.R. YorkDoncaster4Thorne10 Pontefract9166918
12Aff-PiddlepaDorsetDorchester9Bere Regis4 Blandford12111442
7AgdentoChesterMalpas3Whitchurch3 Nantwich11177104
7AgdentoChesterKnutsford6Warrington10 Altringham117999
43AgelthorpetoN.R. YorkMiddleham3Bedale6 Masham4226188
8Agnes, St[C]chaCornwallTruro9Redruth7 Falmouth142566642
[A] ADLINGTON. Through this township runs the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. It contains several coal mines. Adlington Hall, the seat Seat of Sir. Robert Clayton, Bart. of Sir Robert Clayton, Bart., was rebuilt about 1780; it stands in a low situation, on the borders of an extensive park, and contains some very good pictures, amongst which is a head of Charles I., taken after death. Ellerbeck Hall is the seat of John Hodson, Esq. In this neighbourhood is Park Hall, the seat of R.P. German, Esq. The inhabitants of Adlington are chiefly employed in the cotton manufactories of the vicinity.
[B] ADWALTON formerly possessed a market which is now disused. On Adwalton Moor, a battle was fought, in 1642, between Battle fought here in 1642. the Earl of Newcastle, commanding for the king, and the parliamentary general, Lord Fairfax, in which the latter was defeated.
Fairs, February 6, March 9, Easter Thursday, Thursday fortnight after Easter, Whit-Thursday; and every second Thursday thence to Michaelmas, for lean cattle; November 5, and December 23.
[C] St. AGNES is situated on the Bristol Channel. The town and parish, including a considerable mining district, is thickly strewed with the cottages of the miners. It is more frequently called Lighthouse Very high and strong light-house. Island, from a very high and strong light-house erected here, to warn the mariner from the rocks, which are more numerous about this than any other of the Scilly Islands. This building is upwards of sixty feet high, and stands on the most elevated ground. The light is produced by twenty-one parabolic reflectors of copper, plated with silver, and having each an argand lamp in its focus. The reflectors are disposed of in three clusters, of seven in each cluster, and the frame in which they are fixed stands perpendicularly to the horizon, on a shaft united to a machine below, which makes the whole revolve every two minutes. By this motion the light progressively sweeps the whole horizon; and by its gradual intermission and increase, it is readily distinguished from any other. Its brilliancy is also extraordinary; and by these combined efforts its benefits are greatly increased, as the seaman is at once rendered completely sensible of his situation. This light was designed by the ingenious Mr. Adam Walker, (lecturer on natural and experimental philosophy,) under whose inspection it was constructed. The light-house itself is of stone, and was erected, as appears from an inscription over the door, by Captain Hugh Till, and Captain Simon Bayley, in the year 1680. The charges attending the light are defrayed by the Trinity House. At St. Agnes is a pilchard St. Agnes' beacon. fishery. St. Agnes' Beacon, six hundred and sixty-four feet above the level of the sea, is formed out of an ancient cairn, or tumulus of stones; near which, a summer-house has been built, from whence is a fine view of St. Ives, and an extensive sea prospect. Near the same spot is St. Agnes' Well, of which many miraculous stories are in circulation, from its presumed holy and sanative properties.
This place gave birth to John Opie, whose persevering genius Birthplace of John Opie, the painter. advanced him to the highest rank in his profession. He was born at Harmony Cot, in May 1761. The opening years of his existence indicated that he must plod through life in the dull occupation of a carpenter, as successor to his father and grandfather. He distinguished himself at a very early period, for originality and strength of mind, and at twelve years of age commenced an evening school in St. Agnes, teaching arithmetic and writing, and reckoning amongst his scholars some who had nearly doubled his years. His first humble attempts at First attempts at portrait painting. portrait painting were with a smutty stick, against the white-washed wall of his paternal cottage, where he exhibited, in dark colours, very striking likenesses of the whole family. His next step was to draw with ochre on cartridge paper. He was apprenticed to his father, but from some unascertainable cause was turned over to a sawyer; and it was literally in the bottom of a saw-pit that Dr. Walcot, better known by the appellation of Peter Pindar, (who had previously seen and admired some of Opie's rude drawings,) first beheld this untutored Genius fostered by Dr. Walcot. child of genius, under whose patronage he was protected, and his fame promoted. After visiting Exeter, (where he was persuaded to change his surname, which originally was Hoppy, to that of Opie,) finding his success was commensurate with his abilities, it was soon determined they should be brought to act in a wider sphere; and, in 1780, the Doctor and his pupil repaired to London, where not agreeing as to the mode of living together, they separated, and although their attachment had been cemented by long-continued kindness, subsequently to Anecdotes of Opie. this period, yet they were never after cordially united. The opinion Opie entertained of the services which he had received from the Doctor, may be gathered from the following curious note of hand, which was said to be in the possession of the latter: "I promise to paint, for Dr. Walcot, any picture or pictures, he may demand, as long as I live; otherwise, I desire the world will consider me as a ... ungrateful son of a ..., John Opie." It is not certain that he ever deviated from this voluntary obligation, but it is matter of pleasant remark, that he always made his friend pay eighteen-pence for the canvass! Opie was as fortunate in Introduction to the King. London as he had been at Exeter. To Pindar, however, he was indebted for his introduction to public notice. Through him his pictures were shown to Mrs. Boscawen, by whom Opie was introduced to the late Mrs. Delaney, who procured for him the notice of King George III. An opportunity was contrived for the royal family to see his picture of the The Old Beggar Man; soon after which, Opie was honoured with a command to repair to Buckingham House. The artist's account of this interview was given in the following characteristical manner to Walcot, who has often been heard to relate it with great humour. "There was Mr. West," said Opie, "in the room, Opie's relation of his interview with royalty. and another gentleman. First, her majesty came in; and I made a sad mistake in respect to her, till I saw her face, and discovered by her features that she was the queen. In a few minutes his majesty came hopping in. I suppose," said Opie, "because he did not wish to frighten me. He looked at the pictures and liked them; but he whispered to Mr. West—'tell the young man I can only pay a gentleman's Royal economy. price for them.'" The picture which his majesty bought was that of A Man Struck by Lightning. The price given was £10, with which Opie returned to the Doctor full of spirits. His friend, when he heard the story, said, "Why, John, thou hast only got £8. for thy picture." "Indeed, but I have though," cried Opie, "for I have got the £10. safe in my pocket." On this he showed him the money. "Aye," rejoined the Doctor, "but dost thou know his majesty has got the frame for nothing, and that is worth £2." "D—- it, so he has," cried Opie—"I'll go back and knock at the door, and ask for the frame; D—- it, I will." He was actually about to put his resolve into execution, till dissuaded by the Doctor. Popularity naturally followed this notice of royalty. The ladies, however, soon deserted him, as his likenesses were not flattering; for where Nature had been niggardly, Opie refused to be liberal. He afterwards became better acquainted with the art of pleasing them; a change which has been attributed to Mrs. Opie, who used to stand over him, and endeavour to make him sensible of the graces of the female form. It was in the year 1786, First known as an exhibitor at Somerset House, 1786. that Mr. Opie became known as an exhibitor at Somerset House; soon after which he aspired to academical honours, and ultimately attained the rank of Royal Academician, and afterwards succeeded Fuseli, in the professorship of painting. He was twice married, but at what period his first hymeneal union occurred we are not informed—it was inauspicious. His second marriage, which took place on May 8, 1798, was more fortunate; and in the society of the late Mrs. Opie, the amiable author of many beautiful and interesting literary compositions, he enjoyed a delightful relief from the toilsome duties of his profession. Mr. Opie was in the daily acquisition of wealth and fame, and rapidly advancing to the very zenith of popularity, when his mortal career was suddenly closed by death, on Thursday, April 9, 1807, in the Died in 1807. forty-sixth year of his age. "As a portrait painter he has great claims to praise, particularly in his men, which are firm, bold, and freely delineated, and occasionally well coloured. His women are heavy, inelegant, and chiefly accompanied with a hardness that destroys all beauty."
Map Names of Places County Number of Miles From Dist. Lond. Popul ation.
9AglionbytoCumberlandCarlisle3Brampton6 Penrith18302107
22AightontoLancasterClitheroe6Blackburn7 Preston122101980
43AikbertoN.R. YorkMiddleham5Richmond6 Bedale423443
46AiketoE.R. YorkBeverley6M. Weighton9 Gt. Driffield719086
9Aiktonto & paCumberlandWigton4Carlisle9 Abbey-holm7309753
24AilsbypaLincolnshireGt. Grimsby 4Caistor 9 Barton15165...
28AilsworthhamNorthampPeterboro4M. Deeping9 Stamford983289
43Ainderby MyerstoN.R. YorkCatterick3Richmond4 Middleham7222...
43Ainderby QuernhowtoN.R. YorkThirsk6Northallerton 8 Ripon7217107
43Ainderby Steepleto & paN.R. YorkBedale5...2 Darlington12223802
9AinstablepaCumberlandPenrith11Carlisle11 Kirk Oswald5295...
46AinstiedisW.R. York............ ......1998740
43AiskewtoN.R. YorkBedale1Northallerton 6 Richmond9223586
44AismonderslyW.R. YorkRipon1Aldborough5 Masham7212...
22AinsworthtoLancasterManchester 7Bury3 Bolton81891584
9AinthorntoCumberlandWigton10Carlisle12 Gretna Green8315203
22AintreetoLancasterLiverpool6Ormskirk8 Prescott10212247
44AirtontoW.R. YorkSettle6Skipton6 Arnecliff7230179
43AiryholmetoN.R. YorkNew Malton7York16 Helmsley6223...
43AisenbytoN.R. YorkBorobridge6Ripon6 Thirsk5211...
43Aislabyto & paN.R. YorkWhitby2Scarboro18 Pickering15237402
13AislabytoDurhamStockton4Darlington11 Yarm1244143
24Aisthorpeto & paLincolnLincoln7Gainsboro12 Kirton1214089
29AkeldtoNorthumbWooler2Coldstream9 Kirk Newton3322171
5Akeleyto & paBucksBrackley9Buckingham3 Sto. Stratford659291
36AkenhampaSuffolkIpswich4Woodbridge9 Needham773119
18Albans, St[A]bo & toHertsWatford8Dunstable12 Hatfield6214772
[A] St. ALBANS is situated on the river Ver, or Muss, and consists of three parishes; parts of two of which, extend beyond the limits of the Originally the British metropolis. borough. It is said to have been the site of the ancient British metropolis of Cassibelanus, and is very near that of the ancient Roman Verulam, mentioned by Tacitus, being the same as the Saxon Watlingceaster, so called because seated on the road called Watling-street. It was here that Queen Boadicea made her celebrated assault on the Romans, and failed, after an immense slaughter of seventy thousand men. In 795, Offa, king of Mercia, erected an abbey here, in memory of St. Alban, the British protomartyr, who was born here in the third century. He served in the Roman army, but was converted to Christianity by a monk, named Amphilabus, and suffered during the Dioclesian persecution, A.D. 303. The abbey subsequently obtained great privileges, and became very rich, the revenues at the dissolution amounting to upwards of £2500. per annum. Monastic foundations had their origin in this country, about the time of St. Augustine, who came from Rome, to convert the Pagan Saxons to Christianity; and when Offa ascended the throne of Mercia, about twenty great monasteries had been founded in England, and about the same number of episcopal sees established. Offa's zeal prompted him to do what many of his crowned predecessors King Offa's extraordinary vision, which induced him to build the abbey. had done; but being undetermined whom to select as the patron saint of his establishment, it is recorded that, while at the city of Bath, an angel appeared to him in the silence of the night, desiring him to raise out of the earth the body of Alban, the first British martyr, and place his remains in a suitable shrine. Even the memory of Alban had been lost for three hundred and forty years; but the king assembling his clergy and people at Verulam, an active search was made for his body with prayer, fasting, and alms; when it is said a ray of light was seen by all to stand over the place of burial, similar to the star that conducted the magi to Bethlehem. The ground was therefore opened, and, in the presence of the king, the body of Alban was found. Offa is said to have placed a golden circle round the head of the St. Alban's body found after a lapse of 494 years; a golden circle placed round his head. deceased, with an inscription, to signify his name and title, and immediately caused the remains of the saint to be conveyed to a small chapel, without the walls of Verulam, as the town was then called, until a more noble edifice could be raised for its reception. This is said to have occurred on the 1st day of August, 791, four hundred and ninety-four years after the martyrdom of Alban. Offa afterwards made a journey to Rome, and obtained the desired privileges of his intended foundation, with great commendations for his zeal and piety, from the pope, when he undertook to build a stately church and monastery, to the memory of St. Alban. From this abbey the town originated, which early obtained considerable importance. The abbey church, which claims particular attention for its size, beauty, and antiquity, is constructed of Roman brick, to which age has given the appearance of stone. A stone screen, erected before the communion table, in 1461, is much admired for the richness and lightness of its sculpture. The tombs of the founder, Offa, and that of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, are shown here; and, not Duke of Gloucester's body found nearly entire. many years ago, the leaden coffin, containing the body of the latter, was opened, and the corpse found nearly entire. The Roman antiquities discovered on the site have been very numerous. The effect of the venerable abbey, when seen from a distance, is extremely imposing; situated upon an eminence, its massive towers rise majestically above the houses of the ancient town, which is well, known to have derived its first importance from the Romans, since which, it has increased chiefly under the protecting influence of successive abbots of this rich and powerful monastery. The prospect of its mouldering ruins, forces upon the mind a melancholy train of reflection on the instability of all human institutions.
Market, Saturday.—Fairs, March 25 and 26; October 10 and 11, for horses, cows, sheep, and hiring servants.—Inns, Angel, and White Hart.—Mail arrives 10.15 P.M. Departs 4.30 A.M.
Map Names of Places County Number of Miles From Dist. Lond. Popul ation.
38AlbournpaSussexHurst2Brighton8 Cuckfield642362
33Albrightonto & chapSalopShrewsbury4Wem7 Ellesmere121571054
33AlbrightonpaSalopShiffnall6Bridgnorth10 Wolverhamp713798
27AlburghpaNorfolkHarleston3Bungay5 Norwich16103586
31AlburypaOxfordTetsworth3Thame4 Wheatley345239
18AlburypaHertsBp Stortford5Standon4Buntingford 7 35631
37AlburypaSurreyGuildford6Dorking7Godalming729929
27AlbypaNorfolkAylesham6Cromer5N. Walsham6126346
12AlcesterlibDorsetShaftesbury 1 Sherborne16 Salisbury 20 101227
39Alcester[A]m.t.& paWarwickWarwick16Stratford 8Bromsgrove12 103 2405
38AlcistonpaSussexSeaford5Hailsham5Lewes764266
19AlconburypaHuntsHuntingdon4Kimbolton 8Stilton9 63 765
19Alconbury WestonchapHunts...5...8...863441
27AldboroughpaNorfolkAylesham5Cromer6Holt9126275
43AldboroughtoN.R. YorkRichmond7Darlington 5 Bernard Cas 10 240522
46Aldboroughto & paE.R. YorkHull11Hornsea6Hedon6185620
45Aldborough[B]pa & toW.R. YorkYork18Thirsk10Ripon62072447
41Aldbourn[C]to & paWiltsMarlboro7Ramsbury3Swindon8731418
18AldburypaHertsTring3Dunstable 7Berkhampst4 34 695
22AldcliffehamLancasterLancaster2Garstang 10Kirk. Londs. 17 23896
36Aldeburgh[D]m. t.SuffolkOrford5Saxmundha 7Dunwich10 941341
[A] ALCESTER is situated at the confluence of the two small rivers, Alne and Arrow, having a bridge over each. It is supposed to have been a Roman station; Roman coins, urns, and similar relics, A Roman station. having been frequently found here. The Roman way of Icknield Street also passed through it, and from its situation it is deemed the Alana of Richard of Cirencester. It was anciently a borough by prescription, Many relics of antiquity found. and of some note in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, when it became the property of the Beauchamps, and afterwards of the Grevilles. The church is a fine gothic structure; the market is well supplied with corn; and the manufacture of needles is very extensive. Here is a Free School, founded by Walter Newport, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and various alms-houses and small charities, originating in different benefactors. Traces of the site of Traces of an abbey founded by King Stephen. an abbey, founded in the reign of King Stephen, to the north of the town, are still visible.
Market, Tuesday.—Mail arrives 9½ A.M., departs 8½ P.M.—Inn, Angel.—Fairs, March 20, June 23, Tuesday before April 5, May 18, 2nd Tuesday in July, for cheese.
[B] ALDBOROUGH. Fair, September 4.
[C] ALDBOURN. Market, Tuesday.
[D] ALDEBURGH is pleasantly situated in the valley of Slaughton, and bounded on the eastern side by the sea, which has made considerable encroachments, and nearly washed a street away. The river Ald runs on the south side, and forms a convenient quay. The town is mean in construction, and chiefly inhabited by fishermen and seafaring people. Soles, lobsters, and other fish are abundant. It is remarkable as the birth-place of the late Rev. George Crabbe, emphatically styled Birth place of the Rev. George Crabbe, the poet. Biographical sketch of his life. the Poet of the Poor, who was born December 24, 1754. His father was an officer in the Customs, and at first gave him an education, merely suitable to follow the same pursuit; but when his prospects brightened, he removed his son to a classical seminary, where he was instructed for a surgeon and apothecary, to which profession he was in due time apprenticed, but relinquished all views of establishing himself in practice. At a very early period he became a versifier; and among his precocious attempts was a prize poem, on Hope, which was inserted in the Lady's Magazine, then published by Mr. Wheeble. Crabbe came to London, in 1778, with £3. in his Crabbe's arrival in London, 1778. pocket, and made versification his chief study. His first published work was The Candidate, a poem, in quarto, which came into the world anonymously, in 1780, and was favourably received. A short time afterwards, his poverty and poetry induced him to seek the His first published work well received. patronage of Edmund Burke, to whom he submitted a large quantity of miscellaneous composition; he had no introduction to Mr. Burke, excepting his own letter, stating his circumstances; no recommendation but his distress, and yet his application was attended with success. His patron introduced him to some of the first men in the country, and soon after became the means of benefiting his fame and fortune; he selected from young Crabbe's works, The Library and The Village, suggesting at the same time certain corrections and improvements. Among the eminent persons to whom he was thus introduced, was the Right Hon. Charles James Fox, Sir Joshua Reynolds, at whose mansion he first Crabbe's introduction to eminent persons. beheld, and was made known to, Dr. Johnson, who gave the young poet his opinion of The Village. Mr. Burke having directed Mr. Crabbe's views to the church, in 1781 he was ordained a deacon by the Bishop of Norwich, and priest by the same dignitary in the following year; he was next appointed domestic chaplain to the Duke of Rutland at Belvoir Castle. As Mr. Crabbe had not received a university education, he was offered a degree by Trinity College, Cambridge, but eventually received the grant from the Archbishop of Canterbury, at Lambeth, and thus became a Bachelor of Laws. Burke also Promoted to the church. introduced Mr. Crabbe to Lord Chancellor Thurlow, who presented him to rectories in Dorset and Lincoln consecutively. He had previously a curacy at Strathorn, a village near Belvoir Castle, where he married and became a father; he was universally respected for his talents and virtues, and died at Trowbridge, at seven o'clock in the morning of Died at Trowbridge 1132. the 8th of February, 1832. The publications of Mr. Crabbe have placed him high on the roll of British Poets.
Market, Wednesday and Saturday.—Fairs, March 1, and May 3, for toys.—Inn, White Lion.—Mail arrives at 9½ A.M. departs 5½ P.M.
Map Names of Places County Number of Miles From Dist. Lond. Popul ation.
27AldebypaNorfolkBeccles3Yarmouth11Lowestoft7112530
18AldenhampaHertsWatford3St. Albans6Elstree3171494
41AlderburytoWiltsSalisbury3Downton4Farley3801323
27AlderfordpaNorfolkReepham3Norwich9Aylesham710840
15AlderleypaGloucesterWickwar4Wooton2Tetbury8108200
7AlderleypaChesterMacclesfield5Knutsford5Congleton81721338
4Aldermaston[A]paBerksReading10Newbury8Kingsclere549636
42AlderminsterpaWorcesterEvesham10Stratford-Av.5Shipston-Sto.689454
41AldertonpaWiltsMalmsbury6Tetbury7Chippenham8103213
15AldertonpaGloucesterWinchcomb3Cheltenham7Tewkesbury7102330
28AldertonpaNorthampTowcester4Northampton9Sto. Stratford958162
36AldertonpaSuffolkWoodbridge7Orford9Ipswich1279575
7AlderseytoChesterChester8Tarporley8Malpas5175138
16AldershottpaHantsFarnham3Odiham4Bakewell9138424
7Aldfordto & paChesterChester5Malpas10Tarporley9177710
45AldfieldtoW.R. YorkRipon3Ripley4Borobridge7208133
14AldhampaEssexCoggeshall4Colchester6Neyland648407
36AldhampaSuffolkHadley2Stow-Market9Ipswich866318
38AldingbournpaSussexChichester4Arundel7Bognor562833
22AldinghampaLancasterUlverstone5Dalton4Lancaster15277884
21Aldington[B]paKentHythe6Ashford7New Romney860732
[A] ALDERMASTON. Fairs, May 6, July 7, for horses and cattle, and October 11, for pedlery.
[B] ALDINGTON. Elizabeth Barton, commonly called the Holy Maid of Kent, a religious impostor, lived in the reign of Henry VIII. She was a servant at Aldington, and having been for a long The History of the Holy Maid of Kent. time afflicted with convulsions, which distorted her limbs and countenance, and threw her body into the most violent agitations, acquired a power of counterfeiting the same appearances whenever she pleased. Richard Master, who then held this living, with other ecclesiastics, thinking her a proper instrument for their purpose, induced her to pretend that all she said and did, was by a supernatural impulse, and taught her to act her part in the most perfect manner. Thus she pretended to be honoured with visions; to hear heavenly voices and most ravishing melody; she declaimed against the wickedness of the times, against heresy and innovations; exhorting all persons to frequent the church, to hear masses, to make frequent confessions, and to pray to our lady, and all saints. This artful management, with her apparent piety, virtue, and austerity of life, completely deceived even Sir Thomas More, Bishop Fisher, and Archbishop Warham, the last of which appointed commissioners to examine her, to whom she was instructed to say, in her counterfeit trances, that she should never recover till she went to visit the image of the Virgin Mary, in a chapel dedicated to her in this parish, which was done. After that she pretended that she was called to be a nun, and the Archbishop being fully satisfied with the reports, had her placed in the nunnery of St. Sepulchre, Canterbury, Holy Maid of Kent. where she alleged she had visions and revelations of a divine nature, so as to completely impose upon the public. The main object of the priests, her managers, was directed publicly to announce how God had revealed to her, "that in case the king should divorce Queen Catherine of Anjou, and take another wife during her life, his royalty would not be of a month's duration, but that he should die the death of a villain," which created considerable excitement, and much controversy: encouraged by the lenity of the government, the ecclesiastics in this conspiracy, resolved to publish the revelations of the nun throughout the kingdom. They had communicated them to the Pope's Ambassadors, and exhorted Queen Catherine to persist in her resolutions. At length this The imposture detected. confederacy became a serious affair, and Henry ordered the maid and her accomplices to be examined in the Star Chamber, where they confessed all the particulars of the imposture; and afterwards, upon a scaffold erected at Paul's Cross, were compelled to hear their confession publicly read; they were confined in the Tower until the meeting of parliament, by whom the whole affair was pronounced to be a conspiracy against the king's life, and crown. The nun, and her confederates, were Herself and confederates executed at Tyburn. eventually attainted of high treason, and executed at Tyburn, April 20th, 1534, where she confessed the imposture, laying the blame on her accomplices, the priests; craving pardon of God, and the King.
Map Names of Places County Number of Miles From Dist. Lond. Popul ation.
42AldingtonhamWorcesterEvesham3Moreton10Alcester1096104
35AldridgepaStaffordWalsall3Sut. Coldfield4Lichfleld61161804
36AldringhampaSuffolkAldeburgh2Saxmundha5Dunwich794362
38AldringtonpaSussexBrighton5Steyning6Worthing755615
9Aldstone Moor[A]to & paCumberlandCarlisle25Kirk Oswald12Haltwhistle102726858
15AldsworthpaGloucesterNorthleach4Fairford6Burford478353
16AldwarktoDerbyWirksworth4Ashbourn6Winster614597
44AldwarktoN. R YorkBorobridge5Easingwold4Knaresboro9202190
45AldwarketoW. R YorkRotherham2Sheffield4Barnsley8172
28Aldwinckle-all Saints p NorthampThrapston 3 Kettering 10 Oundle 5 76 247
28Aldwinckle-St PeterpaNorthamp...3...10...576171
4Aldsworth[B]paBerksEast Ilsley4Wallingford7Newbury1150268
[A] ALDSTONE MOOR, in Leath Ward, is situated on the borders of Northumberland, in the most picturesque and romantic part of the Picturesque and Romantic scenery. county. The town itself stands upon a hill, at the bottom of which runs the river Tyne. The immediate vicinity abounds in lead-mines, on estates which once belonged to the Derwentwater family. On the attainder of the last earl, they were granted in aid of the support of Greenwich Hospital, from the trustees of which national institution, the mines are at present leased. Satin spar is found in this parish; there is also a pool on Gildersdale Fell, the slime of which is used for painting The slime of a pool use for painting yellow. yellow. About three miles from the town, are the earthworks of Whitley castle, where relics of antiquity have frequently been discovered.
Market, Saturday.—Fairs, last Thursday in May, 1st Thursday in September, for cattle, horses, linen and woollen cloth.
[B] ALDWORTH is pleasantly situated on a hill: here was anciently a mansion belonging to the family of De La Beche, the site of which is now Beach Farm. In the churchyard is a remarkable yew-tree, the Remarkable yew-tree, nine yards round. trunk measuring nine yards in circumference, at upwards of four feet from the ground. The church is celebrated for its very ancient monuments, nine in number, disposed in enriched arches on each side, and Church celebrated for ancient monuments. in the centre of the interior; these are supposed to belong to the De La Beche family, and from the costume of the figures upon the tombs, may be referred to the fourteenth century; six of them are knights in armour; two are females, and one in the common habit of the time; some of the knights are represented lying cross-legged; these had vowed, or accompanied a crusade; the workmanship is excellent, and the attitude and expression of each of the figures that remain perfect, are exceedingly graceful, but several of the monuments are now considerably mutilated. The font is very ancient, and remarkably plain, but very capacious, and somewhat singular in its form.
Map Names of Places County Number of Miles From Dist. Lond. Popul ation.
29AlemouthtoNorthumbLesbury2Alnwick5Morpeth19311415
28AlesworthhamNorthampDeeping7Wandsford3Peterborough587289
37AlfoldpaSurreyGuildford10Godalming7Haslemere941514
24Alfordm.t. & paLincolnSaltfleet12Lincoln34Louth111421784
34AlfordpaSomersetShepton7Castle Cary2Glastonbury8115137
10Alfreton[A]paDerbyDerby14Wirksworth10Mansfield91395691
42AlfrickchapWorcesterBromvard6Worcester8Gt. Malvern10119493
38AlfristonpaSussexNewhaven5Seaford3Hailsham655694
24AlgarkirkpaLincolnFosdyke Br.3Boston6Donnington7111651
31AlkertonpaOxfordShipston8Banbury6Kineton677192
21AlkhampaKentCanterbury12Dover4Folkestone469542
15Alkingtonti & toGloucesterOld Passage10Berkeley1Dursley31131167
10AlkmontontoDerbyDerby10Ashbourn5Uttoxeter713479
22AlkringtontoLancasterRochdale7Manchester6Oldham1187367
41Alcanningspa & toWiltsCalne7Devizes4Marlborough988811
29Allendalepa & toNorthumbAldsto. Moor10Hexham8Haltwhistle102735540
29Allen-HeadpaNorthumb...9Hexham12Allendale4268...
8Allen, St.paCornwallSt. Michael4Truro4Falmouth12252637
17AllensmorepaHerefordThruxton2Hereford4Ross12131592
29Allentonpa & toNorthumbWooler16Rothbury8Bellingham15310822
34AllerpaSomersetTaunton11Somerton6Bridgewater8128490
9AllerbytoCumberlandWigton8Cockermout7Abbey-Holm6313
43AllerstonpaN.R. YorkNew Malton8Pickering5Scarborough10220385
46AllerthorpepaE.R. YorkYork11Pocklington 2M. Weighton6212 185
43AllerthorpetoN.R. YorkNorthallerton6Bedale5Thirsk6218167
22AllertontoLancasterWarrington12Liverpool6Prescott6202374
34Allerton ChapelpaSomersetWells10Axbridge3Bridgewater11132313
45Allerton ChapelpaW.R. YorkHalifax7Leeds2Bradford81941730
45AllertontoW.R. YorkOttley5Bradford4Keighly42001733
45Allerton BywatertoW.R. YorkWakefield6Pontefract5Leeds6182375
45Allerton Mauleverer[B]pW.R. YorkWetherby5Knaresboro4Borobridge5202
[A] ALFRETON, is situated about two miles from the commencement of the moors, which extend so widely in this county. The town is Built by King Alfred. supposed to have been built by King Alfred, and to derive its name from him. The spot is shown where the house stood in which he lived. The inhabitants are principally employed in a stocking manufactory, and in the neighbouring collieries. Earthenware is also made in this place, and the Monday market, for corn, is considerable. In 700 Roman coins found here. Greenhill Lane, near this town, seven hundred Roman coins, were discovered by a labourer employed in repairing a fence.
Markets, Monday and Friday.—Mail arrives 2¼ P.M., departs 9¼ A.M.—Fairs, horses and cattle, October 8, and November 22, statute.—Inns, Angel, and George.
[B] ALLERTON MAULEVERER, is situated in a very beautiful part of Yorkshire. The park now in the possession of Lord Stourton, consists of about four hundred acres, in which is a superb mansion; the land is Extensive park and mansion. very rich, and charmingly diversified by a variety of hills, dales, and groves, which are considerably enlivened, and receive much additional beauty, from a very fine expanse of water. An octagonal tower has Picturesque tower. been built on a lofty hill, finely shaded with trees; it consists of two rooms, and is approached by a double flight of steps, each of which, as well as the terrace around the building, are protected by iron palisades. From this commanding situation, all the various beauties of the park are seen to the greatest advantage, and many extensive and diversified prospects are enjoyed. Here was a priory of Benedictine Here was a Priory of Benedictine monks. monks, founded by Richard Mauleverer, in the reign of Henry II., which was dissolved about three centuries afterwards by King Henry VI. The manor was the seat of the Mauleverer family for more than five hundred years, when Sir Richard, the last heir, who died unmarried, left the estate by will to his mother, who, afterwards by marriage, conveyed it to the Arundel family, and from them it became the property of the Honourable, William Monkton Arundel, Viscount Galway, whose son, the late Lord Galway, sold it in the year 1786, to the late Duke of York, who afterwards occasionally resided in the park, with George IV., then Prince of Wales. The estate, comprising four thousand five hundred and twenty-five acres, was sold by the Royal Duke to Sale of the estate by the late Duke of York, for £110,000. Colonel Thornton, for £110,000; and was, in 1805, resold by that gentleman to the late Lord Stourton, father of the present proprietor. The mansion stands on a gentle elevation; it was erected by his Royal Highness the Duke of York, and has since been considerably improved.
Map Names of Places County Number of Miles From Dist. Lond. Popul ation.
39AllesleypaWarwickCoventry2Nuneaton8Kenilworth693875
10AllestreypaDerbyDerby2Ashbourn14Alfreton13128501
23AllextonpaLeicesterRockingham6M. Harboro9Uppingham58968
9AllhallowspaCumberlandWigton5Market Ireby4Allonby7308205
21AllhallowspaKentRochester7Sheerness5Queenboro636263
12AllingtonpaDorsetBridport1Lyme Regis8Beaminster51361300
21Allington[A] paKentMaidstone2Rochester7Wrotham8 32 37
[A] ALLINGTON. Situated in the hundred of Larkefield, in the lathe of Aylesford, near the river Medway. Allington Castle was originally built in the Saxon times, by a noble family denominated The castle. Columbary, but was razed afterwards by the Danes. The manor was given after the conquest to Bishop Odo, (in whose time there was Mansion given to Bishop Odo. a church at Allington,) and on his disgrace, to the great Earl Warrenne, who is stated to have had the castle rebuilt, which, however, seems to be doubtful, as the famous Sir Stephen Penchester, constable of Dover Castle, in the reign of Edward I., and then owner of this manor, had a license to fortify, and embattle, his mansion-house here. It passed afterwards to the Cobham family; and from them to the Brents, by whom it was alienated to Sir Henry Wyatt, a descendant from Sir Henry Wyatt deprived of seventeen manors and his liberty, for treason. a worthy Yorkshire family; who, besides losing seventeen manors, was deprived of his liberty for engaging in the plot against Richard III. in favour of the Earl of Richmond; but when success had crowned the attempts of the latter, he was released by the new king, knighted, made banneret, a knight of the bath, and a privy counsellor. He made this castle his residence; and here was born his accomplished son and successor, Sir Thomas Wyatt. This gentleman who was equally renowned, as a scholar, a soldier, and a statesman, (in consequence of which he was considered to be "the delight of the muses and mankind") made this a "fair seat," and was visited here by Henry VIII., Sir Thomas Wyatt, was an accomplished scholar, soldier and statesman. (as his father Sir Henry had also been,) with whom he was a great favourite; though he appears in some degree to have unintentionally excited his jealousy, through the admiration which his accomplishments had raised in the breast of the fascinating Anne Boleyn. He died in his thirty-eighth year, at Sherborne, in Dorsetshire, of a violent fever. His son Sir Thomas Wyatt, the younger, being deprived of his estates and life, for treason against Queen Mary, this castle and manor became vested in the crown, and were granted, on lease by Elizabeth, to John Astley Esq., master of her jewels, in her eleventh year. His son, Sir John Astley, afterwards had the whole granted to him by the queen's letters patent, dated in her twenty-sixth year, and from Parish consists of one house, a church, and a cottage. his family it was transferred to that of Lord Romney, and is now the property of the present earl. The remains of the castle are particularly curious and interesting, but give the idea rather of a fortified dwelling, than of a place of strength. The moat still exists, as does the entrance gateway, which was erected by the Cobhams. Besides the castle and parsonage, (a mere cottage,) there is only one house in this parish; though Sir Stephen de Penchester is recorded to have procured a grant of a market weekly, and a three days annual fair for his manor of Allington.
Map Names of Places County Number of Miles From Dist. Lond. Popul ation.
41AllingtonpaWiltsAmesbury4Salisbury6Andover117780
41AllingtontoWiltsChippenham2Malmsbury9Bath1395162
41AllingtontoWiltsDevizes4Calne7Marlboro1088162
11Allington, EastpaDevonKingsbridge4Dartmouth6Totness7205677
11Allington, WestpaDevon...1Modbury7Plymouth18207872
24Allington, WestpaLincolnGrantham5Newark10M. Mowbray 16 115 357
22Allithwaite, UppertoLancasterCartmel3Hawkeshead11Ulverstone 11 255 759
22Allithwaite, LowertoLancaster...1...13..by Ferry 6 257 838
9AllonbytoCumberlandWigton11Cockermouth9Abbey-Holm 8 315 783
7AllostocktoChesterKnutsford5Middlewich5Northwich6168448
36All Saints, St. ElmpaSuffolkHalesworth5Bungay5Harleston5105439
17AlmeleypaHerefordWeobly5Kington4Leominster 13150 670
12Almer, WestpaDorsetBlandford6Bere Regis6Wimborne7107
35AlmingtontoStaffordDrayton1Newcastle12Eccleshall 10 158 340
39Almington & DelphtoWarwickTamworth2Atherstone7Coleshill 10 112 264
38AlmodingtonpaSussexChichester6Bognor10Selsea-Bill 4 68
45Almondbury[A]pa & toW.R. YorkHuddersfield2Barnsley10Wakefield918630606
15Almondsburypa & tiGloucesterThornbury4Old Pas. Hou.5Bristol81171408
34AlmsfordpaSomersetCastle Cary1Bruton4Glastonbury 9 114 304
43Alnepa & toN.R. YorkEasingwold3Borobridge6Thirsk92121967
39Alne, Greatchap & toWarwickAlcester3Henley-Arden5Stratford7103343
29Alnhampa & toNorthumbAlnwick14Wooler11Rothbury9314278
29Alnwick[B]m. t. & paNorthumbNewcastle34Morpeth19...11 308 6788
[A] ALMONDBURY is situated near the river Calder, in the upper division of the wapentake of Aybrigg. Here is a grammar school, Grammar school founded by James I. founded by patent from James I. and endowed with about £120 per annum. This place is noted for its extensive woollen manufactories. It was anciently called Albanbury. In the neighbourhood traces of an ancient castle, on an eminence, are still discernable. It is supposed, by some antiquarians, to have been the Campodonum of the Ancient castle.Campodonum of the Romans. Romans, and subsequently a royal seat of some of the Saxon kings.
[B] ALNWICK, is on the high road from London to Berwick, and usually regarded as the capital of the county. It is situated partly in the southern division of Barnborough Ward, and partly in the eastern division of Coquetdale Ward. It is built irregularly, on the declivities of a hill, near the river Alne, over which a handsome stone bridge was erected by the late Duke of Northumberland, which bears the Percy crest on the parapet; there is also another bridge, of one arch, lower down the river; these two bridges serve as boundaries to the fine lawns surrounding the castle. At the head of Pottergate is a tower or clock-house, built in 1786. An abbey of Premonstratension canons An abbey of monks, founded in 1147. was founded at Alnwick by Eustace St. John, in the year 1147. It was pleasantly situated on the northern margin of the Alne, the site of which was granted, in 1549, to Ralph Sadler, and Lawrence Wennington, after which it became the seat of the Brandling family, and also of the Doubleday family, by whom it was sold to the Duke of Northumberland. A fine gate house still remains, on which the Percy arms is visible. This town has a spacious market place, and a considerable town hall, in which the sessions and county courts are held. It is paved, watched, and lighted, under an act passed in 1821. Although the county town, the assizes are held at Newcastle. Alnwick Castle has been for many centuries a fortress of great Fortress of great strength. strength, and the family mansion of the Percys'; it stands on an eminence on the south side of the Alne, opposite to the town, and commands a beautiful view of the country. The walls are flanked with sixteen gothic towers, the battlements of which, are ornamented with figures of ancient warriors: it is very celebrated in border history, and was peculiarly fatal to the kings of Scotland, of whom Malcolm II. and his son Edward, The fall of Malcolm II. and his son Edward. fell before it; and William, surnamed the Lion, was taken prisoner. The castle has lately undergone a complete repair; great attention having been paid to the restoration of the gothic ornaments in their original style. The chapel has been rendered extremely beautiful, by the introduction of a ceiling, in imitation of the celebrated one of King's College, Cambridge. There is also a handsome window, on the model of one at York Minster, and the walls are painted in the manner of those of the cathedral of Milan. The tenants of the estate at Alnwick, in the year 1818, erected a monument to the memory of Monument to the memory of the late Duke of Northumberland. the late Duke of Northumberland, who died in 1817, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. The Percy column, as it is called, stands on a beautiful knoll, adjoining the road on the southern entrance to the town; it rises without a pedestal, and may be seen in every direction, it is eighty-three feet in height, but may be ascended easily by a circular flight of stairs within. There is an immemorial custom continued here on the proclamation of the several Curious customs in Alnwick. fairs; divers adjacent townships, which are free of toll in the borough, by this service, send their deputies to attend the bailiff, on the eve of the fair, when he makes proclamation; after which they keep watch all night in every part of the town, and this is the most perfect remains of watch and ward retained in any part of this country. It is said that King John, having endured considerable inconvenience from the miry state of the roads, in humorous revenge, directed that for the future, the freemen of Alnwick, should be made in the following manner, which is still observed.—On St. Mark's day, those who Making freemen at Alnwick through a muddy pool. are to be made free, assemble in the market place, dressed in white, with white caps, and a sword by their side. They proceed on horseback from this place to the town moor, headed by the four chamberlains, attired in the same manner, where they alight and rush through a muddy pool; having performed this ceremony, they change their soiled garments, and return to the town. Here is a free school, supported by a revenue arising out of the tolls, and various minor charities.
Market, Saturday,—Mail arrives 6¼ A.M., departs 5½ P.M.—Fairs, Palm Sunday eve, for shoes, hats, &c.; May 12th, horses and horned cattle; last Monday in July, linen and woollen cloth; 1st Tuesday in October, and October 28th, horses and cattle; and Saturday before Christmas Day, for shoes, hats, and woollens.—Bankers, Ridley and Co., draw on Glynn and Co.—Inn, White Swan.
Map Names of Places County Number of Miles From Dist. Lond. Popul ation.
14AlphamstonepaEssexHalstead5Sudbury5Colchester1050277
36AlphastonpaSuffolkSudbury7Lavenham3Bury1061309
11AlphingtonpaDevonExeter1Topsham5Chudleigh81671236
27AlpingtonpaNorfolkNorwich6Loddon5Hempnell6119197
7AlprahamtoChesterTarporley3Malpas8Nantwich7176418
14AlresfordpaEssexColchester5St. Osyth6Manningtre856297
16Alresford, New[A]m.t.HantsSouthamp.19Winchester7Alton10571437
[A] NEW ALRESFORD, is in the north division of the hundred of Alton: seated on the river Itchin, at no great distance from its source. It was anciently a more populous place than at present, the navigation Formerly a populous place. of the river, having at one time extended from Southampton to this town; whereas, it now ceases at Winchester. Alresford is divided into two parishes, of which that of Old Alresford is deemed the mother church. The town, which formerly sent a member to parliament, is governed by a bailiff and eight burgesses; and the petty sessions are held here. There is a manufacture of linseys of some consequence, but generally speaking, the trade is much decayed. At Tichbourne Tichbourne Hall, seat of Sir H. Tichbourne. Hall, about two miles distant, the seat of Sir H. Tichbourne, there has been bestowed annually, on Lady Day, from the reign of Henry II. a gift to every applicant of twopence in bread or money; of which bounty, in some years, no less than seventeen hundred persons have partaken.
Market, Thursday.—Mail arrives 3½ A.M. departs 11½ P.M.—Fairs, last Thursday in July, and October 17, sheep, &c.—Bankers, Knapp & Co. draw on Barclay & Co.—Inn, Swan.
Map Names of Places County Number of Miles From Dist. Lond. Popul ation.
16Alresford, OldpaHantsSouthamp.19Winchester7Alton1057459
35AlrewaspaStaffordLichfield5Burton8Bromley51241607
35Alewas HayesdisStafford...4...9...612477
7AlsagerpaChesterSandbach5Congleton9Nantwich8157446
10Alsop-le-DalepaDerbyAshbourn6Longnor8Winster614561
22AlstontoLancasterPreston6Blackburn6Clitheroe92221030
42AlstonechapWorcesterTewkesbury 5Evesham7Pershore7 101 78
35Alstonefieldpa & toStaffordAshbourn6Longnor6Winster81445169
22AltcarchapLancasterOrmskirk6Liverpool11Prescott13214505
8AlternonpaCornwallLaunceston 8Camelford8Bodmin16 222 1069
22Althamto & chapLancasterBurnley5Colne11Blackburn6212413
14AlthornepaEssexMaldon6Southminster 3Rochford6 42 352
24Althorppa & toLincolnBurton5Epworth5Glandford Br 12 165 981
27AlthorpehamNorfolkFakenham2N. Walsingh.3Holt101119
48AltmawrchapBreconBuilth3Brecon12Aberedwy217043
45AltoftstoW.R. YorkWakefield4Leeds8Pontefract3186502
16Alton[A]m.t. & paHantsSouthamp.29Basingstok e10Farnham10472742
41Alton BarnespaWiltsMarlboro7Devizes7Pewsey482138
12Alton PancraspaDorsetDorchester7Cerne-Abbas3Sherborne10120210
41Alton PriorschapWiltsDevizes7Marlboro7Pewsey482205
7Altringham[B]m.t.ChesterKnutsford7Stockport10Manchester91792708
[A] ALTON is seated on the river Wye; it is a pleasant open town, consisting of three streets, of which the principal contains some handsome houses. It is governed by a constable appointed by the magistracy, and a petty sessions are held in the town. The district around is celebrated for the superiority of its hop plantations, and Celebrated for hops, and manufactures in serges and other worsted fabrics. possesses manufactures of druggets, serges, and other worsted fabrics, which are dyed in the wool. It was at Alton that Sir William Waller, in December 1643, obtained some advantages over the forces of Lord Hopton, who had taken his post in the town, the regiment commanded by Colonel Bowles retreated to the church, but not having time to barricade Church converted to a fortress. the doors, threw down their arms, and surrendered; but the Colonel himself, refusing quarter, was slain on the spot. Amongst the celebrated men to whom this town has given birth, may be mentioned William de Alton, a Dominican Friar, who lived in the time of Edward II., and wrote on the universality of the pollution of mankind by original sin. John Pitts, the Roman Catholic Biographer, who was born in 1560, and died in 1616; and William Curtis the Botanist, who was born about 1746, and died in 1799.
Market, Saturday.—Mail arrives 2 A.M. departs 12¾ A.M.—Fairs, Saturday before May, sheep and lambs, September 29, cattle and toys.—Commercial Banking Company, draw on Williams, and Co.—Inn, Swan.
[B] ALTRINGHAM is a very neat market-town in the parish of Bowden, and hundred of Bucklow, near which the Duke of Bridgewater's canal passes from the Mersey at Runcorn, to Manchester; it Yarn, cotton, and worsted manufactories possesses several factories of yarn, cotton, and worsted, and the vicinity supplies the markets of Manchester well with fruit and vegetables. This town was anciently a fee for the barons of Dunham Massey, one of whom granted to it a guild mercatory in the thirteenth century.
Market, Tuesday.—Mail arrives 4½ A.M., departs 9½ P.M.—Fairs, April 29, August 5, November 22, for cattle and drapery.—Inns, Bowling Green and Unicorn.
Map Names of Places County Number of Miles From Dist. Lond. Popul ation.
7AlvanleychapChesterFrodsham3Warrington9Chester10188341
7AlvastontoChesterSandbach9Middlewich10Whitchurch1116446
10Alvastonto & chapDerbyDerby4Kegworth8Burton12124364
40Alvechurch[A]paWorcesterBromsgrove4Redditch4Birmingham111141548
41AlvedistonpaWiltsHindon7Wilton8Shaftesbury992239
33Alvelypa & toSalopBridgenorth6Bewdley8Cleobury9133836
11AlverdiscottpaDevonBideford4Barnstaple6Torrington4200334
16AlverstokepaHantsGosport1Tichfield6Fareham67912637
45AlverthorpetoW.R. YorkWakefield1Leeds7Dewsbury51834859
30AlvertonhamNottsNewark7Bingham7Southwell911816
31AlvescottpaOxfordBurford5Bampton3Whitney674361
15Alveston[B]paGloucesterThornbury3New Pas6Bristol9119800
39AlvestonpaWarwickStratford2Warwick7Henley996650
35Alvetonpa & toStaffordCheadle4Uttaxeter6Ashbourn8422391
24AlvinghampaLincolnLouth4Saltfleet8Grimsby18153292
15AlvingtonhamGloucesterBlakeney6Coleford6Chepstow7128281
19AlwaltonpaHuntsPeterboro5Stilton6Wandsford580294
11AlwingtonpaDevonBideford4Torrington6Barnstaple12206486
45AlwoodleytoW.R. YorkLeeds4Ottley5Wetherby8193142
17AmberlyhamHerefordHereford6Bromyard9Leominster813525
38AmberlypaSussexArundel4Petworth4Worthing1151637
16Ambersham, NorthtiHantsMidhurst3...4Haslemere6 49 121
16Ambersham, SouthtiHants...3...4...649183
29AmbletoNorthumbAlnwick9Morpeth11Felton6301247
35AmblecoathamStaffordStourbridge 1 Dudley 4 Wolverhamp 8 122 1157
40Ambleside[C]mt & chapWestmorlndKendal13Helvelyn8Winanderm12781095
[A] ALVECHURCH is situated in the middle division of the hundred of Halfshire; it was formerly a borough and governed by a bailiff, chosen annually at the court of the lord of the manor. The church is a large Church of Anglo Norman architecture. structure of Anglo Norman architecture, but the tower is modern. It however contains many ancient monuments: a hospital was founded here by Nicholas Lewkenor, of Hadsor, in 1580. The bishops of the county formerly had a palace here. Bishop Brain, Chancellor of England, in the reign of Edward III., to whom the Black Prince, wrote a circumstantial account of the battle of Poicters, died here in 1361. Bishop Latimer put it in repair in the reign of Henry VIII., it seems to have been merely a timber building. It has not been inhabited by any Bishop since the restoration, and was nearly a century ago, entirely pulled down, when the park was converted into farms. The river Arrow, which rises in the Lickey Hills, runs through the parish, towards Dilapidations of time. Beoley Park, and Warwickshire; and the Ikenield Street, also passes it. This town formerly consisted of several streets, but is now fallen into decay, it however, receives some benefit from the Worcester canal, which passes it, and joins the Stratford-and-Avon canal, at King's Norton.
[B] ALVESTON. This parish contains the vestiges of two Roman Two Roman camps. camps; the one on the top of a hill called Oldbury, near the Severn; the other called Castle Hill; in both which places, various relics of antiquity have been discovered.
[C] AMBLESIDE is seated on the decline of a hill, at the extremity of the romantic lake Winandermere, of which a branch passes through the town. It is held by Horsley, to be the site of the Roman Dictus. Site of the Roman Dictus. It is scarcely in the power of language to do justice to the romantic beauties of this neighbourhood; perhaps the most beautiful scenery in England, is to be found in its vicinity. Here is an extensive manufactory of woollen cloth.
Market, Wednesday.—Fairs, Wednesday after Whit-Sunday, for horned cattle October 29, ditto and sheep—Mail arrives 9½ A.M., departs 7 A.M.
Map Names of Places County Number of Miles From Dist. Lond. Popul ation.
57AmblestonpaPembrokeHaverfrd.W.5Fishguard3Newport10266574
31Ambrosdenpa & toOxfordBicester2Aylesbury14Oxford1251914
24AmcottshamLincolnBurton4Glandford10Epworth9165359
5Amersham[A]bo. m. t. & paBucksAylesbury14Chesham3Beaconsfield5262612
41Amesbury[B]m.t. & paWiltsSalisbury7Stone-Henge3Andover1477544
[A] AMERSHAM, or Agmondesham is situated on the Misbourne, a branch of the river Colne. The town which is seated in a vale between two wooded hills, consists of a long street on the road from Uxbridge to Wendover; it is intersected about the centre, by a cross street from Chesham to High Wycombe, at the point of which stands the church. The market is held in the Market House, or Town Hall, built by Sir William Drake, about 1680; it is a brick building supported by pillars Town Hall, built by Sir W. Drake, 1680. and arches, with a lanthorn and clock, and said to be the handsomest in the county. Amersham was a parliamentary borough by prescription, but by the Reform Bill of 1832, is now disfranchised. The church was extensively repaired in 1778, in the chancel of which are monuments of the family of the Bents of Leicestershire, who had a seat in the parish; and a monument of Henry, son of Sir Patrick Curwen, Bart., who died in 1638; and also several monuments of the Drake family, in the chancel and the adjoining mausoleum; among which are those of Montague Gerrard, by Sheemaker, and the wife of the late Mr. Drake, by Henry Cheere. About a mile northward from the town, is Shardeloes Park, the seat of Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt Drake: the estate was formerly in the Shardeloes park. possession of the Brudenell's, which family terminated in a peeress, and brought Shardeloes to the Cheynes; afterwards it became the seat of William Totehill, Esq., where he entertained Queen Elizabeth in Entertainment of Queen Elizabeth. one of her progresses. Francis Drake, of East Sherwin, Surrey, who was one of the gentlemen of the bedchamber to James I., married Jane, the daughter and heiress of William Totehill, Esq. The mansion is beautifully situated on the brow of a hill, overlooking an immense sheet of water, covering thirty-five acres, and commands a delightful prospect, particularly towards the east, where the town of Amersham, and the surrounding eminences, covered with wood, present a very picturesque appearance. The gardens, formerly much admired for Picturesque views. their beauty, were originally formed by Sir William Drake, about 1666, but have been modernized by Richmond, for the late proprietor. Here is also a Free Grammar School, the scholars of which are entitled to three exhibitions in Corpus Christi College, Oxford, bequeathed by Dr. Challoner, a canon of Windsor, in 1620; and likewise four alms houses, with other minor charities. The manufactures are chiefly lace, sacking, and all kinds of white cotton, wrought by machinery; and the markets are well attended.
Market, Tuesday.—Fairs, Whit-Monday for horned cattle, and September 19, for cattle, and statute.—Inns, Crown and Griffin.—Mail arrives 7 A.M., departs 9¼ P.M.
[B] AMESBURY, or Ambresbury, is situated on the river Avon, and is said to derive its name and origin from an abbey, founded by the British Prince Ambrosius; which abbey was subsequently changed Founded by the British Prince Ambrosius. into a convent of Benedictine monks, of which some remains are still to be seen. In the parish, and about two miles from the town, is the celebrated British monument, known by the name of Stone-henge. Antiquaries differ in their opinions as to the probable application of this structure; the majority, however, deem it to have been a druidical Stone-henge. temple, or a grand tribunal of justice. Out of twenty-four enormous stones, of which the outer circular range appears to have been formed, seventeen are still standing, and seven on the ground; of the inner circle, eleven out of the nineteen of which it was formed are still upright, and the remainder prostrate. The distance of the inner circle from the outer one is about eight feet, forming a walk between the two of about three hundred feet in circumference; the stones are from eighteen to twenty feet high, from six to seven feet broad, and about three feet thick, and there is an appearance of the whole having been surrounded with a trench, over which were three passages. There are numerous barrows and tumuli around it, where many skeletons and military weapons have been discovered. Conjecture has been at a loss to ascertain the means by which such solid masses could have been conveyed, and placed in so elevated a situation without the aid of machinery. It stands near the summit of a hill; even at the distance of half a mile the appearance is awful; but on a nearer approach, the eye is still more delighted with the greatness of its contour. On entering the building, either on foot or horseback, these Its awful appearance. ruins fill the mind with astonishment, which it is impossible for the pen adequately to describe. Other buildings have fallen by piece-meal—here a single stone is a ruin. As you advance farther, the greatness of every part, and the singular construction of the whole, causes additional surprise. Some authors suppose that this noble temple does not owe its defacement so much to the introduction of Christianity, as to the rude and barbarous hands of the neighbouring peasantry, who have carried away the stones for their own purposes. At a house which occupies part of the ancient nunnery, Nunnery of St. Augustine. a society of nuns of St. Augustine, from Flanders, have taken up their abode, probably attracted by the supposed sanctity of the situation. Near the town stands the once celebrated house of the Dukes of Queensbury, built by Inigo Jones, and subsequently improved by the Earl of Burlington. The neighbourhood abounds with clay used for making tobacco pipes, and the river Avon supplies a very much admired species of fish called loach. In the vicinity is a camp, called Vespasians. It consists Camp of 39 acres. of a triangular area of 39 acres, defended by a ditch and vallum, and bounded on two sides by the Avon. This may have been occupied by the Romans, but its construction and position indicate a British origin.
Market, Friday.—Mail arrives 11 P.M., departs 4 A.M.—Fair, May 17, June 22, December 18, for horses, sheep, and horned cattle.—Inn, George.
Map Names of Places County Number of Miles From Dist. Lond. Popul ation.
47Almwich[A]paAngleseyBeaumaris20Llanerch6Holyhead212616285
43AmotherbytoN.R. YorkNew Malton3Pickering7Helmsley11221246
15Ampney CrucipaGloucesterCirencester3Northleach9Lechlade987599
[A] ALMWICH, a seaport town in the parish of the same name, in the hundred of Twerclyn. It is situated on the north coast of the Island of Anglesey; and from a small village (in consequence of the discovery of a rich copper-mine in the Parys mountain) has been augmented into a considerable town: the appearance of this celebrated mountain is very rude; it is bare of vegetation, in consequence of the suffocating fumes which issue from it. The Romans are supposed to have obtained copper ore From this place the Romans obtained copper ore. from this place, as many vestiges of what, it is imagined, were their operations, are still traceable. The great riches of the site were not, however, discovered until March 2, 1768, by the lessees of Sir Nicholas Bayley, afterwards Earl of Uxbridge; and equally successful was the Rev. Edward Hughes, proprietor of another part of the same ridge. The substance of the mountain being ore, it has not been worked in the usual way, by shafts and levels, but by direct excavation. "Nature," Mr. Pennant observes, "hath been profuse in bestowing her mineral favours on this spot, for above the copper ore, and not more than three-quarters of a yard beneath the common soil, is a bed of yellowish greasy clay, from one to four yards thick, containing lead ore, and yielding from six hundred to a thousand pounds weight of lead from one ton; and one ton of the metal Lead ore which yields silver also. yields not less than fifty-seven ounces of silver. Mixed with the earth are frequently certain parts, of the colour of cinnabar; whether these are symptomatic of the sulphurous arsenical silver ores, or of quick-silver, I will not pretend to decide. Something interferes with the successful smelting of this earth in the great, insomuch that it has not yet been of that profit to the adventurers, which might reasonably be expected from the crucible assays of it." From this mountain arises a mineral water, which turns the syrup of violets red, without any signs of chalybeate. To enumerate the Various minerals. mineral substances found from time to time would prove a tedious employment, and perhaps an unimportant one. The following are the principal and most useful:—1. Yellow sulphurated copper ore; 2. Native copper, in small quantities; 3. Sulphate of copper, both chrystallized and in solution; 4. Sulphate of lead, containing a small portion of silver; 5. Black ore, containing copper with galenea, calamine, and some silver; 6. Native sulphur. Not far from Parys Mountain is the port whence the ore brought The port, a chasm between the rocks. from the mines is transported to Liverpool and Swansea; it is a chasm between two rocks, large enough to receive thirty vessels, each 200 tons. The two companies employ fifteen brigs, from 100 to 150 tons burden, besides sloops and other craft. The articles exported from these copper mines are principally a coarse copper from the smelting-house, a richer copper ore, dried precipitate of copper from the vitriol pits, refined sulphur, ochre, alum, and green vitriol. Though much improved by the copper companies, this port is so exposed to the swell of the ocean, as to make it difficult and dangerous of access, during the prevalence of high northerly winds.
Fair, November 12.
Map Names of Places County Number of Miles From Dist. Lond. Popul ation.
15Ampney Down[A]paGloucesterCirencester6Cricklade3Fairford485463
15Ampney, St. Mary,} or Ashbrook }pa DittoCirencester 4 Fairford 5 Bibury3 88115
15Ampney, St. PeterDittoCirencester 4Fairford4 Cricklade5 86180
43Ampleforthpa & toN.R. YorkHelmsley4New Malton13York18223623
16AmportpaHantsAndover5Ludgershall5Salisbury1369731
3Ampthill [B]m.t. & paBedfordBedford8Woburn7Toddington7461688
36AmptonpaSuffolkBury5Ixworth5Thetford876110
[A] AMPNEY DOWN. The church of this place is very curious, and is said to have been built by the Knights Templars, about the year 1260. The church built by the Knights Templars. Under the window at the south-end of the transept, is the tomb of Sir Nicholas de Villiers and his lady, with their effigies, represented under an arch. The knight is represented as a crusader, in mail and surtout, with his legs crossed, his feet resting on a lion, and his right hand on the hilt of his sword; on his left arm is a shield bearing the Cross of St. George, charged with five escalop-shells. This figure is of hard blue stone; that of the lady is of free-stone, and much mutilated. Below the effigies of the knight is a mutilated inscription in the Saxon character. An ancient mansion, built by the family of the Hungerfords, in the reign of Henry the Eighth, was repaired and modernized, as to its exterior, a few years ago. It belongs, with the manor, to the family of Eliot, of Port Eliot, in Cornwall.
[B] AMPTHILL is situated between two hills in the centre of the county. Here is an obelisk of Portland stone, forming a receptacle for a pump; and also a Gothic cross, which was erected in 1744, to the memory of Catherine of Arragon, by the Earl of Upper Ossory, who was then proprietor of Ampthill Park, at a former period the residence of that ill-treated Queen. Under a pear-tree in Ampthill park Sir Philip Sydney wrote part of his Arcadia. This park, which lies to the west of the town, is now the seat of Lord Holland; it was constituted a royal domain by Henry VIII., who conferred a name on the annexed estates, the "Honour of Ampthill;" the old castle in which Queen Catherine resided, stood on a more elevated ground than the present mansion, which is a magnificent structure, with wings, and a flight of steps leading to a handsome hall; the park, which is now united with that of Houghton, is spacious, and presents several most delightful prospects. At the entrance of Ampthill Park there is a pear tree, under which it is reported that Sir Philip Sydney wrote a part of his Arcadia.
Mail arrives 6 A.M.. departs 8½ P.M.—Fairs, May 4, and November 30, for cattle.—Inn, White Hart.
Map Names of Places County Number of Miles From Dist. Lond. Popul ation.
57Amroth[A]paPembrokeNarbeth6Tenby6Llaugharne10251654
18Amwell, Great[B]paHertfordWare1Hoddesdon3Hertford3201321
18Amwell, LittlechapHertfordWare1Hoddesdon3Hertford320369
24Ancaster[C]paLincolnGrantham6Sleaford8Newark14116491
13AncroftchapDurhamBerwick6Coldstream10Wooler102531384
24AnderbypaLincolnAlford6Spilsby10Saltfleet12142217
32Anderson, or AnderstonepaDorsetBlandford7Bere Regis3Poole1211054
7AndertonpaChesterNorthwich2Warrington9Knutsford6175327
22AndertonpaLancasterWigan3Bolton4Chorley5201343
36Andover[D]m.t. & paHantsSalisbury18Stockbridge7Whitchurch7644843
[A] AMROTH. The castle of Amroth, now modernized, from the house formerly called Eare Wear, was in the 15th century, a settlement of the Elliott's. The present proprietor is Captain Ackland, by purchase, from a female representative of the Elliotts. The most judiciously assimilating additions have been made so as to give it every appendage of convenience and luxury. The antique porch is nicely preserved. The conservatory and grapery are entered from the dining-rooms, which was once a vaulted roofed ale cellar, or castle prison. A portion of this vault remains unaltered. From the lawn is a beautiful and interesting view of Tenby. The View of Tenby. church of Amroth, on the road to Ludchurch, is situated on a limestone rock, which has been reduced on every side, and is remarkable for a curiously disposed tower.
[B] GREAT AMWELL is supposed to have derived its name from Emma's Emma's Well, one of sources of the New River Well, a pure water-fountain that issues from a hill, and forms one of the sources of the New River. Here is a monument erected by Mr. Milne, to the ill-requited Sir Hugh Middleton, in a small islet formed by the said river. Sir Hugh, notwithstanding the assistance afforded him by Parliament, and the City of London, ruined himself by procuring supplies of water to the metropolis. Great mystery envelopes the latter period of his life. It is traditionally reported that he retired to the village of Kemberton, Indigence of Sir Hugh Middleton. near Shiffnall, in Shropshire, where he resided some time in great indigence, under the assumed name of Raymond, and it is said that during such residence he was actually employed in paving the streets. The poet Warner, author of "Albion's England," lies interred here. The church is situated on an eminence, the picturesque beauty of which has been justly celebrated by the admirable poet, usually denominated Scott of Amwell, from his residence in the village, and the title of his poem.
[C] ANCASTER. This parish is situated on the great Roman road, called Ermin-street, and bears strong evidence of having been a Roman station; many authors unite to fix here the ancient Causennæ. It occupies a low situation, and at the north end flows a small brook. From the vestiges which remain of military works it has certainly been a place of great strength. A great number of coins, and other antiquities, have been found here in such quantities, as to become a source of considerable emolument to the inhabitants of the place; so much so, that at one time many became extensive dealers in them. These coins are of various Emperors. Several Mosaic pavements. mosaic pavements have also been discovered here. It is highly probable from these circumstances, that Ancaster was the Causennæ of Antoninus. About the town are several quarries of stone, which is found very near the surface. Ancaster once gave the title of Duke to the head of the Bertie family, but that Dukedom is now extinct.