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Historical descriptions of new and elegant picturesque views of the antiquities of England and Wales : being a grand copper-plate repository... containing a new and ocmplete collection of superb views of ... ruins and ancient buildings ... bridges, cathedrals, churches ([p.[i]-Fountains Abbey, Y)
Historical descriptions of new and elegant picturesque views of the antiquities of England and Wales : being a grand copper-plate repository... containing a new and ocmplete collection of superb views of ... ruins and ancient buildings ... bridges, cathedrals, churches ([Limerick Exchange-end])
An alphabetical account of the nobility and gentrey, which are (or lately were) related unto the several counties of England and Wales : as to their names, titles, and seats by which they are (or have been) generally known and distinguished : according as they were received from the hands of divers persons experienced therein in each county by their publick offices, or otherwise
Observations on the River Wye and several parts of South Wales, &c : relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the summer of the year 1770
Index villaris : or, An exact register, alphabetically digested, of all the cities, market-towns, parishes, villages, the hundred, lath, rape, ward, wapontake, or other divisions of each county: The bishopricks, deaneries, churches, chappels, hospitals; with the rectories and vicarages in England and Wales
Chorographia Britanniæ : or, A new set of maps of all the counties in England and Wales: to which are prefix'd the following general maps, viz. I. An accurate chart of the sea coast, exhibiting all the Royal docks, fortifications, sands &c. II. A map of England and Wales, as divided into counties, with the names of the cities and county towns; and the length, breadth, and superficial content of the whole, and each county seperately. III. A map of the great roads from London, to all parts of South Britain; with tables shewing the distance of each city, and town upon the road, from the metropolis, both in computed and measured miles. IV. A map of all the cross roads, from one great town to another, with the distances from town to town, both by computation and measure. With the particular map of each county, is an account of all the cities, boroughs and market towns, parishes and rivers therein: the number of members it sends to Parliament, the market and fair days, and in those of
Oxford and Cambridge, are the names of all the colleges, and halls, in both universities, with the dates of their foundations. To the whole is added an alphabetical index, of all the cities, boroughs, & market towns, properly distinguish'd from each other, and in what county they are situate. This collection... was first drawn and compiled into a pocket book by order and for the use of his late Majesty King George I. for his intended tour thro England & Wales
Cary's new and correct English atlas : being a new set of county maps from actual surveys. Exhibiting all the direct & principal cross roads, cities, towns, and most considerable villages, parks, rivers, navigable canals &c. preceded by a general map of South Britain, shewing the connexion of one map with another, also a general description of each county, and directions for the junction of the roads from one county to another
England delineated, or, A geographical description of every county in England and Wales : with a concise account of its most important products, natural and artificial : for the use of young persons : with outline maps of all the counties
The literary life of the late Thomas Pennant, esq
A full relation of the whole proceedings of the late rising and commotion in Wales, under pretence for the King and Sir Tho: Fairfax. Represented in several letters to the Parliament, and His Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax. With the answers and replies. Also the names of the chief actors
An account of all the manors, messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, in the different counties of England and Wales, held by lease from the crown; as contained in the report of the Commissioners appointed to enquire into the state and condition of the royal forests, woods and land revenues ; with the names of the lessees, dates and terms of their leases, real value, fines, &c : to which is added an appendix, never before printed, containing an abstract, which comprehends the aggregate value of the land revenue of the Crown in Queen Mary's time ; with a compendium of the whole revenues and profits of the crown in the reign of Queen Elizabeth ; as also, a calendar to the surveys of the estates of King Charles the first, his Queen, and the Prince of Wales ; taken by ordinance of Parliament during the interregnum ; now preserved in the augmentation office at Westminster
Britain, or, A chorographicall description of the most flourishing kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the ilands adioyning, out of the depth of antiquitie : beautified with mappes of the severall shires of England