A new display of the beauties of England; - or A description of the most elegant or magnificent public edifices, royal palaces, noblemen's and gentlemen's seats, and other curiosities, natural or (14760192581)

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Title: A new display of the beauties of England; : or A description of the most elegant or magnificent public edifices, royal palaces, noblemen's and gentlemen's seats, and other curiosities, natural or artificial ..
Year: 1776 (1770s)
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Subjects: Historic buildings
Publisher: London: : Printed for R. Goadby, and sold by J. Towers, and by R. Baldwin
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library



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built by the Romans, in order to be acheck upon the Britons who dwelt beyond the Severn. Jt is acorporation, governed by a mayor, aldermen, and afliftants.This city has from the earlieft times fent members to parliament,who areelecled by the citizens and freemen, who are in numberabout two thoufand; It is a large and populous city, and is fitu-ated in a bottom; one part of it is inhabited by the Welfh.Its chief manufactures are broad cloth and gloves, efpecially theformer, which affords employment to great numbers of peoplehere and in the neighbourhood. The public buildings hereBiske an handfome appearance, particularly the guildhall, andthe workhoufe, though the former is very old. There wasfprmerly a caftle here, as alfo walls 1650 paces in compafs,but both walls and caftle have long been deftroyed. Thecathedral is a large edifice, the exact model of that atBruflels, with an elegant choir, of very curious workmanfhip,120 feet long, in the middle of which lies king John, between two
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