A Geographical Dictionary of England and Wales

A Geographical Dictionary of England and Wales
Author: William Cobbett
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 716
Release: 2017-05-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780259244141

Excerpt from A Geographical Dictionary of England and Wales: Containing, the Names, in Alphabetical Order, of All the Counties, With Their Several Subdivisions Into Hundreds, Lathes, Rapes, Wapentakes, Wards, or Divisions County to each of its able labourers! In a table like this, containing such a mass of figures, it was next to impossible to avoid, either in author or printer, something In the way of error, and one, and [believe only one, hm been c'am mittsd here; and that Is, in the statement of the number of acres of land to each puson and to each house in the county of Middlesex. As I firmly believe, that a fiftieth part as much really useful information was never before given in so small a compass; sol am quite iure, that a hundredth part as much was never before published at a similar price. This Table, the whole of which the reader sees at taro openings of the book, has cost me, first and last, months of labour. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A Geographical Dictionary of England and Wales

A Geographical Dictionary of England and Wales
Author: William Cobbett
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 728
Release: 2017-11-20
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780331548754

Excerpt from A Geographical Dictionary of England and Wales: Containing the Names, in Alphabetical Order, of All the Counties, With Their Several Subdivisions Into Hundreds, Lathes, Rapes, Wapentakes, Wards, or Divisions; And an Account of the Distribution of the Counties Into Circuits That space and time which, in prefaces, are usually employed in setting forth the Objects and the utility of the work, I shall here employ in describing the Contents of this work, and in explaining, certain parts of it, which I think may stand in need of explanation; in doing which, I shall proceed in the order in which the matters lie before me. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.