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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
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re done, erected at the charge of Sir CharlesHotham and Sir Michael Wharton. Here was formerly a clothmanufacture ; but the principal manufactures of this town atprefent are malt, tanned leather, and bone-lace, in which itcarries on a confiderable trade. Aberford is 114 miles from London, and dands on thegreat Roman caufeway, which, all the way to Cadleford-bri ge, appears as entire as when fird made, though it is near1600 years old. Under the town runs the river Cock, and nearit may be feen the foundation of an old fort, called Cadle-cary.Here was formerly a priory. North Allerton is 223 miles from London, and is focalled to diftinguifh it from feveral other towns in this countyof the fame name. It is an ancient borough, governed by abailiff deputed for life by the Bifhop of Durham, which bailiff,or his deputy, prefides at the election of its members fcr par-liament. The town lies upon the bank of a fmall river, calledthe Wifke, in the road from London to Berwick, and confids of only
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tm ?.■;■. THE BEAUTIES OF ENGLAND. 125 only one ftreer, which is half a mile long, and well built. Ithas a good market for cattle and corn, and a fair for cattle, themoft frequented of any in England, and the moft remarkable forlarge fat oxen. Pontefract is 175 miles from London, and is a neatbuilt town, not far from the river Are, and its conflux with theCalder.. In the ruinous caftle is ftill to be feen the place wherethe collegiate church of St. Clement flood. The floor, walls,and roof are of one kind of ftone, dug out of the rock. Itwas built by Kildebert Lacy, in the reign of William the Con-queror, and demolifhed immediately after the cataftrophe of kingCharles the Firft. The market place near^the middle of thetown, is fpacious, commodious, and well ftored with meat, corn,and other provifions, as its fairs are with horfes, fheep, and othercattle. In the ground about this town, vafl quantities of thebeft liquorice are produced. The Roman way called-Ermin-ftreet, from which it

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