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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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hem called the Barmoot, relating to the minesand controverfies among the miners. The King claims the 13thpenny, for which they compound at the rate of ioool. a year;and it is faid that the tythe of Workfworth is worth as muchyearly. There is an handfome church, a free-fchool, and analms-houfe at Workfworth. Ashborne is 139 miles from London, and is fituated on theeaft fide of the river Dove, and on the borders of Staffordshire.It ftands in a rich foil, and carries on a confiderable traffic incheefe, great quantities of which it fends both up and down theTrent. Bake well is 152 miles from London, and is fituated upona fmall river called the Wye, near its conflux with the Derwent.It it fuppofed to have been a Roman town, from certain altarsdug up near it fome years ago, in the grounds belonging to Had-don-houfe, and cut in a rough kind of ftone. To the eaft ofthis town is Scarfdale, a rich fruitful tradt, fo called from theSaxon Skarrs, barren rocks with which it is furrounded. Alfpe- I
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THE BEAUTIES OF ENGLAND. 97 AlfRETON, which is thought to have been anciently calledAlfreds town, from its having been originally built by King Al-fred, is fituated 139 miles from London, and is only remarkablefor its ale, which is ftrong and of a good flavour. Bolsover is 147 miles from London, and is chiefly noted formaking fine tobacco pipes. Winster is 146 miles from London, and is fituated fouth-Weft of Bakewell, near fome rich mines of lead. Tides well is 158 miles from London, and is fuppofed tohave derived its name from a well or fpring near the bottom ofa hili, near it, which conftantly ebbs and flows with the tide ofthe fea. There is a free-fchool in this town. , Dronfield is 153 miles from London 5 and is fituatedamong the mountains at the edge of the Peak, in a remarkablywholefome are. Here is a grammar-fchool, which was foundedby Mr. Fanfhaw, a native of this place, who was remembrancerOf the Exchequer to Queen Elizabeth. Chapel in the Frith is an inconfiderable town, fit

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