File:A topographical dictionary of the United Kingdom (1808) (14784761332).jpg

Identifier: topographicaldic01capp (find matches)
Title: A topographical dictionary of the United Kingdom ..
Year: 1808 (1800s)
Authors: Capper, Benjamin Pitts
Subjects:
Publisher: London : Printed for Richard Phillips
Contributing Library: Duke University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Duke University Libraries

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
16/. 4.^ in thepatronage of the canccilcr of Herefordcathedral. HEiiEfORDSHiRE, an inland -ounty of Eng-land, inform nearlv circular, nd in situationbetween .-jio 5;i 7 and 52° 09 43noithlatitude, ;.nd 2° 2S jU and G«> 19 32%vestlongitude of (.ondon. It adjoiiiS Shropshireon tbe north, Worcestershire on the north-east ar.d east, Gloucestershire on the south-east, Monmoutlishire on the south-west,Brecknockshire on the west, and Radnoishireon the north-west. Its len.;th from noithto south is about 33 miles, and breadth fromwest to east; about 35, being in the dioceseof Hereford. Tbe gross number of acres iathe lounty are estimated at 6U0,90O; deduct-ing SO,000 for the sites of towns, roads,water, and buildings, and jO.OCu more forwast* lands aid wockIs, there icniaiu .J-JOiOOGacres of cwllivated gn.und. It comprehend-^221 parishes, which are arranged in 11liundreds, and Include the city of Hereford,the two boiough towns of Leominster andWeobley, tive other market-towns, T<.ots,
Text Appearing After Image:
t^htLrh^d fat^.2^j3o8. in IWhtS^rJiruiu- Street niarA- ■■pel deli^ ^t-uJp. HER 11 ER J.tdbiiry, Kington, Uromyard, an^ Pcrit-bridgis It sonds eight representatives toparliament, viz. tivo for the county, two forthe city, two for Leniuinster, .nnd two forWeobley. I.edhury, Kogs, and Bromyard,anciently had representatives, but voluntarilydoflined the privilege, on account of therxpence then attached to those who exercisedthe right of electois. This county contains17,OOl3 houses, 89,191 inhabitants, viz. 43,955males and 45.25t3 females, of whom 8583•*^e retunipd as employed in various trades■ nanufactures, and 31,261 inagricultun;.•ir and climate vary considerably in• t parts aiid elevations of the countj,- generally speaking-, being uioie harsh• > kind than tliat which comes from thethis is, probably, to be attributed to. .cosivc tracts of mountainous countrj,^hich in that direction are seldom witliout•ow during the winfer, and often whitened■ ith it even late in th

Note About Images