Identifier: newdisplayofbeau02lond (find matches)
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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fine water, andthe river affords abundance of fifh. This county is watered by feveral rivers, the chief of whichare the Wye, the Monow, and the Lug. The Wye panesthrough this county, and feparates Monmouthfhire from Glou-cefterfhire. The Monow rifes in a chain of mountains calledHatterel Hill, which on the fouth weft feparates this countyfrom Radnorshire; then it runs fouth eaft, dividing Mon-mouthfhire from Herefordfhire ; and after having been augmentedby feveral lefs confiderable ftreams, falls into the Wye at Mon-mouth. The Lug rifes in the hills in the north-eaft of Radnor-ihire, runs by feveral windings eaft through Herefordfhire toLeominfter, and thence running fouth-eaft, after having beenjoined by feveral fmallef rivers, Tails into the Wye, near Here-ford. Other lefs confiderable rivers in this county zre the Frome9the Loden, the Wadel, the Arrow, and the Dare. This county is divided into eleven hundreds, and con-tains one city and (even market towns. It lies in the pro-vince
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THE BEAUTIES OF ENGLAND. 263 vines of Canterbury and diocefe of Hereford, and contains176 parifties. HEREFORD. This city ftands on the river Wye, and here that river fallsinto the Severn, and makes part of the barrier between Englandand Wales. Its name is Saxon, and is fuppofed to fignify theLord of the Army. As the two nations were alrrtoft always titwar one with another, this town was generally the head quartersof filch Saxon or Engiifh forces as were ftationed in the county ;and at this place both armies probably forded the river, whenthey pafled out of Wales into England, or out of England intoWales. This etymology, though plaufible, has been much dif-puted. Hereford is governed by a mayor and twelve aldermen,a high Reward, a deputy-fteward, a recorder and town clerk,with thirty-one common-council-men, among whom are reck-oned the mayor, and five of the aldermen ; who are juftices ofthe peace ; the mayor has a fword-bearer, and four ferjeants atmace. The trading companies have the

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