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Title: A topographical survey of the great road from London to Bath and Bristol. : With historical and descriptive accounts of the country, towns, villages, and gentlemen's seats on and adjacent to it...
Year: 1792 (1790s)
Authors: Robertson, Archibald
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Publisher: London: : Printed for the author... and William Faden...
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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ntyare its woollen cloth and its cheese: be-sides which, the forests of Deane and Kings- 180 SURVEY OF THE GREAT ROAD FROM wood abound in mines of iron and coal; thecoal is principally expended in the internalconsumption of this and the neighbouringcounties, and the iron is hammered out innumerous forges, from whence many capitaliron manufactories are supplied with thatuseful material.—The vale and forest ofDeane also abound in orchards, which pro-duce great plenty of cyder ; and the Styre, akind in great esteem, is almost peculiar tothe western banks of the Severn. CLIFTON. This village stands in Gloucestershire,about a mile west of the city of Bristol,delightfully situated upon the southern de-clivity of a high hill extending to the riverAvon. From the pleasantness of its situa-tion, and the salubrity of the air, manypersons of fortune have been induced tofix their general residence in it. Of lateyears, Clifton has been much enlarged ; ithas gradually crept up to, and extended it-
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LONDON TO BATH AND BRISTOL. 181 self beyond the summit of the high groundat the foot of which it originally stood,now forming a village of considerable ex-tent.—The top and sides of these groundsbeing adorned by elegant houses, built withfree-stone, make a handsome appearance,though at present too unconnected and scat-tered to form a perfect whole. On the downs beyond Clifton, a largeplot of ground has been laid out for build-ing, and, as I am informed, several streetsare to be erected there, in an elegant style. In the lower town is a parade, a square,and other handsome buildings, which, to-gether with many elegant houses on thehigher ground, are genteely fitted up forthe accommodation of strangers resortinghither, either for pleasure or for health. There are two public assembly-rooms atClifton, styled the Upper and Lower, whereassemblies and balls are held, and publicbreakfasts, &c. are given, in imitation ofthose of Bath, but on a smaller scale. At the western extremity of Cl

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