A topographical dictionary of England

comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, and townships, and the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man, with historical and statistical descriptions ; and embellished with engravings of the arms of the cities, bouroughs, bishoprics, universities, and colleges, and of the seals of the various municipal corporations

by Samuel Lewis

1831 eng

England at the start of the 1830s, a period of great changes.Turnpike roads and canals were overtaken by the coming of the railways. Towns are described, their history and charities recorded along with the census figures for many parishes and villages. It is fascinating to compare the different ed…