The new description and state of England, [electronic resource] : containing the maps of the counties of England and Wales, in fifty three copper-plates, newly design'd by Mr. Robert Morden, Exactly Drawn and Engraven by the best Artists. The several Counties described, the Account of their Ancient and Modern Names, Extent, Soil, Former and Present Inhabitants, their Number, Rarities, Market-Towns, and Days whereon the Markets are kept; Hundreds Rivers, Bays, Harbours, Bridges, Minerals, Commodities, Number of Acres, what proportion each County pays to the Land-Tax, Archbishopricks, Bishopricks, Cathedrals, Parish-Churches, Schools, Hospitals, Roads and Distances, Roman Ways, Post-Towns, Men of Note, Memorable Battles and Actions, the Houses of the Nobility and Gentry, an Account of Fairs, &c. The second edition. To which are added, new and exact lists of the House of Peers and Commons, of the Lord-Lieutenants of each County, of the Army, Navy, Officers and Offices, and all Persons in Places of Profit or Trust, belonging to this Kingdom.
1704
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The new description and state of England, [electronic resource] : containing the maps of the counties of England and Wales, in fifty three copper-plates, newly design'd by Mr. Robert Morden, Exactly Drawn and Engraven by the best Artists. The several Counties described, the Account of their Ancient and Modern Names, Extent, Soil, Former and Present Inhabitants, their Number, Rarities, Market-Towns, and Days whereon the Markets are kept; Hundreds Rivers, Bays, Harbours, Bridges, Minerals, Commodities, Number of Acres, what proportion each County pays to the Land-Tax, Archbishopricks, Bishopricks, Cathedrals, Parish-Churches, Schools, Hospitals, Roads and Distances, Roman Ways, Post-Towns, Men of Note, Memorable Battles and Actions, the Houses of the Nobility and Gentry, an Account of Fairs, &c. The second edition. To which are added, new and exact lists of the House of Peers and Commons, of the Lord-Lieutenants of each County, of the Army, Navy, Officers and Offices, and all Persons in Places of Profit or Trust, belonging to this Kingdom.
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London : printed for S. and J. Sprint, J. Nicholson, and S. Burroughs in Little-Britain, and A. Bell and R. Smith in Cornhill, 1704.
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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English
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x,106,36p.,plates : maps ; obl.4⁰.
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The final 36p. contain: "The lists. .. of the present nobility of England, ..".
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
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English Short Title Catalog, T196673.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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