. A description of England and Wales, containing a particular account of each county, with its antiquities, curiosities, situation, figure, extent, climate, rivers, lakes, mineral waters, soils, fossils, caverns, plants and minerals, agriculture, civil and ecclesiastical divisions, cities, towns, palaces, seats, corporations, markets, fairs, manufactures, trade, sieges, battles, and the lives of the illustrious men each county has produced : embellished with two hundred and forty copper plates, of palaces, castles, cathedrals, the ruins of Roman and Saxon buildings, and of abbeys, monasteries,
. A description of England and Wales, containing a particular account of each county, with its antiquities, curiosities, situation, figure, extent, climate, rivers, lakes, mineral waters, soils, fossils, caverns, plants and minerals, agriculture, civil and ecclesiastical divisions, cities, towns, palaces, seats, corporations, markets, fairs, manufactures, trade, sieges, battles, and the lives of the illustrious men each county has produced : embellished with two hundred and forty copper plates, of palaces, castles, cathedrals, the ruins of Roman and Saxon buildings, and of abbeys, monasteries, and other religious houses, besides a variety of cuts of urns, inscriptions, and other antiquities .. . iorned cattle, fheep and hogs. Here was a caftlebuilt by Hugh, the fon of Roger de Montgomery,earl ©f Shrewfbury, who, as we have already ob-icrved, endeavoured to hinder king Henry theSecond from keeping poireiTion of the crown, andfor this purpofe fortified all his caftles, amongwhich was this of Cieobury 3 but it was befteged and iwm^Mio/.. SHROPSHIRE. it and taken by the king, who levelled it with theground, infomuch, that there are now fcarce anyremains of it. Not far from this town there is a hill near thenorthern bank of the Temd, famous for produc-ing the bed pit-coal, and veins of iron, and up-on it are fome remains ot an ancient camp. F-)ales-Ov/en is a town feaLed in a fmall dvf-trldl belonging to this county, but_ is en-tirely furrounded bv Staffordfhire. It is a prettyneat place, that has a market on Mondays, andtwo fairs, held on the Mondaly after Eafter Mon-day, for horfes and toys; and on the 27th of June,for horfes, horned cattle and fheep. Here wasformerly an abbey, of the Fremonftratenfian or-der, founded by Peter de Rupibus, bifnop ofWincheikr, who had the manor and advowfcaof the church of Hales given him by king John^for that purpofe ; the effate v/as confirmed to themonks by king Henry the Third. It received af-rter this, many additional benefactions
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