The history and antiquities of the parish of Lambeth, and the archiepiscopal palace .. . st. Matthews district. 423 Robertson, Esq. a magistrate for the county. By his will, datedSept. , he devised this and other freehold estates to severalindividuals upon trust to support a botanic garden at Stock-well, but upon application being made to the Court of Chan-cery, that part of his will was declared void, and the property di-vided among his relations, who till then were very poor. I will conclude my survey of this district by a notice of aRoman road, which passed at or near Brixton Causeway
The history and antiquities of the parish of Lambeth, and the archiepiscopal palace .. . st. Matthews district. 423 Robertson, Esq. a magistrate for the county. By his will, datedSept. , he devised this and other freehold estates to severalindividuals upon trust to support a botanic garden at Stock-well, but upon application being made to the Court of Chan-cery, that part of his will was declared void, and the property di-vided among his relations, who till then were very poor. I will conclude my survey of this district by a notice of aRoman road, which passed at or near Brixton Causeway. It has been surmised by many eminent antiquaries that theBritons had public roads from one end of the island to theother, long before the arrival of the Romans. This opinion isadopted by Mr. Leman, a gentleman, who, with Dr. Bennett, lateBishop of Cloyne, has paid particular attention to the ancientroads in this kingdom, and who considers the Watling-streetas a British-road, adopted by the Romans. That these peoplemade, or improved at least, four principal roads is beyond adoubt; a
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