. A topographical dictionary of the United Kingdom ... he porr/i-house at Chertsey w-as the retire-ment of the poet Cowley, where he endedhis days. The town is govenied by a bailiff,-aj)poiiited by letters patent from the exche-quer. The market, onWednesday, is well sup-plied with corn, poultry, butchers meat, &, firft Monday in Lent for cattle, corn,,&c ; May 14 for sheep, lambs, hops, andtoys ; August 6 for black cattle ; and 25thSeptember a statute fair: and the livinsj is avicara;e, value 13/. I -ii. ?i^.--Miin>iini:3 Sini/., a parish and market-town inthe hundred of Burn
. A topographical dictionary of the United Kingdom ... he porr/i-house at Chertsey w-as the retire-ment of the poet Cowley, where he endedhis days. The town is govenied by a bailiff,-aj)poiiited by letters patent from the exche-quer. The market, onWednesday, is well sup-plied with corn, poultry, butchers meat, &, firft Monday in Lent for cattle, corn,,&c ; May 14 for sheep, lambs, hops, andtoys ; August 6 for black cattle ; and 25thSeptember a statute fair: and the livinsj is avicara;e, value 13/. I -ii. ?i^.--Miin>iini:3 Sini/., a parish and market-town inthe hundred of Burnham, Bucks, 3 milestrom Amersham, and i!3 from London; con-taining 370 houses and 191 inhabitants, ofwhom 656 were returned as being employedin trade and manufacture. It stands in af( rtile vale, consists of three principal trade of the inhabitants is inlace-making, and various manufactures ofwoodi-n ware. Besides the church in theniiddh of the town, there are four meeting--houscs, and it has a good cha; ity-sehool. 13! Ill. CHE CHE .iratket on Wednesdays chiony for , 21 April, Is. 5d. inthe patroiiaiTf of the duke of Bedford. CiiKSHAMflOis, a hamlet and chapelry tothe parish of Chesham, from whick it is 1mile distant, and 2 from Anievsliam; con-taining houses and 135 inhabitants. CuESHiRK, a county bounded by Laiuashireon the north, Shropshire and part of Flint onthe suutii, Derbyshire and .Statlurdshire, ontlie east ai\d south-east, and Deubiglishireand part of Flintshire on the west and north-west, being about 50 miles ion? and 30 broad ;it contains about (i76,()00 acres of land, two-thirds of vvhieh are in pasturage, about200,000 acres arable, and nearly 50,000acres uncultivated, including woodlands. Ithas one city anrf 12 market-towns, , Coiiiileton, Frodsham, Halton,Kuutsford, MacclesJield, Malpas, Middle-?vvich, Nantwich, Noithwich, Sandbaeh, andStockport; and contains 3-i,482 inhabitedhouses and
Size: 1235px × 2024px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1800, bookpublisherlondo, bookyear1808
