. A walk in and about the city of Canterbury, with many observations not to be found in any description hitherto published . ty, \^In medio of two years, the whole was new paved, the carriage ways in the principalstreets with Guernsey pebbles, and the footpaths, iu all, with Yorkshiresquared stone, defended by a strons; kirb, of Scotch granite. The streetsnow, instead of being dark and dirty, and encumbered with signs bulks,posts, spouts, and other encroachments and annoyances, are open and airy,clean swept, and nightly guarded by able watchmen. And in addition to theabove act, by which the ci
. A walk in and about the city of Canterbury, with many observations not to be found in any description hitherto published . ty, \^In medio of two years, the whole was new paved, the carriage ways in the principalstreets with Guernsey pebbles, and the footpaths, iu all, with Yorkshiresquared stone, defended by a strons; kirb, of Scotch granite. The streetsnow, instead of being dark and dirty, and encumbered with signs bulks,posts, spouts, and other encroachments and annoyances, are open and airy,clean swept, and nightly guarded by able watchmen. And in addition to theabove act, by which the city was lighted by a number of oil lamps, one hassince been obtained by which it is now liglitedwith gas. Other improvementshave been adopted, and arc still further extending, both in the city and thesuburbs For his zealous and successful endeavours in promoting publicimprovements, and his patriotic conduct as treasurer to the commissionersiif the pavement, the court of burghmote, in 178t), unanimously voted theirpublic thanks, acc()nii)anying the same with a piece of plate of the value of>01. to Mr AMernuin 89 fHiasi urbis sinu,^ which is just as false, i lul willbe a disfTace to his Uriltmuia, tliough it siiould|l;o through ever so many editions, unless theeilitors bestow part of their labour in correcting,as well as enlarging it. But this could not be Mr. Battelys case; hiswork lay within a small compass; his residencewas in our neighbourhood; his brothers was inhis prebendal house. No. 1. so situated, that partof it lies parallel to the cathedral, and the rest oiit extends more eastward, to within one hundredyards of the city wall. See the plan. Yet he was so biassed in favour of Mr. Camden,as to copy his mistakes, and say, in contradictionto Mr. Somner, the church which St. Augus-tine found, on his first arrival, in the east part ofthe city, was St. Martins church ; for the churchdedicated to our Saviour, stands not in the eastpart, but as it were in the middle
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