The antiquarian itinerary, comprising specimens of architecture, monastic, castellated, and domestic; with other vestiges of antiquity in Great Britain Accompanied with descriptions . a fine specimen of the English, or pointed style ofarchitecture. Wells was first made a free borough in the reign of Henrythe Second, by the interest of Fitz-Joceline, its bishop : itafterwards received a charter from king John, by which itwas made a market town, and was raised into a city by queenElizabeth ; by whose charter, the corporation consists of amayor, recorder, seven masters, and sixteen common council
The antiquarian itinerary, comprising specimens of architecture, monastic, castellated, and domestic; with other vestiges of antiquity in Great Britain Accompanied with descriptions . a fine specimen of the English, or pointed style ofarchitecture. Wells was first made a free borough in the reign of Henrythe Second, by the interest of Fitz-Joceline, its bishop : itafterwards received a charter from king John, by which itwas made a market town, and was raised into a city by queenElizabeth ; by whose charter, the corporation consists of amayor, recorder, seven masters, and sixteen common council-men.—The town hall stands over bishop Bubwiths hospital,which maintains thirty poor men and women ; and here are VOL. III. ^ THE TOWER OF ST. CUTHBERT S CHURCH. several other alius-houses, particularly those endowed byNathaniel Steel and son, for thirty-two men and women, whoare allowed three shillings per week each ; a great-coat foreach man, and a gown for each woman, are allowed once intwo years. The little river Welve runs at the back of the city, and theadjacent country is very beautiful; but all the roads to Wells,save that from Glastonbury, are very uneven and THE OLD BRIDGE, DEPTFORD, KEXT. Deptfobd is a large, populous, and busy town. Its situ-ation on the banks of the Ravensbourne gave origin to itspresent name, which was anciently spelt Depeford, from thedeep ford over the river, where, but a sliort time since, stoodthe bridge, which forms the subject of the accompanyingengraving, but whose scite is now occupied by one of moderaerection. Deptford was anciently a small fishing village, and con-tinued of comparatively, but little importance, till the royaldock was established here, by Henry the Eighth, in the be-ginning of bis reign. Since that period it has progressivelyincreased, and its population has augmented in the propor-tion of twenty to one within the last two centuries. The Dianor of Deptford was given, by William the Con-queror, to Gilbert de Magn
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