C ities and
... T ow ns.
Bath.
Manchefter..
fource afcribed to-feveral literary forgeries..; Th e , hot-wells in ;the
neighbourhood appear to have been known i n . 148o.; but the water
was ’chiefly ;ufed externailyvnTUl; »hQhf ijth#f year111,67 p, , 5 a i b ake r
dreaming, that his diabetes y/as, relieved by' rjjyatQT vhe tj-ied
the f a s
inereafed, and many-.-commodipus and elegant eredtions have contributed
to recommend thefe wells to invalids. In the ^d ja ^ n j^ ro c ^ fa re
found beautiful jcryflaia;* wMicfoi before4 k h e intradu&fon ’ ,df ..artificial
' wier^ greatlydn' 'faffiidn’„for femaje- orn^m'.entst« rT h e" t|4 l® p f
Briftol is chieflyjwitlji, Irejari®||f|he Weft^ ;I^drth America,
Hamburgh, £lje.&|ti&; tljat with Guinea,- not .the rpoftdafyjable,
is refigncd, to»Liv,ei;p6|>l. I • By foe rivefsl&efflef n
and Wye* Briftol allq ^engj^dfos^ipoft .©f^he^^d'fe o£|Wa|I^*i 1%
Briftol employed |jfo u t’^600' cb a ftjn g ,^ fte fe ^ ad { 41,6 fhin's ,engaged .in
foreign 'commer'ce Inhabrtairt&vaboifl^^fccg^4'|i
The,, proximity may Here!UuffiOTze,,nt ^ . m^timj'o'f BathbMfremed
the mo^elegahi: town in EnglaM^^TheiAOft-bhtnsjTipm which -if ^derives
its5hame^f'w§ffi4known ih the'Roman times, rikr'was*thlir-'cSehrity
loft -even ip'the * dark period 'b f Anglo-Saloft'-hiftey. jj But'the^own
has been greatly enlarged and decorated i^h^BfP,ceflfory:< J«TheVv\8it£rs
are ufed both internally and • extgtfriall-y, - chiefly Ihygout^sBihotts5,, and
paMyfitr'cafes,*being frequented at two'tic&esvin fee year, whatTsptsmltd
thefpring fesdonyfrom April tO^tfoe^dbrd^ne’aufomnalTrcmtSepteiriber
let .December. TJvd jhirds* ?df the-company^a|d atltaBe’d raAjdy^by
amnfement, fociety,’ and diffipation,. in 1 adlwdiidh it is, opjy fecem^to
London. f Situated kt>a-vale, Bath is Very .Hot indfoniifier. Tfigilfoiiles
are imnflsmiftedmf white ftone, wMch<IJ)oundHa tifatehjcinkyv 1
But nextmo Briftol in point? o f Opulenct?! tau&b’&^lafted .th e toWns* of
Manchefter,. Birmingham, and Sheffield.
• M anchefter, ih Lancafhire, was kiiown ■ii'n’-thA'RbMa
the name o f Mancunium, a fmall K om a f l'f tit|h k tp il|^ ^% ^ 4i^edF5In
obfcurity tiH the time o f Elizabeth ” , when Camden mentions its manufacture
^ of vsfeollen-cldths; th a t ylars
under Charles I.< Manchefter remained in the haqds o f .the Parliament.
, «'Barrett’s Briftol, 93. 14 Ibid’. 190. «AikinWan, 149.
In
Tt> yfoA^ th^ iwhalakanft iwere only computed at 8©act ' In 1757, they
fel 1 i flAri* infi-jbcdbo^/al! 1 nreffinh them are ^ppoffidlfo, amount to afeodt
’The; 'fcqtton- manbfadjpr.es' fofi ’ -M^nehefteri are Sufficiently
known §yer.Europe ; ap'd {tbe4madKin<^,sgrea%sI indebted fto- the ge4
ni-nstjof ia;n ’Arkwi%h|ffi ^iagites.aftonifhment. at the Sprqgrefs;<©f human
art and induftgy. l& w»
.1 J^irmi-nghfM^Im ^jTwiwacfc|(|h»f^ was originally 'a »villages,') bel,®trging,tb -
a- ,;ih#M|rmofotb^ofam£ ,wb.ofp -jmonumentsj:'remain ini the/- old
churfhiT LeTajrid^eations it as?£fl|o)wh inhabited; by. finiths and* cutlers,
|ij.|the bimspSt^fcHerjxyilffl&ILjna'n.d fe h ^ lq jjim e ^ fu a ^ cM ed j hit-maker«
Thpexi'enfioa; and iinptbvejn^htr.of«Birmingham, originatedhin .a- great
degrd.eSEnm'’Mr.'jQhmjEa!ylpryw h 0t4inl®cBsuc®ithe:4manufaOT4'ise^of gilt
feuttgng',,and&apamiqdj and enaimqljljed^TOfkS';. 'but the^fioy»manufacture
waK.’khown ifc^thetirbig-i^of' Chautes 51. .Ti^cgfcegfc fatyriq,. oalled'. Soho,
b'elhfegfogH'pfMeilisrffiq^i.t^n; a n d ^ a t t s j u&sifi^aterdvlabopt'Jtwo miles1
from"Birrflifigham, but in ’Smffmdiftiire;1 J Between'the’ y e a r 174.1 and*
4^s|li®t;BmgSngham had received ah 'augmentation ohfeverviy-two ftreets,
4172-'Kbi^fesi,ahd; 2f33’2i inhabitants 17; the pretfent population'is4 com^-
•pMt£d.Jai$Wp$o. 7;’
-u®heffield^h the rimfB fohthesrn»paft ofiYorkftiire-, ;isS ftyRddby’Le-
lana f<thf*cM'efn'market-town in?dfcl]®mfhire, (fori ilny’^he- ;North, many
(particular^diftri(i|B ufmp ,4h e .'riamerof ?£hiiEe&»); ■, d|he jeornpany ■’ o f cutlers
of iHallamfbite, wa'Sie(|abl>£hed-‘ b ^ a£b^ .qflparliament^irtj^bcJj; ;s but
Sheffieldihad been diftingmftied^for a -kind ^ f kniyes^GaUed; whittles,, arid
other^articles oftf-G^^ry', as eaylyj^s*, the thhteenjtlij Gentiu^^ y,et, till
v?ithim$he laffrihalf jeentury, thoimahkfaClureSjP^fj^iefhgld'w^-e* conveyed;
weekly- to thfr ffiCtrop'olh,, oh 'paGl&^h®|feSs'i In 17^1,-the rriycij
Don was r.endere.4 .navigable t o within.hwo .miles^ q£ ,the town, which
fa'crlitated-the*exporti ;^h@^;pJ^te.<h'gppd§ey^Mn^!^4 *,aboh|i u 75*8-50(I1! jhj?iyga,r<jl^.6i-,5, th§ pqpplatiqn 'ghlyj a^mouuted',t9,i'%r52?jilm to
12,^83-; in ip ^ g i abqut; -30,000. ' At prefeht thfiwpoppia|iont .may .be
about
>0 149.156» « Hvrtwn’ s jS iK o f BirmiDgnam.
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