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C'hçfter--
Lancafter.
Hull.
In a chorography of England, Leicefter and Shrewlbury might deferve
defcription, but its. geography can only embrace the m o | important
topics. • The city of Chefter muft claim the next confideratioti. It is of
Roman origin, and the chief ftreets are Angular in their' cohftru&ion,
being excavated beneath the level of the ground, while a covered
portico, in the front of the boufes, affords an-elevated and dickered
foot-path ; beneath are the. fhops and warehoufes, on the level of the
ftreet, to which the paffenger defeends by occafional: hairs. The trade
of Chefter is not confiderable, but it carries on a fhare of the
traffic with.I&>Eth Wales j ( anc^,fts t^?n ,annrial faj?&.aye fa monkfqrgfhe
fa^'^f Iriflx lin.ens. It is,Jthe fayourfre maray geptkpl
families, from Walqsf-V,
Near an extenlive bay Qf thp Irilh Sea, which might nowhe defined
the hay^of^jncallgT^.whUg antjau^ijes p.pman-nai^e
Mpricambe, ftands Laneafter^ p ^ ^ ^ i e f e ‘and
name is in the North.proAOunced JLQ^^ e n ^ th ^ p ^ a rv e t^m o lQ g y , as
frltgpds upon theEjiver.Tpm, When tfif «.cpjjpti^s oi^mm.bpilahd and
Weftmoreland t^lpn^ed^tp the jSeofs,,; dbi^-wasr ^ g ^ d e d ;as
frontier, place, and was defgjdgd -by a # ro n g ,caftlg,frtu_at,§>dn©ni'a; coiji-
manding emioenpe^ Lanfiafter - a f t e r w a r d s , o f J fu k e to
prinpes of the royal blood j r^.n^.jhe eonten^ a n ^ f York
and Laneafter are well JfmoWtk TKerelis !a h n d g f i ^ l u m ‘a ^ ls u b v c r
th e -Ton,' which -©pens ;into a g soft durable h a ^ e ^ ; th e , a
moderate commerce, elpeeia^ly with the 'Weft. Indies.,
* On the Eaft^ th e . extpnfive province .ofrYork-fttire enfitoias^many
flourifhing towns, beftde? th e capital, York,' .and^iSheffidd, .aj$eady
deferibed. On the Harahef, .th e wide .recap ta^lyAr# «panytaaflpt~
ftands the great fea-port of Hull, or Kingffion-upon-Hull; the latter
name being only that of the rivulet. The town- -was. founded by
Edward I. Several, privileges were ..obtained from Richard I I ; and
■ the firft ftaple of trade was ftock-filh imported from Iceland. In the
civil wars of laft century, Hull difplayed the firft flag of defiance
againft the Monarch. The harbour is artificial, and is fuppofed to
prefent the largeft ■ dock in the kingdom. The trade is important
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C H A P. HI. C I V I L G E O G R A P H Y.
with America, and the fouth of Europe, but chiefly with the Baltic; Gities-ahd
and; feyerak ffiips are employed in the northern whale-fifhery. The ;
coafting traffic "is extenlive in coals; -coni, wool, and manufactories; <
and Hull fupplies the commerce of many northern counties, having
not only communication with the Trent, and other branches of the
Hi&nher| but with. ‘ib&iri^ersjAbdyktftailW of kfoyfcltl-S rfrg5-.
Leeds, Bradfield, Halifax, and Wakefield, are the chief centres of Leeds.. I
.the great mantifa&ures of -wp’ollen cloth’s and fluffs. , "Leeds is the*
principal mart for broad-cloths, or what foreigners term, fine Englifh
cloffhl ittCiS'fitfeted'^ in iair/pxteMvykvaJdl.; arid , the
p^p^Son* ' i s ' * f t i P u f i n d f : jq,
tb# M g hhtniring tKtd, p f ^ r e y l ] . J o i f l i t Leetfs.
TTTS"S"t?lettfr-eh^ifl * a^ptoptiarbd. .teethe- Me' is a r v a f t r r andfttli w T
noftd^tMt'fedted Within kbbs^ i^ e% f aW'fidfeoh the market
d-iysh1 Htffefa^ fituat&>n,.'-arfdMel|r popUlausf ffcis
the G h iH ^ ik 6fffor.dtteevlitifinel^wp¥3|ten lljoffis^rwlf.'as ftuift, cali-
rri^nca^r'.&crkwSearbordu^fi, ''oks^ihd > s a l t e r n teoXftp isfa-.-jphfeyp_
hrat6d|«aqrdEtt; for feas-bath^g-ptind ptefifbineteh watefti;
romantic* .fiuk’ fetor; port i® fma^ytabch' chie&.y fne^uehted I by fi fifing-
.■ «efelfe-;,*
BWhariMl'®'p4eafant a4 d'^ielfeei'le?k;ity,‘ fextemffmg; jfeltjy an rhirKsm.''
errffflgrfet;TftffetIrM'eii ’ Were,« ’ windih^lw0UB^i1|8ii>ffi^r* feitawtfclsfoh
h6^-,ffi’dg,! ffeh'fe^it peninffilkri Nair uh'e^ neck. ‘ o f (land '.is placed” ,
the*tkaftlte|iffef; WhiSBo^rilfe ;mor& tthankthe' keepiirpjriai«s4’-; which -Is-
fu'fro"n!nff^d‘‘ 'By * the'|||lealafe;ga5ffew th^^ii^p!sb^Iiadhul^fer?peu
TdWtrfi# • 1?h&'>jmlif !df %R^-pemnftrlak ftaffdk fnoff/ ,
Shgfiflifgaiite, in a hnbft auguft .iituatitorfjfwitB' de'cp &cfffiti^Ion Itfie
fentfat'vahdfc^bft^'oWh ^ 1 Mrd driver; the 'banks- 'dfr iwhlcfti ate -ffinely
W'odd-gff, ^arid'^-h^m^h^ Wi1d‘ hfeaiSt'ie&Mtffl.itat^te, Whibh
lm'prpVed^ ripfr'irijnfbd^bytfthfeI-taffi;'d?a-ndl4‘puleneA'^ S thfe ’der'ev; The-
bridge eall fs narrow and ’iffe^nly- executed j , bilt o n ^ ^ ^ u th '
thetb«s>, an elgg&nt Modem bridge-.- amd on * the'’’wdft, thaf. of, B&rop.
FIa®ibardlri%d^diniy£d for ',the .fi^itnefs j-aad ib^uffy.r o f the^ardies.
About a mile from! fhe .towny.pnithjs'fid^ftahd^NeVilW'C^fsj where-
1J Ailfin,j Esgl. de]|u^.wy6. ■ ,
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