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THE ANCIENT HISTORIES OF ROUS, CAMDEN, SPEED,
AND DUGDALE,

WITH CURIOUS MEMOIRS OF THE LIVES

OF THESE EARLY ENGLISH WRITERS;

A DESCRIPTION OF

THE PRESENT STATE OF THE COUNTY WITH ITS MODERN DIVISIONS AND SUBDIVISIONS, AND
THEIR POPULATION AND VALUATION;

A

DIRECTORY OF EVERY TOWN AND CONSIDERABLE VILLAGE
IN THE COUNTY;

A

GAZETTEER OF ALL THE TOWNS, VILLAGES, PARISHES AND HAMLETS,

WITH

Their distances from the principal Market or Post Towns, and from London;

AND AN

ITINERARY OF THE DIRECT AND CROSS ROADS,
With a list of the Noblemen and Gentlemen's Seats.

ILLUSTRATED WITHI

CHARACTERISTIC ETCHINGS AND A MAP OF THE COUNTY.

BY WM. WEST.

Royal Palaces-of state, or pain, or pleasure;

Ancient rock-bas'd Castles, rising from cliffs on Avon's side,

With cloudcapt turrets and embattled towers;

Ascending spires, and glittering vanes;

Monuments and Records of the illustrious dead;

Tales of Champions, rich in legendary lore;

The Birth-place of the first of Poets and Historians.

Old Chronicles.

BIRMINGHAM:

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY R. WRIGHTSON, ATHENEUM,
NEW-STREET; AND SOLD BY BALDWIN AND CRADOCK,
AND HURST, CHANCE AND CO. LONDON.