THE ANCIENT HISTORIES OF ROUS, CAMDEN, SPEED, 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 A DIRECTORY OF EVERY TOWN AND CONSIDERABLE VILLAGE 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, 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, |