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| Keywords: Bodleian Libraries, Walker's tour through England & Wales, a new geographical pastime.jpg s are transcribed above Folded on linen in slip case; Walker's tour through England and Wales a new pastime; Directions for making the tour of England; Maidstone Kent a market town situated on the River Medway There is in this ancient town a manufactory for linen-thread first introduced by the Flemings; also an excellent paper is made here and the townsmen have a considerable trade in hops timber corn orchard fruits c ; Rochester Kent a small but ancient city Here is an Alms-house for six poor travellers who are supplied with a supper a bed and a breakfast and with four pence to carry them on their journey; but they are to stay no longer than one night; and it remarkable that an inscription over the door intimates that 'rogues and proctors are excepted'; Dover Kent a market town and sea port situated at the narrowest part of the channel that divides England from France Quantities of packet-boats pass from this place to France in the time of peace and with a fair wind the voyage is generally made in one tide The Castle a structure of remote antiquity is built on the extremity of the stupendous cliffs which form the eastern barrier to Dover town and harbour; every contrivance has been used to render it impregnable Dover remains to be one of the chief of those ancient port towns on this coast called the cinque ports still distinguished by various privileges; Canterbury an ancient city and the metropolitan see of all England The poorer class of inhabitants find ample employment in the silk cotton and wool trades; and though some of the manufacturers have declined the town possesses a still greater source of wealth in the cultivation of hops which cover many hundreds of acres of land in the vicinity; Margate Kent was til the year 1724 a little mean fishing town; it is now become a fashionable resort for sea-bathing Great quantities of corn are exported hence and vessels are frequently passing to and from the coast of Flanders The buildings still continue to increase in number and elegance and the place abounds with several favourite walks libraries commodious shops and places of public entertainment The assembly room is an elegant and noble building and commands a delightful prospect of the sea; Harwich Essex has always been the chief port for the packets that sail to Holland In the Dutch wars great use has been made of Harwich harbour and formerly there have been seen here 100 sail of men of war with their attendants and between 3 and 400 sail of colliers all riding it at one time and with great safety and convenience; Ipswich Suffolk is a place of considerable size; it boasts of great antiquity Cardinal Wolsey was the son of a butcher of this town By his eminent abilities and the favour of his sovereign Henry the Eighth he rose to the highest dignities of church and state the popedom excepted; an honour to which his ambition aspired but his hopes were disappointed Soaring beyond the condition of a subject he lost the royal favour and in his adversity displayed a most strking example of the instability of all human prosperity; Bury St Edmunds Suffolk a considerable borough and market town most delightfully situated and particularly famed for the salubrity of its air which is deemed the best in England; Norwich the capital of Norfolk This city has undergone many revolutions having been plundered by the Danes restored to a prosperous condition under Edward the Confessor besieged by William the Conqueror and finally rendered an opulent manufacturing city by the settlement of some emigrants from Flanders who introduced the art of weaving crapes and bombazeens and stuffs of various kinds with such success as to supply not only the demand of home consumption but also Holland Germany and the ports of the Mediterranean The charitable institutions of Norwich are uncommonly numerous; Yarmouth has long been known as one of the principal sea-ports of England; is a considerable fishing town has an excellent market place and a very extensive and beautiful quay; Lynn or Lynn Regis is a rich populous place; was once inhabited but by a few poor fishermen is now the residence of many opulent merchants It supplies the midland counties with coals timber and wine; and in return exports corn and malt in very great quantities; Boston Lincolnshire a pleasant wealthy and populous borough and market town the church dedicated to St Botolph is an elegant Gothic structure the tower of which is 300 feet high which may be seen 40 miles round the country and also serves as a guide to mariners when they enter the dangerous channels of Boston deeps; Lincoln is a very ancient city and is a county of itself and has a peculiar jurisdiction extending twenty miles around it The cathedral is a truly magnificent fabric Formerly no city was more rich or populous than this; it is now become much reduced both in trade and population and has no manufactories; Hull is a very large busy place of great trade; the quay is remarkably handsome Hull was the first place to shut its gates against that unfortunate monarch Charles the First when embroiled in a civil war with his parliament; Scarborough is built on a rocky eminence that encircles a bay of considerable extent; the castle is a noble object; the spa is a source of wealth to the inhabitants which with the attractions of sea-bathing draw crowds of polite company hither every summer Here the traveller must stop two turns to see the place; Whitby Yorkshire is a sea-port town of note and contains near 16 000 inhabitants supported by a large foreign trade and some manufactories; Durham a city situated on a singular rocky eminence almost surrounded by the river Weare; its appearance is compact and its figure so striking as to occasion it to be emphatically called the English Zion; Sunderland Durham a sea-port and market town; is large and populous thriving and well built and its sea-men are reckoned the best in the world; Newcastle Northumberland has for centuries past supplied thousands of the inhabitants of England with coals and enjoys an immense trade in many other articles both domestic and foreign Stay one turn to see the coal mines; Alnwick Northumberland a market town situated on the side of a hill near the river Alne Here Malcolm II king of Scotland and his son Edmund were slain and their army routed; Berwick upon Tweed Northumberland This being the frontier town between England and Scotland its neighbourhood has been the scene of many bloody battles The salmon fisheries are very considerable and afford much amusement; it is a fine sight to see the nets thrown and the poor rogues leaping and struggling to retain their liberty; Carlisle Cumberland a city situated in the midst of fertile and extensive meadows Here stop to see the dexterity of the boys and girls in making whips and fishing tackle; Whitehaven Cumberland is a noted sea-port and market town; the copperas and salt works are of considerable extent The famous Paul Jones in the American war landed here spiked the guns set to fire two ships in the dock and damaged many houses; but the vigilant inhabitants soon made him fly; Appleby Westmoreland a borough and market town almost encompassed by the river Eden; Kendall Westmoreland built in a most beautiful valley and watered by the river Can or Ken; Douglas a sea-port in the Isle of Man; Image 2 slip case single sheet; 186 x 116 x 10 slipcase mm; 650 x 533 mm exhibition history Allegro identifier 20030930/15 33 22 jl object history object type Licensed-PD-Art PD-old-100 cc-by-4 0 place of creation London England William Darton place of discovery http //digital bodleian ox ac uk/inquire/p//daa7a2de-b117-4fb3-aa0a-6369ec0b9ec3 Digital Bodleian Template John Johnson Walker's tour through England Wales a new geographical pastime Uploaded with GWToolset Bodleian Libraries Walker's tour through England Wales a new geographical pastime http //iiif bodleian ox ac uk/iiif/image/af5aa3f9-e6a6-4a05-8629-fd288670270b/full/ 1000 1000/0/default jpg Files uploaded by the Bodleian Libraries' Wikimedian In Residence Game boards Maps Four-color maps | ||||
