Identifier: newdisplayofbeau02lond (find matches)
Title: A new display of the beauties of England; : or A description of the most elegant or magnificent public edifices, royal palaces, noblemen's and gentlemen's seats, and other curiosities, natural or artificial ..
Year: 1776 (1770s)
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Subjects: Historic buildings
Publisher: London: : Printed for R. Goadby, and sold by J. Towers, and by R. Baldwin
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
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ings forthe poor of the parife. Here is a neat alms-houfe built by majorIngrim, who was a native of this place. Here is a fpacioustown-hall, and a high crofs, and under the crofs is a ciftem, torwhich warer is conveyed by an engine, from a neighbouring•brook, and thence carried to moft of the ftreets. This townhas a ftone bridge over the Parret, which was begun by Williamde Brivere, who built the caftle, and finiftied by Thomas Trivetthe fucceeding lord of the manor. The fame William de Briverealfo built a key here, which is called the haven. By its conve-rgence for navigation this town carries on a pretty good coafttrade to Briftol, Wales, and Cornwall j and upwards of 20 coal(hips are conftantly employed from this port. It has a foreigntrade, chiefly to Portugal and Newfoundland. Wool is import-ed hither in great quantities from Ireland. The receipts of the■cuiloms here amounts to upwards of 3000I. a year; the marketis the molt confiderable in the county for corn, cattle, (beep,
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THE BEAUTIES OF ENGLAND. 519 hogs, and cheefe ; and there is no part of the kingdom in whichprovifions are cheaper. Ilchester is 128 miles from London.j and is fo called be-caufe it had once a caftle, and is fituated upon .he river Ivel. Itis a very antient borough, governed by two bailiffs, and 12 bur-gefles, who are lords of the manor. In the reign of Edward theThird* the aflizes for the county were fixed here;, but they havelong fince been alternately at Wells* Taunton,, and Bridge-water. Here the knights of the fhire, for reprefenting the coun-ty in parliament are chofen ; the county court is held herejand here is the gaol for debtors and malefactors. This wasamiently a place of great importance, and very populous. Aboutthe time of the Norman invafion it not only had. a caftle, whichis now in ruins, but was encompaffed with a double wall. Ithas a ftone bridge over the Ivd; on which are flill to be feenthe remains of two antient- towers. It had alfo feveral pariflichurches, though

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