Cary's New itinerary; or, An accurate delineation of the great roads ... throughout England and Wales; with many of the principal roads in Scotland [&c.].

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G. & J. Cary, 1821 - 1054 páginas

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Página 253 - ... so called from its leading to the town mills parallel to the river on the west side. It is a place of great trade both by land and water. The air is healthy, and the prospect most delightful. The hill, on which the upper part of the town stands, (in the parish of St. Leonard) rises sixty yards from the bed of the river ; many of the houses are founded upon the rock, and most of the cellars are caves hewn out of it. On the...
Página 253 - Castle-hill by a water-engine, whence the houses are supplied. There is a curious walk made from the high part of the town to the bridge, being a hollow way hewn twenty feet through the depth of the rock ; and although the descent is very great, it is made easy by steps and rails.
Página 569 - Two commodious rooms open into this bath, fitted up with pumps and pipes, to direct the hot water to any particular part of the body. There are also fire-places and other conveniences for the use of the bathers.
Página 357 - Brough ; it is a neat building, but no way remarkable for any thing either internal or external, except the pulpit, which is cut out of one entire stone. Near the church, on a hill, are the ruins of an ancient castle...
Página 453 - In the coal trade it is the first port in the world, and has sometimes exported to foreign parts and coastwise 600,000 chaldrons in a year.
Página 569 - Most of the new buildings, and by far the largest and finest part of...
Página 253 - On the roof of the caves are gardens, with foot-paths over them, so that persons may walk over the tops of several of the houses without danger or difficulty. The town is well supplied with water, not only from an extensive spring, half a mile off, by pipes, but also from the Severn ; it being thrown to the top of Castle-hill by a water-engine, whence the houses are supplied.

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