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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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teach-ing 250 boys. In the cathedral church-yard there is a collegeerefted and endowed bybifhop Morley in 1672 for ten widowsof clergymen. The plains and downs about this city, whichcontinue with very few interferons of rivers or vallies for above50 miles, render it very pleafant to thofe who love an open fitu-ation and exteniive profpedts. M A R K E T - T O W N S. Portsmouth derives its name from its fituation at the portor mouth of the creek that runs up a part of the coaft, which athigh tide is furrounded with the fea, and is therefore called Port-fea Ifland. It is about 14 miles in circumference, and is joinedto the continent by abridge a little above the town. At thisbridge there was formerly a fmall caftle, the ruins of which areftill remaining, and a town called Port Peris, which is nowknown by the name of Porchefter, and was then clofe upon theftrand, but the fea retiring from Porchefter, many of the inhabi-tants followed it, and fettling below Port Peris, built Portf- mouth.
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rsk iSS iv THE BEAUTIES OF ENGLAND. 347 mouth. This town is diftant from London 73 miles, and is aborough, governed by a mayor, aldermen, recorder, bailiff, andcommon-council-rnen. In the reign of Richard II. the French!burnt and deftroyed Portfmouth, but it recovered fo much in fixyears time, that the inhabitants fitted out a fleet, which beat theFrench atfea, as they were returning to infult the coalr. a fecondtime, and then proceeded to France, enteied the river Seine,funk feveral fhips, and brought off a great booty. Portsmouth may be called the key of England, and is itsmoft regular fortification. It was begun by Edw. IV. and aug-mented by Henry VII. and VIII; and queen Elizabeth was atfo great an expence in improving the works here, that nothingwas thought wanting to compleat them : but Charles II. addedvery much to their ftrength, extent, and magnificence, a*ndmade this one of the principal harbours in the kingdom, for lay-ing up the royal navy ; he furnilhed it with wet and dr

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