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HANBURY, William (topographical descriptions)
King's College London -- Archives
Overview
This manuscript volume, entitled ‘Britannia’, contains topographical descriptions of places in England and Wales.
Detailed usage description
This eighteenth century manuscript volume, entitled 'Britannia', contains topographical descriptions of places in England and Wales including parts of Wiltshire, Somerset, Shropshire and Cheshire. There are also notes about local legends attached to the various sites. This source could be used to build up a vivid picture of how these parts of England and Wales appeared in the eighteenth century.
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The catalogue coder for this collection is KCLCA Hanbury. A collection level description is available on AIM25.
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Abstracting information
| Usage | Themes | Geographic area covered | Size of collection | Dates |
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Wiltshire, Somerset, Shropshire, Cheshire and parts of Wales. |
Approximately twenty locations are mentioned. |
1750 |