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Old and New London
… be seen presently. Marlborough House is thus described by Defoe in his "Journey through England" in 1722:"The palace of …
Old and New London
… "Although no great reliance," says Wilson, in his "Life of Defoe," "is to be placed upon the faithfulness of Ward's …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… a part of the Ouse. Statistics from Bd. of Agric. (1905). Defoe, A Tour (ed. 1769), ii, 238. Olney and the Lace-Makers, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 709 Some meadows remained in common use, 710 and c. 1724 Defoe praised the quality of Amesbury's meadow land. 711 By … ct. 17 May 1677; 283/35, lease, Hayward to Bird, 1688. D. Defoe, Tour through Gt. Brit. ed. G. D. H. Cole, i. 211. …
A History of the County of Bedford
… as famous for its horse fair and its stone bridge. 86 Defoe's Tour styles it 'one of the greatest markets in …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… (presumably Humphrey) who held it in 1770. 910 Daniel Defoe, who visited west Wiltshire in c. 1725, described … Coll., Rentals 1731, 1763, 17705 Wilts. Survey 1752. D. Defoe, A Tour Thro'... Great Britain (1927), i, 282. Univ. …
A History of the County of Surrey
… with furze bushes and hollies, about 600 acres in extent. Defoe states that it was as lately as the time of James II …
A History of the County of Bedford
… accounts for Dunstable's reputation for healthiness. Defoe, writing c. 1778, notices that Dunstable having no …
A History of the County of Rutland
… the Rev. H. de Foe Baker, vicar (great-grandson of Daniel Defoe), who also designed the base. They were given by Mrs. …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… as much.' Atkinson, op. cit. ii, 45. The Continuator of Defoe's Tour through Great Britain, iii, 220. Wesley, Journ. … trade had therefore left Guisborough (The Continuator of Defoe's Tour through Great Britain, 220). Graves, Cleveland, …