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A History of the County of Lancaster
… import sugars, rum, cotton, &c. 178 Later travellers, Dr. Pococke 179 and Thomas Pennant, 180 were also favourably … x, App. iv, 296. Ray, Rebellion (ed. 1750), 129, 1924. Pococke (1750) thought it 'pleasantly situated'; he saw the … salted for export and pickled for home consumption; Dr. Pococke's Travels (Camd. Soc.), i, 13, 14. Pennant in 1769 …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Oglethorpe's dragoons and the Duke of Cumberland himself. Pococke in 1750 thought the town subsisted 'chiefly by its …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… a place of winter residence for the local gentry. 2 Dr. Pococke, who visited the place in 1754, wrote thus: … Rep. 1901. C. W. Bardsley, Chron. of Ulverston, 7. Dr. Pococke's Travels (Camd. Soc), ii, 1. West, writing about …
A History of the County of Oxford
… founded by Laud in 1636 with the great orientalist, Edward Pococke, as first professor. 343 The provision of the … studies were under the direction of the great scholar Pococke. The only faculty which continued to languish was … of over 1,000 manuscripts from the libraries of Edward Pococke and Robert Huntington. The manuscript resources of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… with a market for corn, cattle, &, on Thursdays.' Pococke in 1750 thought it 'a very poor town'; he 'saw to the …