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A History of the County of Sussex
… when a meeting of Quakers was dispersed by the mob. 53 Defoe noted about 1725 that 'the castle is lately repaired … Lewes Castle (1928), 13. Suss. Arch. Coll. xiii, 22. D. Defoe, Tour through Gt. Brit, i, 165 (8th ed., 1778). This …
A History of the County of Sussex
… . . . beautified with divers handsome streets . . . '. 186 Defoe's comments some fifty years later were very similar; … 149, 572. Suss. Arch. Coll. xxxii, 224. Ibid. xix, 164. Defoe, Tour through Gt. Britain (1778), i, 1645. Diary and …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… op. cit. 324. Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xv, App. vii, 1903. Defoe, Tour in Great Britain (ed. 1778), ii, 46. Priv. Act, 1 …
A History of the County of Worcester
… the stocking trade became one of the principal industries, Defoe in 1753 describing Pershore as 'famous for the stocken …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… This shows that the market was important still later. Defoe, A Tour (ed. 1727), iii, 145; ibid. (ed. 1769), ii, …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… In 16601 'people of good fashion' frequented the Spa. 54 Defoe in 1727 found 'a great deal of good Company here.' 55 …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Athenaeum, No. 3914, 1 Nov. 1902), and the 1778 edition of Defoe's Tour. Stat. 43 Geo. III, cap. 21. Stat. 50 Geo. III, …
A History of the County of Warwick
… was temporarily stopped by the coal tax of 1695. 96 Defoe, writing about 30 years later, speaks of the Avon … P.C. Reg. 64, fols. 224, 280. Commons Journals, xi, 376. Defoe, Tour in Gt. Britain (ed. Cole), ii, 441. There is …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… cotton-working and woollen manufacture, c. 1710, 235 and Defoe described Tewkesbury as 'famous for a great manufacture … so early as the early 18th century. Atkyns, Glos. 725. Defoe, Tour thro' G.B. (1927 edn.), ii. 440. Rep. Sel. Cttee. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… so sudden nor so profound as is there suggested. In 1705 Defoe recorded 'a quiet trading drunken town, a Whig baily …