A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain by Daniel Defoe & Pat Rodgers

Author:Daniel Defoe & Pat Rodgers
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Europe, Non-Fiction, Literary Collections, Travelogues, Travel, Great Britain, Essays
ISBN: 9780141962351
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2005-08-24T23:00:00+00:00

Clement VII

4 Saints.

St. Egwin.

St. Dunstan.

St. Oswald.

St. Wolstan.

11 Archbishops.

St. Dunstan.

St. Oswald

Adulf.

St. Wolstan.

Aldred.

Grey.

Bourcher.

Wittelry.

Heath.

Sands.

Whitgift.

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7 Chancellors

of England.

De Ely.

Giffard

Reynolds.

Thoresby.

Barnett.

Alcock.

Heath.

1 President.

Heath.

1 Vice-President.

Whitgift.

2 Lord Treasurers.

Reynolds.

Wakefield.

1 Chancellor to a Queen.

Simon.

This city is very full of people, and the people generally esteem’d very rich, being full of business, occasion’d chiefly by the cloathing trade, of which the city and the country round carries on a great share, as well for the Turkey trade as for the home trade.

The salt springs in this county which were formerly esteem’d as next to miraculous, have since the discovery of the mines of rock salt in Lancashire, Cheshire, &. lost all of wonder that belong’d to them, and much of the use also; the salt made there being found to be much less valuable than what is now made of the other. So I need say little to them.

Near this city are the famous Maulvern Hills, or Mauvern Hills, seen so far every way. In particular, we saw them very plainly on the Downs, between Marlborough and Malmsbury; and they say they are seen from the top of Salisbury steeple, which is above 50 miles.

There was a famous monastery at the foot of these hills, on the S.W. side, and the ruins are seen to this day; the old legend of wonders perform’d by the witches of Mauvern, I suppose they mean the religieuse of both kinds, are too merry, as well as too antient for this work.

They talk much of mines of gold and silver, which are certainly to be found here, if they were but look’d for, and that Mauvern wou’d out do Potosi for wealth; but ‘tis probable if there is such wealth, it lies too deep for this idle generation to find out, and perhaps to search for.

There are three or four especial manufactures carried on in this country, which are peculiar to it self, or at least to this county with the two next adjoyning; namely, Chester, and Warwick.

Monmouth cups sold chiefly to the Dutch seamen, and made only at Beawdly.

Fine stone potts for the glass-makers melting their metal, of which they make their fine flint glass, glass plates, &. not to be found any where but at Stourbridge in this county, the same clay makes crucibles and other melting pots.

The Birmingham iron works: The north indeed claims a share or part of this trade, but it is only a part.

Kidderminster stuffs call’d Lindsey Woolseys, they are very rarely made any where else.

At Stourbridge also they have a very great manufacture for glass of all sorts.

From Worcester I took a tour into Wales, which tho’ I mentioned above, it was not at the same time with the rest of my journey; my account I hope will be as effectual.

In passing from this part of the country to make a tour through Wales, we necessarily see the two counties of Hereford and Monmouth, and for that reason I reserv’d them to this place, as I shall the counties of Chester and Salop to my return. A little below Worcester

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