Capper's Topographical Dictionary 1808, title

Capper's Topographical Dictionary 1808


item:-	Armitt Library : A5012 Capper's Topographical Dictionary 1808 Title Page :-
title	A TOPOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM; COMPILED FROM PARLIAMENTARY, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS AND AUTHORITIES; CONTAINING GEOGRAPHICAL, TOPOGRAPHICAL, & STATISTICAL ACCOUNTS OF EVERY DISTRICT, OBJECT, AND PLACE IN ENGLAND, WALES, SCOTLAND, IRELAND, AND THE VARIOUS SMALL ISLANDS DEPENDANT ON THE BRITISH EMPIRE. ACCOMPANIED BY FORTY-SIX MAPS, DRAWN PURPOSELY FOR THIS WORK, ON AN ORIGINAL PLAN. BY BENJAMIN PITTS CAPPER, ESQ.
	LONDON: PRINTED FOR RICHARD PHILLIPS, BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS. (Price 25s. in boards, or 30s. with the plates coloured; the Maps coloured and done up separately, price 12s. half-bound.) 1808. J. G. Barnard, Printer, Snow-Hill.
sources	Sources
	Benjamin Capper gives a list of sources in his introduction, in which:-
	GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF ENGLAND.
	The Itinerary of John Leland, 9 vols. 8vo. Oxford, 1770.
	Britannia, by William Camden; republished with Additions, by Richard Gough, Esq, 3 vols. fol. 1789.
	Magna Britannia, Antiqua and Nova, 6 vols. 4to. London. 1720-1731.
	The Antiquities of England and Wales, by Francis Grose, Esq. F.S.A. with Supplement, 6 vols. 4to. London, 1773-1787.
	Magna Britannia, by Messrs. Samuel and Daniel Lysons, vol. I. 4to. London, 1805.
	CUMBERLAND.
	The History of Cumberland, by William Hutchinson, F.A.S. 2 vols. 4to. Carlisle, 1794
	LANCASHIRE.
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	The Antiquities of Furness. 4to. London, 1744.
	...
	WESTMORELAND.
	The History and Antiquities of Westmoreland, and Cumberland, by Joseph Nicholson and Dr. Burn. 2 vol. 4to. 1777.
	Excursion to the Lakes, by W. Hutchinson. 8vo. London, 1776.
	Some of the entries indicate that other published sources have been used.
	At the end of his preface:-
apology	That no errors should be found in a Work comprising so many thousand dates, numbers, and facts, is more than the Author can expect. He has however endeavoured to attain perfection, but wherever he may have failed he shall be glad to receive corrections of every kind through the medium of Mr. PHILLIPS, the Publisher.

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