Gents Mag 1817 part 2 p.26

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	Gentleman's Magazine 1817 part 2 p.26
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	Observations and Enquiries to be made by the Topographer Observations and Enquiries to be made by the Topographer while Travelling. (From the MSS. of the late W. ALEXANDER, F.S.A. TO ascertain the ancient and modern name of the parish, and its etymology; how situated; what distance from tne nearest market town; what rivers or brooks pass near, or bound it, with their rise and course; extent of the parish, and by what others bounded, express by compass; to what hundred, or division, or liberty belonging, and what hamlets therein; what number of houses and inhabitants; what seats and manors; who the ancient and present lords or proprietors, and what peculiar customs, tenures, or privileges, appertain thereto; what castles, ruins, antient mansions, or remarkable buildings; and whether any sculptured ornaments, arms, painted glass, &c. are to be found therein; what fairs or markets, when held, by whom granted, and whether continued or disused; what trade or manufactures carried on; whether any remains of religious houses, as monasteries, nunneries, colleges, chapels, hospitals, guilds, or fraternities, alms, or school-houses; when founded, their antient establishment and present state; what privileges or immunities, charters, deeds, or other writings; what cartularies, genealogical rolls, pedigrees, books of arms, seals, or other fragments, belonging to them; what singular customs, as annual processions, wakes, doles, sports and games; and what peculiar proverbs, phrases, and words. What Crosses, or obelisks, ornamented or inscribed; whether any barrows or tumuli; have any of these been opened, and such articles as weapons, pottery, rings, lachrymatories, &c. found therein? Whether any beacons or landmarks; what Roman earth-works, as camps, ways, roads, and if any altars, coins, or other fragments of antiqui-
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