England at One View.
£125.00 GBP • Used
Large broadside 755 x 500 mm. printed on newsprint, a little browned. A statistical look at England and Wales leaning on the Parliamentary Census of 1831 and McCulloch’s Statistics of the Br...
Large broadside 755 x 500 mm. printed on newsprint, a little browned. A statistical look at England and Wales leaning on the Parliamentary Census of 1831 and McCulloch’s Statistics of the British Empire [1837]. The details given are wide ranging, separated into counties and include figures for agricultural produces, average rents, populations, etc. “Monmouthshire - Agriculture tolerable and improving. Part defended by dykes from the sea. Tillage performed chiefly by oxen - cattle good, chiefly of the Hereford breed. Mules much used. Stock of sheep 175,000 - wool packs 2,000. Average size of farms 140 acres - rent 12s 9d. Minerals coal iron, and limestone. Coal employs several thousand men, and iron about 3,000; preparation of tin 300; iron wire, 60; colours 70; shoemakers 632; tailors, 398. Contains six hundreds, 127 parishes. Returns four members - two for country, two for Monmouth.”
Product Info
Publisher: B.D. Cousins, c. 1838.
Type: Used
Binding: Softcover
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