A view of Plymouth ([1780?])
Lady's Magazine
| Repository | Library | Shelf |
|---|---|---|
| Devon | West Country Studies | M SC1982-1 |
| Devon | PLY | I/S |
Illustration Reference
SC1982-1
Location
CD 31 DVD 5
Publication Details
Scope and Content
Plymouth directory. [from The Universal British directory.] 1795. pp. 262. This town has a good pilchard fishing, drives a considerable trade to the Streights and to Newfoundland, and has a custom-house, and two churches, which, though here are several meeting-houses, have each so large a cure of souls, that the parish-clerks were, till very lately, in deacon's orders, to enable them to perform all the sacerdotal functions. The profits of the pews go to the poor. The choice of the lecturers, every three years, is vested in the corporation, which was constituted in the reign of Henry VI. to consist of a mayor, twelve aldermen, and twenty-four common councilmen. The mayor is elected by a jury of thirty-six persons, chosen by four others, of whom the mayor and aldermen choose two, and the common council the other two. Here is also a recorder, and a town-clerk, whose place is very profitable. The town is divided into four parts, which, till they had a mayor, were governed by as many captains, who had each three constables under him. It is well supplied with fresh water, which was first brought hither from a place seven miles off, at the cost of Sir Francis Drake, born here.[Text may be taken from a different source or edition than that listed as the source by Somers Cocks.]
Format
Copper l.engr
Dimensions
93x164mm
Note
Reissue of SC1982
Places
Aspects
From north
Subjects
Dates
1733