Plymouth (c.1820)
W. CookeRepository | Library | Shelf |
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Devon | West Country Studies | S SC1988 |
Devon | PLY | I/S |
SC1988
CD 31 DVD 5
Publication Details
Cooke, G. A. A topographical and statistical description of the county of Devon. London: Sherwood & Co., c.1830. p. 184.PLYMOUTHThis is one of the largest maritime towns in England, and a place of considerable antiquity, but inhabited principally by fishermen, till the reign of Henry II., since which period it has risen into great consequence, through the goodness of its haven, and the vast increase of the British Navy.[Text may be taken from a different source or edition than that listed as the source by Somers Cocks.]
Copper l.engr
60x98mm
From east
1820