St. Nicholas's Isle (1811)
Samuel Prout
| Repository | Library | Shelf |
|---|---|---|
| Devon | West Country Studies | Portfolio 15 |
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SC2248
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CD 34 DVD 5
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Chope, R. Pearse (ed) Early tours in Devon and Cornwall. Exeter: James G. Commin, 1918. p. 188. Travels through England by Dr. Richard Pococke 1750.Plymouth is situated near the mouth of the river Plym, and on a head of land to the south of it is the fort, between which and the town are the bake houses of the navy. In the bay is the Island of St. Nicholas, where there is a battery and a barrack for invalids, who are quarter'd there and in this fort. General Lambert was exiled for life in this island, and King Charles 2, the Duke of York, and many of the Court, going out in a yatch [sic[ from Portsmouth for pleasure, were drove into Plymouth, and were received at Mount Edgcomb. They went to St. Nicolas [sic] Island and conversed with Lambert, and not bringing him away with them was a very unpopular thing, entirely thrown by the people of the Duke of York. Lambert died there about the time of the Revolution.[Text may be taken from a different source or edition than that listed as the source by Somers Cocks.]
Format
S.g.etch
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135x215mm
Series
S38. PROUT, Samuel: PICTURESQUE DELINEATIONS IN THE COUNTIES OF DEVON AND CORNWALL, IMITATED FROM THE ORIGINAL STUDIES.
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Dates
1811