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A61053 A prospect of the most famous parts of the vvorld Viz. Asia, 3 Affrica, 5 Europe, 7 America. 9 With these kingdomes therein contained. Grecia, 11 Roman Empire, 13 Germanie, 15 Bohemia, 17 France, 19 Belgia, 21 Spaine, 23 Italie, 25 Hungarie, 27 Denmarke, 29 Poland, 31 Persia, 33 Turkish Empire, 35 Kingdome of China, 37 Tartaria, 39 Sommer Ilands, 41 Civill Warres, in England, Wales, and Ireland. You shall find placed in the beginning of the second booke marked with these [3 asterisks in triangle formation] and (5) together with all the provinces, counties, and shires, contained in that large theator of Great Brittaines empire. / Performed by John Speed. Speed, John, 1552?-1629.; Goos, Abraham,; Gryp, Dirck,; Speed, John, 1552?-1629. Theatre of the empire of Great Britaine. 1646 (1646) Wing S4882A; ESTC R218797 522,101 219

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call_v the_o hell-kettle_n hell-kettle_n which_o be_v adjoin_v near_o unto_o darlington_n who_o water_n be_v somewhat_o warm_a these_o be_v think_v to_o come_v of_o a_o earthquake_n which_o happen_v in_o the_o year_n of_o grace_n 1179._o whereof_o the_o chronicle_n of_o tynmouth_n make_v mention_v who_o record_n be_v this_o on_o christmas_n day_n at_o oxenhall_n in_o the_o territory_n of_o darlington_n within_o the_o bishopric_n of_o durham_n the_o ground_n heave_v up_o aloft_o like_v unto_o a_o high_a tower_n &_o so_o continue_v all_o that_o day_n as_o it_o be_v unmoveable_a until_o the_o evening_n and_o then_o fall_v with_o so_o horrible_a a_o no●se_n that_o it_o make_v all_o the_o neighbour_n dweller_n sure_o afraid_a and_o the_o earth_n swallow_v it_o up_o and_o make_v in_o the_o same_o place_n a_o deep_a pit_n which_o be_v there_o to_o be_v see_v for_o a_o testimony_n unto_o this_o day_n 8_o of_o no_o less_o admiration_n be_v certain_a stone_n lie_v within_o the_o river_n be_v at_o butterbee_n near_o durham_n from_o who_o side_n at_o the_o ebb_n and_o low_a water_n in_o the_o summer_n issue_v a_o certain_a salt_n red_a water_n which_o with_o the_o sun_n wax_v white_a and_o grow_v into_o a_o thick_a substance_n stone_n become_v a_o necessary_a salt_n to_o the_o use_n of_o the_o by-dweller_n 9_o and_o place_n of_o elder_a time_n have_v in_o account_n by_o the_o roman_n be_v benovium_n now_o binchester_n binchester_n and_o condercum_n condercum_n chester_n in_o the_o street_n where_o their_o money_n have_v be_v dig_v up_o and_o at_o condercum_n so_o much_o that_o egelrik_n bishop_n of_o durham_n be_v therewith_o make_v exceed_o rich_a castle_n this_o country_n have_v be_v strengthen_v with_o seven_o strong_a castle_n ba●nard_n be_v yet_o trade_v with_o six_o market_n town_n and_o god_n divine_a honour_n in_o one_o hundred_o and_o eighteen_o parish-church_n celebrate_v who_o name_n in_o the_o table_n be_v further_o insert_v ●●e_z bishopric_n and_o city_n of_o du●●am_n ¶_o a_o alphabetical_a table_n of_o all_o the_o town_n river_n and_o memorable_a place_n mention_v in_o the_o bishopric_n of_o durham_n a_o table_n of_o all_o the_o town_n in_o the_o bishopric_n of_o durham_n a_o acle_n scole_n acle_n aldomedg_n ashe_n west_n aukland_n bishop_n aukland_n s._n andrew_n aukland_n b_o balam_n barnetton_n barnard_n castle_n batterby_n beamond_n hill_n bedborne_n park_n bedik_n bedik_n west_n bear_v yark_n bellosyse_n benselside_n biarsgreene_n biarsgarthe_n biarside_n bichborne_n billingham_n binchester_n birtley_n bishop_n bishopton_n blackhall_n blakhall_n blackston_n blackwell_n blaydon_n bollyop_n bowdens_fw-la bradbury_n bradley_n hall_n brad_n wood_n brafferton_n brandon_n east_n brandon_n west_n bransp_v castle_n brantoste_n brearton_n brome_n buley_n grange_n thorp_n bulmer_n burdon_n great_a burdon_n little_a burdon_n old_a burdop_n flu_fw-fr burnhall_n butterwick_n c_o cassop_n chapwell_n chester_n chilton_n great_a chilton_n little_a claxton_n cletlam_n cleydon_n cockerton_n cockfeild_n cokon_v coksey_n coteham_n cotham_n cowpigh_a hell_n cowpon_n cowside_o hall_n crawcrake_n croke-hall_n cromforthe_a croxdale_n cundon_n nether_a cunsley_n over_o cunsley_n d_o dawdon_n darlington_n darwencote_n dauton_n denton_n derwen_n flu_fw-fr dowton_n nether_a dunsley_n durham_n durpit_fw-la chapell_n e_o east_n yate_fw-mi ebchester_n castle_n eden_n eden_n little_a edder-aker_n edmondbyer_n eggecliffe_n eggleton_n eldon_n s._n ellin_n elmedon_n elstok_v elton_n elwick_n enewood_n west_n eppleton_n escombe_n esington_n eslabye_n f_o farnton_n hall_n fellin_n very_o on_o the_o mount_n finkeley_n fishborne_n flask_n follonsby_n ford._n foulforth_n foulthorp_n foxton_n frosterley_n fulwell_n g_o garmansway_n gatesend_n gaunlesse_a flu_n gaynford_n gibside_n the_o grange_n grayston_n green_a croft_a gretham_n grindon_n h_o halam_n hamsterley_n harburhowse_n hardon_n hardwicke_n hardwicke_n harintons_n harpley_n hill_n harroton_n hartborne_n west_n harte_n hartlepoole_n harton_n haswell_n little_a haswell_n great_a haughton_n haughton_n hawthorp_n hebborne_a hedlam_n hedley_n hedworth_n heighington_n hesselton_n hall_n monk_n hesselton_n cold_a hesselton_n hett_n hetton_n in_o the_o hole_n hetton_n on_o the_o mount_n heughewell_n nether_a heworthe_n over_o heworthe_n hilton_n hilton_n castle_n hollinside_o holinside_o holme_n houghton_n hude_fw-fr flu_fw-fr hunsterworth_n hunwicke_n hurnworth_n hurworth_n huton_n i_o jarrow_n ingleton_n s._n johns_n chapel_n iseton_n the_o isle_n k_o kellow_n kellop_v flu_fw-fr kepeyre_n ketton_n kibbleworth_n killarby_n kinchley_n l_o lamton_n lanchester_n landew_o langdon_n flu_fw-fr langley_n langley_n langley_n langton_n layton_n littleburne_n ludworth_n lumley_n castle_n lumsley_n m_o the_o manor_n mansforth_n marwood_n park_n marwood_n hag_n mayland_n medumsley_n kirk_n merington_n middleton_n middleton_n middleton_n ero._n middleton_n george_n midlam_n milkborn_a flu_fw-fr mordon_n morehouse_n moresley_n mortons_n morton_n morton_n morton_n mugliswicke_n munkwermouth_n mylhouse_n n_o nesb_v nettleworth_n newbigin_n newbigin_n newbigin_n new-bottle_n newfeild_n newsham_n newtowne_n newton_n newton_n newton_n newton_n little_a newton_n long_o newton_n hanset_n norton_n nunstanton_n nysam_n o_o oldaker_n old_a durham_n owston_n owton_n p_o west_n parke_n east_n park_n pedumsak_n peloo_n pelton_n pencher_n persbridge_n piddington_n town_n kirk_n piddington_n the_o cole_n pit_n plausworth_n the_o old_a pork_n preston_n preston_n premrose_n side_n q_o quarinton_n r_o raby_n castle_n ramside_n ravensworth_n ravensworth_n castle_n rayntons_n the_o raw._n redhugh_n redmarsham_n redworth_n relley_n riop_n rowley_n ryton_n s_o satley_n chapell_n seaton_n seaton_n sedgefeild_n segerston_n haught_a seham_n selabye_n shadford_n sheale_v shepley_n sherborne_n sherborne_n house_n sheroton_n shildraw_v shildon_n shillington_n shinkley_n shotton_n shotton_n shotton_n silkesworth_n skern_n flu_fw-fr skirmingham_n slingley_n snotterton_n sockborne_n sodburye_n somerhouse_n spen._n standley_n stanhope_n stanhope_n park_n little_a staynton_n great_a staynton_n stayndrop_n stirtwith_n stokley_n stokton_n stotfeld_n stranton_n stretlam_n sudick_n sunderland_n sunderland_n swalwoll_n t_o tanfeild_n teesdale_n thickley_n east_n thickley_n west_n thorp_n thornton_n thornley_n thornerlet_n throstous_n thruslington_n trimden_n tuddaye_n tunstall_n tursdale_n v_o vfferton_n vnthank_n vnthank_n vrpethe_v vsshaw_n vsworth_n great_a vsworth_n little_a w_n wackerfeild_n waldridge_n wardley_n washinton_n wascrop_a burne_n wellop_v fla_fw-mi werdenlaw_n hill_n be_v flu_n weredall_n weremouth_n westgate_n wessoo_o westerton_n westwick_n wharleton_n wheatley_n hill_n whikham_n whitborne_n lezard_n whitchurch_n whithone_n whitton_n whitwell_n whitwell_n willington_n willynton_n windgate_n windleston_n windridge_n winston_n witton_n witton_n castle_n woodcroft_n hall_n wulley_n wulsingham_n wulston_n wynyerd_v wytton_n chapter_n xliii_o westmorland_z by_o some_o late_a latin_a writer_n be_v call_v westmaria_fw-la westmoreland_n and_o westmorlandia_n by_o some_o late_a westmoria_n and_o in_o our_o english_a tongue_n westmoreland_n it_o come_v to_o be_v thus_o name_v in_o our_o language_n by_o the_o situation_n which_o in_o every_o part_n be_v so_o plenteous_o full_a of_o moor_n and_o high_a hill_n reach_v one_o to_o another_o that_o westmoreland_n with_o we_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o western_a moorish_a country_n have_v on_o the_o west_n and_o north-side_n cumberland_n on_o the_o south-part_n lanca-sbire_a on_o the_o east-side_n yorkshire_n and_o the_o bishopric_n of_o durham_n 2_o the_o length_n thereof_o extend_v from_o burton_n in_o her_o south_n length_n to_o kirkland_n on_o her_o north-part_n be_v thirty_o mile_n breadth_n the_o broad_a part_n from_o east_n to_o west_n be_v from_o the_o river_n eden_n to_o dunbalrase-stone_n contain_v 24._o mile_n the_o whole_a circumference_n about_o hundred_o and_o twelve_o mile_n 3_o the_o form_n thereof_o be_v somewhat_o long_a and_o narrow_a form_n the_o air_n sharp_a and_o pierce_a purge_v itself_o from_o the_o trouble_n of_o gross_a foggy_a mist_n and_o vapour_n by_o reason_n of_o which_o the_o people_n of_o this_o province_n be_v not_o acquaint_v with_o strange_a disease_n or_o imperfection_n of_o body_n but_o live_v long_o and_o be_v healthful_a and_o attain_v to_o the_o number_n of_o many_o year_n 4_o the_o soil_n for_o the_o most_o part_n of_o it_o soil_n be_v but_o barren_a and_o can_v hardly_o be_v bring_v to_o any_o fruitfulness_n by_o the_o industry_n and_o painful_a labour_n of_o the_o husbandman_n be_v so_o full_a of_o infertile_a place_n which_o the_o northern_a englishman_n call_v moores_n yet_o the_o more_o southerly_a part_n be_v not_o report_v to_o be_v so_o sterile_a but_o more_o fruitful_a in_o the_o valley_n though_o contain_v in_o a_o narrow_a room_n between_o the_o river_n lone_n and_o winander-mear_a and_o it_o be_v all_o term_v by_o one_o name_n the_o barony_n of_o kendale_n or_o candale_n that_o be_v the_o dale_n by_o can_n take_v the_o name_n of_o the_o river_n can_v that_o run_v through_o it_o 5_o the_o ancient_a inhabitant_n of_o this_o country_n be_v the_o brigantes_n inhabitant_n mention_v in_o the_o several_a county_n of_o york_n lancaster_n and_o cumberland_n 6_o it_o be_v not_o commend_v either_o for_o plenty_n of_o corn_n or_o
caroke_n castlesteed_n caswald_n how_o catterley_n cauthwate_fw-mi chapel_n of_o the_o grune_n church_n cladbek_n clifton_n coker_n flu._n corryhouse_n cokermouth_n comb_n whitton_n copeland_n copeland_n forest_n corby_n castle_n corno_fw-la coat_n hill_n cristenbury_n crag_n crokedale_n croglin_n church_n little_a croglin_n crosby_n crosby_n crosthate_n croston_n cumcatith_n culgaith_n cumrew_n d_o dacor_n flu._n dacor_fw-fr castle_n dalemane_n dalegarth_n dargo_v fell_n darwen_n flu._n dargo_v flu._n darwen_n island_n dauston_n dauston_n hall_n denok_fw-mi flu._n dent_n hill_n denton_n hall_n over_o denton_n nether_a denton_n dereham_n derwentfote_n haven_n devonby_n deyn._n distinton_n douthwait_n p._n drigg_n drumbugh_o castle_n dubmill_n dudden_n flu._n dunbalrasse_n stone_n e_o eden_n flu._n eden_n flu._n ednell_n eglesfeild_n egremond_n eimont_n flu._n elne_a flu._n elneboro_n emleton_n emsaugh_n enerdale_n esgill_n esk_n flu._n eskdale_n f_o fedington_n fingland_n flimby_n forlam_n fornside_n g_o gamlesby_n gamleby_n gargill_n the_o gele_fw-la crag_n geld_v flu._n gilcrosse_n gilsland_n glasenby_n glasen_v gofforth_n the_o grange_n grastocke_n castle_n grinsdale_n grisedale_n h_o hale_n harbybrow_n kard-knot_n hareridge_n hall_n harinton_n harington_n harper_n hill_n hathewate_fw-mi haton_n castle_n haton_n haughton_n hay_o castle_n helbeck_n crag_n hestedach_n heskew_n hesket_n highgate_n highyate_n castle_n holme_n the_o horse_n head_n the_o house_n huddle_v kew_o huthwate_fw-mi huton_n huton_n john_n i_o jerby_n inglewood_n forest_n s._n johns_n s._n johns_n johnby_n irthing_n flu._n irton_n jet_n flu._n isle_n itenfeild_n itunebay_n k_o keswick_n kirbek_n flu._n kirkander_n kirkby_n the_o kirksop_n foot_n l_o the_o laith_n the_o lamiford_n lamonby_n lampley_n langanby_n langnewton_n lasen_v lasenby_n lath_n s._n laurence_n legburgh_n wait_v lenecroft_n white_a leven_n kirk_n leventon_n lenton_n flu._n black_a leven_n flu._n the_o lie_v limer_n dale_n lorton_n lowbyer_n lowswater_n lynstoke_n castle_n west_n lynton_n m_o the_o masthorn_n materdale_n old_a mawborow_n medowhushwood_n melmerby_n mewtoo_o beacon_n s._n michael_n chapel_n millum_fw-la castle_n millum_fw-la castle_n millum_fw-la milne_n hill_n momaster_n moresby_n mosedale_n the_o mote_n motherby_n the_o mine_n royal_a the_o mine_n myterdale_n n_o naworth_n castle_n netherby_n newbiggen_n newbiggin_n newby_n newland_n chapel_n new-lathe_n new-more_a newton_n in_o ardale_n nunny_fw-mi o_o orton_n overhall_n ousby_n outerbye_n owterside_n owton_n p_o pap-castle_n pener_v penrodok_v petterell_n petterell_n wrey_a plumland_n pole_n portinskal_n pottrose_n flu._n punsonby_n r_o raby-cotes_n rauderside_n hall_n ravenglas_n raughton_n head_n chapel_n rawthate_n redmane_n reunok_fw-mi ribton_n the_o rose_n castle_n rotherby_n rowcliffe_n castle_n rowcliffe_n s_o saberham_n salkelde_n sawbarron_n scalbye_n scalby_n castle_n scascall_n seaton_n seaton_n sellofeld_n setmurther_n 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