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ENGLAND. 



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ket-towns, six hundreds, and 200 parishes. The prin- 

 cipal town* in Middlesex are, London and Wc-tiuiii- 

 ihe capital of Great Britain. 



The three south-eastern counties of England are, 

 Surrey, Kent, and Sussex. Surrey is bounded on the 

 north by Middlesex and a point of Buckinghamshire ; 

 on die south by Sus-^ex ; on the east by Kent; and 

 on die west by Berk shire and Hampshire. It con- 

 tains one county-town, 13 hundreds, 14 market-town-, 

 and 140 parishes. The principal towns in Surrey are, 

 Southwark, Guildford, King-ton-on-Thamcs, f'arn- 

 hain, Dorking, and Croydon. The county of Kent is 

 bounded on die north by the Thames ; on die east and 

 south-east by the German Ocean and the Straits of Do- 

 Mr ; on the soudi by Sussex ; and on the west by Surrey. 

 It contains two cities, one county-town, five ladies, 62 

 hundreds, 39 market-towns, and 408 parishes. The 

 principal towns in Kent are, Canterbury, Rocli 

 Maidstone, Chatham, Gravesend, Dover, and Tun- 

 bridge. Sussex is bounded on the north by Surrey and 

 Kent ; on die west by Hampshire; on the east by Kent 

 and die British Channel ; mid on the south by the lat- 

 ter. It contains one city, six rapes, 1 8 mar ket-towns, 

 )i[ hundreds, and 312 parishes. Its principal towns 

 are, Cliichester, Lewes, Hastings, and Horsnam. 



The four southern counties of England are, Berk- 

 shire, Wiltshire, Hampshire, and Dorsetshire. Berk- 

 shire is bounded by Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire 

 on die north ; on the north-west by a point of Glouces- 

 tershire ; on die south by Hampshire ; on the east by 

 Surrey ; and on the west by Wiltshire. It contains 

 one county-town, 20 hundreds, 12 market- towns, and 

 147 parishes. Its principal towns are, Reading, 

 Abingdon, Windsor, and Newberry. Wiltshire is 

 bounded on the north by Gloucestershire; on die 

 cast by Berkshire and Hampshire ; on die south by 

 Dorsetshire ; and on die west by Somersetshire and 

 Gloucestershire. It contains one city, 2.9 hundreds, 

 23 market-towns, and 304 parishes. Its principal 

 towns are, Salisbury, Devizes, Wilton, Bradford, 

 Trowbridge, and Chippenham. Hampshire, which in- 

 cludes the isle of Wight, is bounded on die north by 

 Berkshire ; on the east by Surrey and Sussex ; on the 

 west by Wiltshire and Dorsetshire ; and on the soudi 

 by die English Channel. It contains one city, two 

 county-towns, 38 hundreds, 20 market-towns, and 

 y'>3 parishes. The principal towns in diis county arc, 

 Winchester, Soudiampton, and Portsmouth ; and New- 

 ]x>rt, Cowes, and Yarmouth, in the isle of Wight. 

 Dorsetshire is bounded on the soudi by die English 

 Channel ; on the north by Wiltshire and Somerset- 

 hire; on the west by Devonshire; and on the east 

 by Hampshire. It contains one county-town, 34 

 hundreds, 24 market-towns, and 248 parishes. The 

 principal towns in this county are, Dorchester, Poole, 

 Weymouth, Bridport, Blandford, and Shaftesbury. 



The diree counties in the south-western part of Eng- 

 land, are, Somersetshire, Devonshire, ana Cornwall. 

 Somersetshire is bounded on the north-west by die 

 Bristol Channel ; on the north-east by Gloucestershire ; 

 on the east by Wiltshire ; and on the south by Dorset- 

 shire and Devonshire. It contains two cities, and part 

 of a third (Bristol), 43 hundreds, 32 market-towns, 

 Mid 1385 parii-hcs. Its principal towns are, Bath, 

 Wells, Taunton, and Bndgewater. Devonshire is 

 bounded by the Bristol Channel on die north and 

 north-west ; by the English Channel on the south 

 and south-east; by Cornwall on the west; and by 

 Dorsetshire and Somersetshire on the east. It con- 



tains one city, 31 hundreds, flf) market-town.*, and Sutiniefc 

 ;>yj- piriahes. .icipal towns in Devonshire s " "Y*^ 



.in-. J-Aetcr Plymouth, IVirnstaple, and Iloniton. 

 Curnv i tl;c south liy the British 



Channel; on tin- ivi th y tin- Bristol ( ''launcl ; and 

 diese two seas unite to lonn its western boundary : on 

 its eastern aide, it l> inters on the county of Devon. 

 It contains one county-town, nine hundreds, -j; mar- 

 ket-to.s.-s. and I |>s parities. Its principal towns arc, 

 Launceston, Fn'mouth, and Truro. 



North \\':ile-< comprises six counties; Flintshire, Countiet in 

 Denbighshire, Caernarvonshire, Anglesey, Merioneth- N , unh 

 shiro, and Montgomeryshire. Flintshire is bounded ^' 1 ' < * > 

 by the Irish Sea on the north; by the estuary of the. 

 Dee and die county of Cheshire on the north east and 

 the east ; and by Denbighshire on the south and 

 west It contains one city, one county-town, five 

 hundreds, five market-towns, and 28 parishes. Its 

 principal towns are, Flint, St Asaph, and Holywell. 

 Denbighshire touches on the north upon the Irish 

 Sea; on the north-east it is bounded by l-'lintshire and 

 Cheshire; on the south-east by Shropshire; and from 

 the south to the south-west by Montgomeryshire, Me- 

 rionethshire, and Caernarvonshire. It contains one 

 county-town, six hundreds, six market-towns, and 

 36 parishes. The principal towns in this county 

 are, Denbigh and Wrexliam. Caernarvonshire has 

 the sea on all sides of it, except the east, where it is 

 bounded by Denbighshire ; and the south, where it is 

 contiguous to Merionethshire. It contains one city, 

 one county-town, ten hundreds, five market-towns, 

 and 71 parishes. Its principal towns are Bangor 

 and Caernarvon. The Island of Anglesey, on the 

 north-west of Caernarvonshire, contains one county, 

 town, six hundreds, three market-towns, and 74 

 parishes. Its principal towns are Beaumaris and 

 Holyhead. Merionethshire is bounded on the north 

 by Denbighshire and Caernarvonshire ; on the east by 

 Montgomeryshire and Denbighshire; on the west by 

 the Irish Sea ; and on the south by Montgomeryshire. 

 It contains one county-town, five hundreds, four mar- 

 ket-towns, and 37 parishes. In it there is no town 

 of consequence. The last county in North Wales, 

 Montgomeryshire, is bounded by Denbighshire and 

 Merionethshire on the north ; by the latter, and Car- 

 diganshire, on the west ; by Radnorshire and by Shrop- 

 shire on the east. It contains one county-town, nine 

 hundreds, six market-towns, and 4-7 parishes. The 

 principal towns in this county are Welshpool and 

 Montgomery. 



The six counties in South Wales are, Radnorshire, In South 

 Cardiganshire, Pembrokeshire, Caermarthenshire,Breck- Wales, 

 nocksnirc, and Glamorganshire. Radnorshire is bound- 

 ed on the north by Montgomeryshire ; on the east by 

 Shropshire and Herefordshire ; on the south and south- 

 west by Brecknockshire ; and on the north-west by Car- 

 diganshire. It contains one county-town, six hun- 

 dreds, four market-towns, and 52 parishes. The prin- 

 cipal towns of Radnorshire arc, 1'resteign and New- 

 Radnor. Cardiganshire is bounded from the north-east 

 to the south-west by the Buy of Cardigan ; on the north 

 by a point of Merionethshire ; on the east by Radnor- 

 shire and Brecknockshire ; and on the south by Caer- 

 marthenshire and Pembrokeshire. It contains one 

 county-town, five hundreds, four market-towns, and 

 77 parishes. Its principal towns are Cardigan and 

 Aberestwyth. Pembrokeshire, which forms the south- 

 western extremity of Wales, is surrounded by the sea, 

 except on its north-east side, where it is bounded by 



