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heritauce of gratitude of the future. Without fur- 

 ther delay, let us produce Pocock's own words : 



"1827. 



" PROSPECTUS FOE THE HISTORY OF DARTFORD. 

 " Printed for the author ; a poor old man with a 

 proud spirit of independence which do not agree and 

 who can ill afford it. He is obliged by his loyalty 

 and duty in obeying the laws of the land, to make a 

 present of eleven books when finished (value above 

 eleven guineas) to the British Museum and other 

 public bodies. 



" Ready for the Press and will be published, for 

 subscribers only, when a sufficient number of names 

 are obtained to cover the expense, in one volume, 

 price one guinea, in boards, illustrated with plates and 

 copious notes the type to correspond with Hasted's 

 octavo edition of ' Kent/ to which it may be deemed an 

 extra or supplementary volume 



THE HISTORY OF 



DARTFORD AND WILMINGTON, 



IN THE COUNTY OF KENT ; 



extracted from parish records, registers, wills, and 

 documents of authenticity, comprising various depart- 

 ments ; viz., ecclesiastical churches, chapels, priories, 

 buildings, monumental inscriptions, chantries, an- 

 tiquities, cemeteries, medals, coins, tournaments, traffic, 

 commerce, manufactories, government, biography, 

 heraldic information, geology, sewers, agriculture, 

 botany, natural history, military stations, bowmen, 

 palace customs, manors, views, walks, recreations, 

 chronology, and other miscellaneous information; 

 with some account of the environs, by R. Pocock, 



