AGRICULTURAL SURVEY 
OF 
WORCESTERSHIRE, 
CHAP I. 
GEOGRAPHICAL STATE AND CIRCUMSTANCES, 
SECT. I.—SITUATION AND EXTENT. 
^j^TORCESTERSHIRE is an inland county, bound¬ 
ed on the north by Staffordshire, on the east 
by Warwickshire, on the south by Gloucestershire, 
south-west by Herefordshire, and north-west by Shrop¬ 
shire, and lies between 52° O' and 52° SO' no,rth latitude, 
and between 1° 30' and 2° 30' west longitude from 
London: its extent has been variously estimated. Dr. 
Nash, in his General History of the County, states 
the greatest length at 43 miles from south-west to 
north-east; length along the Severn 30 miles, mean 
length 36, breadth 26, content 936 square miles, or 
599,040 acres, to which he adds for detached parts 
19,200 acres, making in the whole 618,240 acres ; he 
further observes that the county is rich in grain, 
fruit, and pasture, and that the air is soft, warm, and 
healthy. 
On the contrary, from an account published in the 
WORCESTERSHIRE,] b Monthly 
