- Hardcover: 640 pages
- Publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd; New edition edition (29 July 1993)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 086299957X
- ISBN-13: 978-0862999575
- Product Dimensions: 26 x 18.4 x 4.4 cm
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Originally published in 1993, an account, in modern English, of Leland's journeys through England as the king's antiquary in the 1540s. He records his observations of the places and buildings, land
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Great Survey of England Circ. 1540's
22 Feb 2001
Format:Paperback
This is a wonderful reference book for England during the period of Henry VIII's reign. John Leland (or Leyland as it may have been written in his day) was Henry's servant and passed soon after his master left this world. This book was a survey of his travels around England circ. 1540's. Though the book is not complete by any means, it does provide some information about some of the shires, cities, towns and hamlets in England. Specifically the following shires are noted (alphabetically): Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, Cumberland, Derbyshire, Devon, Dorset, Durham, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, London & Middlesex, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Rutland, Shropshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Warwickshire, Westmorland, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, and Yorkshire. The book has a superb index of names and places.
As I have worked on a genealogical survey of my family with roots in England, I have found this book to be indispensable. Many times a place is mentioned in family lore which I have been able to locate in Leland's Itinerary. On the whole, I believe this to be a great resource book though not a great reading book.
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