The Beauties of England and Wales, or Original Delineations, Topographical Historical, and Descriptive, of Each Country, Vol. 13

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Excerpt from The Beauties of England and Wales, or Original Delineations, Topographical Historical, and Descriptive, of Each Country, Vol. 13: Part IIDerbyshire, over the Dove at Monk's Bridge. There is 8 great confusion in both the maps, and the descriptions respect ing this road.1~ It is said to have derived its name from a con jectttre that this part of the county belonged to the Iceni. The Ikening Street, says the learned, or the whimsical, Mr. Confessedly signifies the way u hich led to the Iceni of the eastern coast. The Roman stations in this county that are known, are I'mnocrucium, near Stretton, and Etna-er, at Wall, near Lichfield. But Salmon§ gives to this county four Roman stations, which, he says, are. Mcdiolamnn, at Knightley l'riaouium, at Wrottesley, l'mcona, at wall-lichfield, and Want, at Barbencon. The first of these stations, Camden, in a very positive strain, places in Montgomeryshire, and Bishop Homeley fixes it on a slip of land, inclosed by the Ten, and another river. Uricom'um, we have no doubt, is the.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.