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Bill brought into Parliament in 1843 to sanction the Building of
the Birkenhead Docks; First Stone of the Birkenhead
Docks laid in 1844; the Woodside Ferry; Ferry-boats
between Liverpool and the Cheshire side of the Mersey;
Birkenhead, in one sense, a Suburb of Liverpool; the
Railroad from Chester to Birkenhead

Various Railway Lines opening to the Inhabitants of Birken-

head; the Landing-place at Birkenhead; Woodside Basin;

the Prevalent Stone of Birkenhead

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The Low Water Basin; Warehouses on the Western Side of the
Great Floating Harbour at Birkenhead; Finished Portions
of the Dock Warehouse Company's Works; the Workmen's
Dwellings; Sanatory Condition of Birkenhead

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Consumption of tobacco in England; the Queen's Dock, Liver-
pool; Basins connecting the Docks of Liverpool; the
Brunswick Dock, appropriated to the timber trade; pro-
gress of the Herculaneum Docks at Liverpool

Unbroken series of Docks along the Mersey; Vessels in the

Liverpool Docks in June, 1844; the Warehouses of Liver-

pool; the Exchange Buildings, Liverpool; Offices com-

prised in the Revenue Buildings of Liverpool

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ter about the middle of the eighteenth century; Man-

chester in the reign of George I.; Canals formed by the

Duke of Bridgewater; commencement of the Manchester

Cotton Epoch

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Cotton Manufacture of Manchester in 1760; the Fly-shuttle of
John Kay; Inventions applicable to the Spinning and
Weaving of Cotton; Arkwright's first Patent for the Spin-
ning Machine taken out in 1769; Hargreave's Spinning-
jenny; successive Improvements in the system of Cotton-
spinning; Rise of the Factory System

Arkwright's Mill at Cromford; the Power of Cotton; Car-

lyle's Sketch of Cartwright; Improvements in the Cotton

Manufacture of Manchester in the nineteenth century;

Chemical Discoveries in the Manufacture of Cotton. 211

The Streets of Manchester; an Extract from Mr. Love's

"Handbook of Manchester;" the Modern Part of Man-

chester

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Value of Land in the heart of Manchester; the Cotton Ware-
houses of Manchester; the Old Streets of Manchester;
the North-east District of Manchester; Picture given
by a writer in "Blackwood" of Manchester at one

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The Phoenix and Atlas Works; Sharp Brothers' Factory;

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The Pottery District; how Bounded; its varied Topographical

Features; Situation of the Pottery District; the Moorlands

of Staffordshire; Mole Cap; Character of the Pottery Dis-

trict; Towns included in the Pottery District; Mr. Kohl's

Account of the Appearance of the Pottery District . 252

The Northern Members of the Pottery Towns: Tunstall,

Burslem, and Longport; Characteristics of the Working

Population of the Potteries; Juvenile Labour in the

Potteries; Hanley and Shelton; The North Staffordshire

Infirmary

Etruria; Condition of the Workmen of the Pottery District;

Stoke; Lane End and Longton; Government Estimate of

the Number of Establishments in the Pottery District 256

Pottery found in the Nunnery Chapel at Farewell; Sun-kiln

Potteries; Dr. Plott's Account of the Potteries about 1680;

Butter-pots; Early Improvements in the Pottery Art;

Accidental Discovery of the Efficiency of Salt in Glazing;

Potteries at Burslem in 1700; State of Atmosphere pro-
duced by the use of Salt in the Potteries; Establishment of
a Pottery at Bradwell, by the Brothers Elers, in 1690;
Stratagem by which Twyford and Astbury discovered the
Manufacturing Secrets of the Brothers Elers; Mr. Astbury's
Discovery of the Use of Coloured Flint in Pottery
Josiah Wedgwood; Partnership between Wedgwood and Mr.
Bentley; the Queen's Ware; Jasper Ware; Establishment
of the Etruria Pottery in 1768; incident of the Barberini
or Portland Vase; evidence given by Mr. Wedgwood, in
1785, illustrative of the importance of the Pottery Manu-
facture at that time; attempts made in various Countries

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The Don, the Sheaf, and the Porter; Eastern side of Sheffield;

the Cholera Mount; Beauty of the Western Suburb; Mr.

Hunter's Description of Sheffield; James Montgomery's

Description of a Walk within the Precincts of Sheffield 282

Beauchief Abbey; the Village of Norton; the Birth-place of
Chantrey; the Milk-boys of Sheffield; Chantrey appren-
ticed to a Carver and Gilder at Sheffield
Chantrey's First Work; the Grave of Chantrey in Norton
Churchyard; Scenery of the Sheaf; a Visit to Wharncliffe;
the Hallamshire Harriers; the Hare-hunting of the Shef-
field Cutlers and Grinders

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NORTH DERBYSHIRE,

Richness of the Northern Part of Derbyshire in points of Gene-

ral Interest; Matlock in 1724; Change in the Character

of Matlock during the last two generations; the Situation

of Matlock; Mr. Rhodes's Description of the Impression

produced on a Stranger by the first View of Matlock;

absurdity of the names at Matlock; the 'Lions' of Mat-

lock; the Attractions of Matlock; the Vicinity of Matlock;

the High Tor; Willersley Castle; the Village of Matlock;

the Village of Bonsall

Wirksworth; Cromford; Stonnis; Mr. Rhodes's Description of

the View from Stonnis; Road from Matlock to Wingfield;

Crich

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South Wingfield Manor-house; Imprisonment of Mary Queen
of Scots in South Wingfield Manor-house; Architecture of
Wingfield Manor-house; Present Appearance of the Ruins of
Wingfield Manor-house; Road from Wingfield to Hard-
wick;
Exterior of Hardwick Hall; Interior of Hardwick
Hall; General Character of Hardwick Hall; "Mary Queen
of Scots' Apartment;" the Picture Gallery; Hardwick
Park; Bolsover Castle; Chesterfield

The Walk from Matlock to Rowsley; Darley Dale; the “Pea-

cock" at Rowsley; Attractions of Rowsley to an Angler;

Advantages of some light occupation to a Traveller; Bake-

well; Castle Hill; "the Rutland Arms," Bakewell; Peat

Well; the Vale of Haddon; Haddon Hall.

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Exterior of Haddon Hall; the Chapel of Haddon Hall; the

Great Hall; the Dining and Drawing Rooms; the Long

Gallery; Dorothy Vernon; Gardens of Haddon Hall 303

Way from Haddon Hall to Chatsworth; View of Chatsworth;

several Buildings of Chatsworth; the Interior of Chats-

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worth; Wood Carvings at Chatsworth; Paintings at Chats-

worth; View from the State-rooms at Chatsworth; the

Sculpture at Chatsworth; Ancient and Modern Sculpture;

the Works of Canova at Chatsworth; the Water Works of

Chatsworth; Chatsworth Conservatory; the Rock Works

at Chatsworth; Wordsworth's Sonnet on Chatsworth;

Edensor; the Road from Edensor to Bakewell

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Way from Rowsley to Stanton Moor; number of Druidic

Remains in the Neighbourhood of Stanton Moor; Circles of

Stones in the Neighbourhood of Stanton Moor; Rocking-

Stones on Stanton Moor; Barrows of North Derbyshire;

Mr. Bateman's Account of the Green Low; Various Attrac-

tions of Stanton Moor; Ashford; Monsall Dale; Cress-

brook and Litton Dales

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Wormhill; Chee Tor; Chee Dale; the Road from Tideswell to

Castleton

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Castleton; the Peak Cavern; the "First Water;" the Castle of

the Peak; the Blue John Mine; the Speedwell Mine; the

Winnats; Cave Dale; Mam Tor; Eldon Hole

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The High Peak; Hathersage; the Plague at Eyam; Cucklett

Dale; Mr. Macaulay's Mention of Buxton; Thomas

Browne's Tour in Derbyshire; Refutation of Mr. Macau-

lay's Charge against Buxton; Buxton in the Sixteenth

Century; John Jones's Description of the Baths of Buxton

in 1572; Dr. Jones's Dieting; Hobbes's Account of a Visit

to the Buxton Baths; Improvements made in Buxton by

the late Duke of Devonshire; the Baths of Buxton; Ap-

pearance of Buxton; Walks and Drives around Buxton 319

Cotton's Notice of Pike Pool; Narrow Dale; Mill Dale;

Dove Dale; Pickering Tor; Reynard's Cave

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Connection between a particular Branch of Industry and the

Physical Features of the District; the Triangle of Towns

forming the Clothiery District; Leicester; the Situation

of Leicester; Sanitary Advantages of Leicester; the Streets

of Leicester; Hutton's Description of Richard III.'s Visit

to the Blue Boar at Leicester; the New Walk; St. Martin's,

St. Mary's, St. Nicholas's, and St. Margaret's Churches;

Antiquities of Leicester; the Ancient Castle.

Management of the Hosiery Arrangements in Leicester; Market

Harborough; Lutterworth; Hinckley; Market Bosworth;

the "Battle of Bosworth Field ;" Loughborough; Melton

Mowbray; the Statistics of the Stocking Manufacture 326

Story told of the Invention of the Stocking-loom; Queen Eliza-

beth and Lea, the Inventor of the Stocking-loom; Progress

of the Stocking-loom; General Character of the Stocking-

loom; Phraseology of the Stocking Manufacture; Stocking

Weaving not Steam-engine Work; Obstacles to the

Adoption of the Factory System in Stocking Weaving; the

Mode of Proceeding of a Stocking Manufacturer; the

System of Frame Rents; Mr. Muggeridge's Mention of the

System of Frame Rents; the "System of Independent

Frames" the Middleman System; the Bagman System;

Varieties in the Stocking Manufacture; Alternations in the

Hosiery Manufacture

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Limits of the Hosiery District; Situation of Nottingham; Not-

tingham Castle; Historical Associations with Nottingham

Castle; Present State of Nottingham Castle; Mortimer's

Hole;

the Capture of Mortimer in Nottingham Castle;

Mrs. Hutchinson's Account of Nottingham Castle; History

of the Modern Castle

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The Streets of Nottingham; Nottingham Market; St. Mary's

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GREAT GRIMSBY, HULL, HOLDERNESS, AND THE HUMBER.

Nottingham and Newark; the Fen Country; Lincolnshire;

the Hydraulic Hoist; Grimsby; Goole; Hull and the

Humber; Commercial Advantages of the Estuaries of

Great Britain; facilities for Commerce presented by the

Humber; situation of Hull, more properly Kingston-upon-

Hull; scarcity of Records of the Early History of Hull;

Leland's Account of the Rise of Hull; reported Diversion

of the Course of the River Hull; Enclosure of Hull with

Walls in the Reign of Edward III.; the Water-Poet,

Taylor's, Picture of Hull in 1622

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Hull Docks the Meeting-point for the Treasures of the East and

the West; Antiquity of the Commerce of Hull; Construc-

tion of New Docks by a Company of Shoreholders; Opening

of the Old Dock in 1788; Construction of the Humber

Dock in 1809; Opening of the Junction Dock in 1829;

the Ferry Dock; immense Traffic of the Port of Hull 353

The Old Harbour; Prospective Privileges of the Various Public

Bodies who have Control over the Port of Hull; Act of

Parliament obtained in 1844 for the Construction of a New

Dock; Act obtained in 1845 for enlarging the New Rail-

way Dock; Act obtained in 1849 to raise more Capital

for Finishing the New Victoria Dock; Features which

Hull will present on the Completion of the Proposed New

Works; the Ferry-boat Dock; the Citadel; the New

Victoria Dock; Scene between Garrison Side and the North

Bridge; the Old Dock; the Wilberforce Column; the

Junction Dock; the Humber Dock; the Railway Dock;

the Humber Basin; enormous Trade of Hull; comparatively

Low Customs' Duty paid by Hull

354

The Commercial Arrangements of Hull influenced by the pecu-

liar form of the Town; High Street, Hull; Sculcoates;

Trippet, Wincolmlee, and Church Street; Cotton-mills at

Hull; New Railway Station; Hull one of the Head-quarters

of the Greenland Whale Fishery; Account of the Arrival

of a Whaler at Hull, given in the "Home Tour in the

Manufacturing Districts;" Rise and Progress of the Whale

Fishery in Hull; processes to which the various parts of a

Whale are subjected on its Arrival at an English Port;

Start of the 'Abram' Whaler; Mr. Smith's Account of the

General Character of the Poorer Dwellings in Hull; the

Church of the Holy Trinity

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St. Mary's Church; the Mariner's Church; Trinity Chapel;

Churches of St. Peter, St. Mark, St. Paul, St. Stephen, and

St. James; the Guild of the Trinity House; the Trinity

House; Maritime Hospitals and Almshouses of Hull; the

Charter-house; the Infirmary; Lunatic Asylum; the

Grammar-school; the Vicar's School; Hull College, and

Kingston College; the new Baths and Washhouses; Flat-

ness of the Country around Hull

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The Peninsula of Holderness; Ravages of the Sea in Holder-

ness; Spurn Point; Sunk Island; Sir G. Head's Account

of Kilnsea; Agriculture of Holderness; Great Grimsby;

the Grimsby Dock Company; Completion of the Grimsby

Dock in 1801; Proposed Plan for a New Dock at Grimsby;

Acts of Parliament obtained in 1845, 1846, and 1848, in

connection with the Grimsby Docks; Laying of the First

Stone of the Grimsby Docks, by Prince Albert, in 1849;

Appearance of Grimsby; Goole; the Dutch River; Van

Muden; Unimportance of Goole till within the last few

years.

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