...a wet summer ; what, therefore, must it be after a winter ! The only mending it in places receives, is the tumbling in some loose stones, which serve...down in these eighteen miles of execrable memory." which Samuel Crompton was born that a second church was required for the inhabitants of Bolton and...

...receives, is the tumbling in some loose stones, which serve no other purpose but jolting a carriage in a most intolerable manner. These are not merely opinions,...down in these eighteen miles of execrable memory." In the Iter Lancastrense, the roads in this part of the country are contrasted with the old Roman roads,...

...summer ; what, therefore, must it be after a winter ? The only mending which it in places receives is the tumbling in some loose stones, which serve...down in these eighteen miles of execrable memory." The road in question was that between Wigan and Preston, then a regular post-road and now on the trunk...

...summer ; what, therefore, must it be after a winter ? The only mending which it in places receives is the tumbling in some loose stones, which serve...down in these eighteen miles of execrable memory." The road in question was that between Wigan and Preston, then a regular post-road and now on the trunk...

...winter ? The only mending it in places receives is the tumbling in some loose stones, which serves no other purpose but jolting a carriage in the most...down in these eighteen miles of execrable memory." It is a curious fact, that when Young was advising travellers to avoid Lancashire, " as they would...

...devil, for a thousand to one but they break their necks or their limbs by overthrows or breakings down. They will here meet with ruts which I actually measured...down in these eighteen miles of execrable memory." It is only by contrasting our present advantages with the inconveniences and discomforts of our fathers...

...receives, is the tumbling in some loose stones, which serve no other purpose but " joltiug a carriage in a most intolerable manner. These are not merely opinions,...down in these eighteen miles " of execrable memory." t Additional MSS. 9401, fol. 83 and 153. a hill which commanded a view of the whole.* I have myself...

...1770 furnish •conclusive evidence as to the condition of the roads at a still later date. He*was travelling in Lancashire, a county now among those...bad roads that Young met with ; he came upon others further north, and denounces them in language equally emphatic. Concerning goods traffic, carts were...

...jolting a carriage in the most intolerable manner. These are not merely opinions, but facts ; for J actually passed three carts broken down in these eighteen...bad roads that Young met with ; he came upon others further north, and denounces them in language equally emphatic. Concerning goods traffic, carts were...

...wet summer ; — what, therefore, must it be after a winter 1 The only mending it in places receives, is the tumbling in some loose stones, which serve...down in these eighteen miles of execrable memory." Between Richmond and Darlington, he tells us, the roads were in danger of dislocating his bones ! He...