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The PUBLISHER avails himself of this

opportunity of expressing his grateful acknowledgments to GEORGE WORRALL COUNSEL, Esquire ;

for having, at his particular request, composed the following description of the CITY OF GLOUCESTER ;

and for having gratuitously presented him with the copyright of the same.

GLOUCESTER, Sept. 21st, 1829.

PREFACE.

THE learned Fosbroke has observed, in his elaborate History of the City of Gloucester, that, "in undertaking a new work, where one preceding exists, it is a matter of course that deficiencies should be the leading object."

In the present publication an attempt has been made to give a description of the antiquities which have at different times been discovered in this city and neighbourhood, and an account of the various alterations and improvements which have taken place since the Histories of Mr. Fosbroke and Mr. Rudge were written.

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The Archdeacon, in the preface to his History, acknowledges that "the principal part of his ma

terials is derived from the works of Atkins and Rudder, and that he waves all pretensions to originality."

The Author has transcribed from Mr. Rudge's book whatever suited his purpose, and has endeavoured to compress within a small compass all the historical, descriptive, and statistical details, which residents of the city and neighbourhood might wish to possess, and visitors to consult.

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