HISTORY

OF

GLOUCESTER.

[w. BULGIN, PRINTER, BRISTOL.]

THE

HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION

OF THE

City of Gloucester,

FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD

TO THE PRESENT TIME;

WITH AN ACCOUNT OF

ST. PETER'S ABBEY, THE CATHEDRAL, CHURCHES, AND OTHER RELIGIOUS
HOUSES; PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS; THE
SALINE CHALYBEATE SPA, WITH AN ANALYSIS OF THE WATERS
AND THEIR MEDICINAL PROPERTIES; A DESCRIPTION OF

THE ANTIQUITIES THAT HAVE AT DIFFERENT

TIMES BEEN FOUND IN THAT CITY AND
NEIGHBOURHOOD;

THE ORIGIN AND PRESENT STATE OF THE

Port of Gloucester ;

THE GLOUCESTER AND BERKELEY CANAL,
And an Account of the Duties payable thereon, &c.

DEDICATED, BY PERMISSION, TO

HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT,
Lord Lieutenant of the County, &c. &c.

By G. W. COUNSEL.

GLOUCESTER:

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HURST, CHANCE, and co. st. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD, LONDON;

THE BOOKSELLERS IN CHELTENHAM; AND

W. BULGIN, BRISTOL.

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THE MOST Noble

HENRY CHARLES SOMERSET,

DUKE OF BEAUFORT,

MARQUIS OF WORCESTER,

EARL OF GLAMORGAN, LORD LIEUTENANT,

LORD HERBERT

OF CHEPSTOW, RAGLAND, AND GOWER,

AND

CUSTOS ROTULORUM OF THE COUNTIES OF

GLOUCESTER, MONMOUTH, AND BRECON,

COLONEL OF THE MONMOUTHSHIRE MILITIA,

CONSTABLE OF ST. BRIAVEL'S CASTLE, AND WARDER OF THE FOREST OF DEAN,

K. G. & D. C. L.;

The following Work is, by His Grace's Permission,

Very respectfully Dedicated.