Copy 1, Volume 1

A six months tour through the north of England / Containing, an account of the present state of agriculture, manufactures and population, in several counties of this kingdom ... Interspersed with descriptions of the seats of the nobility and gentry; and other remarkable objects.

  • Young, Arthur, 1741-1820.
Date:
1770
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A six months tour through the north of England / Containing, an account of the present state of agriculture, manufactures and population, in several counties of this kingdom ... Interspersed with descriptions of the seats of the nobility and gentry; and other remarkable objects. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    {f° wai] T muft confefs, that I have dwelt fo much on the idea of rendering my general defign complete, that I wifh for the opportunity of extending the Tour through every part of Great Britain and Ireland, and prefent- ing the public a complete work. Were I to receive the encouragement that was necefflary, and which confifts only in the intimation of defigned intelligence, J fhould proceed with the undertaking—— finifh the account of England and Wales, -——travel over Scot/and, and make the tour | of Ireland: But I have already found the advantages of the beft authority too much, to depend on that alone which chance may throw in my way. That fuch an extenfion cf the journey might be of fome ufe, 1s undoubted: the remaining parts muft contain many praGiices that deferve to be generally known ;.and likewife numerous inftances of general bad hufbandry, that require ex- planation, in order for a remedy.——The more a man views the agriculture of vari- ous foils, the readier and better able is he to propose methods of improvement. There muft alfo, in fuch tracts, be many gentle- men, who have practifed hufbandry with brufual attention, and who have noted thetr