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A new history of Gloucestershire. : Comprising the topography, antiquities, curiosities, produce, trade, and manufactures of that county; the foundation-charters and endowments of abbies, and other religious houses; the foundation of the bishoprick, &c. with a short biographical account of the bishops and deans; the names of patrons and incumbents, and the antient and present value of all the ecclesiastical benefices; charters of incorporation, and civil government of the several boroughs; descriptions of the principal seats; descent of the manors; genealogies of families, with their arms, monumental inscriptions, &c. In the course of this work is given the history of every parish, tithing, and extraparochial place in the county. Also the ecclesiastical, civil, and military history of the city of Gloucester, from it first foundation to the present time. With a copy of Domesday-Book for Gloucestershire, now first printed in the language, and after the manner of the original. Illustrated