This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1799 Excerpt: ...Antoninus has made. This town has not quite lost its name at this day, being from Pennocrucium called Penkridge. At present it is only a small village, famous for a horse fair, which Hugh Blunt, or Flavus, the lord of it, obtained of Edward the second." This town is here described as standing on the Watling street, but ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1799 Excerpt: ...Antoninus has made. This town has not quite lost its name at this day, being from Pennocrucium called Penkridge. At present it is only a small village, famous for a horse fair, which Hugh Blunt, or Flavus, the lord of it, obtained of Edward the second." This town is here described as standing on the Watling street, but in this circumstance our great antiquary was certainly mistaken. Had he travelled the other way he could not have thought so. But this old highway has been in no part more difficult to trace than in its course over Cannock Heath, where a deep sandy soil, cut in all direfilions by the different roads over it, had obliterated all marks of the rampart, and the distinguishing peculiarities of such roads. A very excellent new road now leads across the heath from Wall to Norton, but this is an improvement of very modern date, being executed within the last ten years. The line of the road was before so obscure, that a stranger was directed from Wall to a single tree, which grew upon the heath at a considerable distance, as a guide to keep the road. In the infancy of this kind of knowledge therefore a mistake might easily be made in tracing this part of the road, but it is now well known, that Penkridge is not nearer than two miles to this old street. And this circumstance has appeared to commentators in general so forcible an objection, that no one has adopted Camden's opinion, but new situations have been proposed more intimately connected with the road. Dr. Plot sixes upon Stretton. Horfley supposes Penkridge might arise from this ancient town, but that the latter stood by the road. Stukeley proposes the side of the brook, which crosses the Watling street between Stretton, and Water Eaton. This it appears by the map is the Penk, and had not P...
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Add this copy of Iter Britanniarum Or That Part of the Itinerary of to cart. $133.70, fair condition, Sold by Victoria Bookshop rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bere Alston, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1799 by Cambridge Burges 1799.
