WHATEVER IS REMARKABLE IN EACH PARISH, ITS POPULATION,
INSCRIPTIONS, REGISTERS, &c.
BY JOHN FELTHAM.
EMBELLISHED WITH A MAP OF THE ISLAND
AND OTHER PLATES.
1798.
COMPRISING
SKETCHIES OF ITS ANCIENT AND MODERN HISTORY, CONSTITU-
TION, LAWS, COMMERCE, AGRICULTURE, FISHERY, &c,
INCLUDING
WHATEVER IS REMARKABLE IN EACH PARISH, ITS POPULATION,
INSCRIPTIONS, REGISTERS, &c.
BY JOHN FELTHAM.
EMBELLISHED WITH A MAP OF THE ISLAND
AND OTHER PLATES.
1798.
MY LORD DUKE,
CONCEIVING the partiality you must naturally feel for the best interests of the Island of Mann, even if I had not heard you express it very warmly, I should from thence have been induced to conclude that you would not deem me intrusive,or as acting improperly, in thus presuming to dedicate this Tour to your Grace.
It appears before you in the state in which it was addressed to Dr. Hawes; no fact is designedly mistated, nor, I trust,a ny reflection urged that can wound the feelings of a single individual.
Should, therefore, your Grace find any amusement in this volume, or deem it not unworthy your protection and patronage, I shall be much gratified.
I am, my Lord Duke,
Very respectfully,
Your Grace's obedient servant,
THE AUTHOR.
Bath Aug. 1798.
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Observations on walking - Boat to and from Liverpool - Situation of the Island of Man - Kings - Lords - Bishops - Establishments - Governors... |
1 to 21 |
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Commissioners' Report - Allegations - Revenue - Customs-Duties - Illicit practices |
22 to 29 |
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Constitution - Courts of Civil Jurisdiction - Spiritual Courts - Juries - Inferior Officers |
30 to 40 |
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On Agriculture - Quarterlands - Soil - Climate - Tenures - Mowing - Farms - Roads - Ploughs - Manures - Cattle - Sheep - Pigs - Crops |
41 to 52 |
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On Literature - Language - Printers - Scriptures - Hymns - English and Manks Publications on the Island |
53 to 65 |
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Ports - Fairs - Registers - Population - Vicars - Post Office - Revenue - Duties - Imports - Exports - Bounties - Reflections |
66 to 74 |
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On the Fishery - Salmon, &c. - Of Herrings - Boats - Price - Mode of Curing - Exported - Sorts used in Italy - A Poem on the Herring Fishery |
75 to 87 |
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Abbeys - Clergy - Law Suits respecting their rights, and the Establishment at Castletown - Benefactors |
85 to 93 |
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Bishop Wilson's Life Abridged - Anecdotes - Letter to Lord Derby - Bishop Hildesley - Bishop Wilson's Works, editions of - Anecdotes of the Rev. Dr. Wilson and Mrs. Macaulay, and of Mr. and Mrs. Northcote |
94 to 103 |
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Miscellaneous - Early History - Its Accession to England in 1765 - Passage Vessels of the Island, &c. - Pass - Coins - Mills |
101 to 111 |
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Cattle - Birds - Plants - Roads - Inns - Taxes - Rivera - Calf - Mountains - Springs - Domestic Economy - Ladies - Gallantry - Character of the Lower Classes - Language - Meeting of their Parliament |
112 to 132 |
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Of the House of Keys - Singular Laws - Ceremony on their Promulgation - Ordinances - Attornies' fees - Loyalty - List of Principal Land Proprietors - |
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123 to 136 |
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Number of Parishes 139 |
Bay and Castle 184-5 |
Laxey , , 213 |
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