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Synopsis

To which is added, a description of the towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and ancient buildings, situate on, or near the road from london to margate, deal, and dover. second edition with considerable additions and improvements. embellished with engravings.

Item Description

Second edition. 8vo. 8.5 x 5 inches, xvii + 419 pp. List of subscribers.

Illustrations

Illustrated by a folding engraved plan of Rochester and 4 other copper-engraved plates.

Notes

This edition of The History of Rochester (first edited and published by Thomas Fisher in 1772), has been considerably revised by W. Wildash, Fisher's successor as bookseller in Rochester. According to the editor's advertisement, 'The ingenious compiler of the greater part of it, at least, was the Rev. Samuel Denne.' It was also said to have been started by William Shrubsole (1729-1797), an independent minister and mistaker of Sheerness, born in Sandwich. Denne (1730-1799) was educated at King's School, Canterbury and Cambridge and was appointed vicar of Wilmington and Darenth, near Dartford, in 1767. He was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1783. This second edition is supplied with a new map and enlarged by an additional sixty-five pages, bringing it up to date. A further edition was published in 1833.