Transcribed from the 1804 T. Combe edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
a
WALK
through
LEICESTER;
being
A GUIDE TO STRANGERS,
containing
A DESCRIPTION
of the
TOWN AND ITS ENVIRONS,
with remarks upon its
HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES.
“Within this hour it will be dinner-time,
Till that I’ll view the manners of the town,
Peruse its traders, gaze upon its buildings,
And then return and sleep within mine inn.”Shakespeare.
LEICESTER, PRINTED BY T. COMBE,
and sold by
T. HURST, PATER-NOSTER-ROW, LONDON,
1804.
ADDRESS.
The Editor of the following pages, while he has been solicitous to furnish those who travel with a POCKET CICERONE, feels at the same time a wish that it may not be unacceptable to those who are at home. The latter, though, in the subject of this survey, they trace an old, a familiar scene, will still feel that it possesses that interest which the native spot binds around the mind, and when they point out to their intelligent visitors and curious friends the most memorable objects of their antient and honourable Town, it is his wish that this little companion may be found useful; he, therefore, while he rejoices in their support and feels their liberality, inscribes it with respect and gratitude, to the
INHABITANTS of LEICESTER.
A WALK
through
LEICESTER.
To the traveller who may wish to visit whatever is deemed most worthy of notice in the town of Leicester, the following sketch is devoted. And as the highly cultivated state of topographical knowledge renders superficial remark unpardonable in local description, we shall endeavor to produce, at the various objects of our visit, such information and reflections as a conductor, not wholly uninformed, may be expected to offer to the curious and intelligent, while he guides him through