Market. Tuesday.—Fairs. Jan. 11, and 4th Mon. in June for cattle and pedlery.
[B] APPLESHAW.—Great Show Fair, Friday and Saturday before Weyhill Fair. Nov. 4 and 5, all for sheep.
[C] APPLETHWAITE. All the fisheries on the lovely lake of Winandermere belong to the inhabitants of this thriving village, and subject Lake of Winandermere. only to a tithe of the fish caught to the Rector of Winandermere, who makes composition for the same, by a sum prescribed by each boat. The red char, esteemed so great a delicacy, is said to be peculiar to the lakes of Winandermere and Ullswater; this delicious fish is taken in nets Grand Regatta. during the months of October and May, when they are potted and sent to different parts of the kingdom. About the beginning of September a grand regatta is given on the lucid waters of the lake, attended by families of the first distinction.
[D] APPLETON. This village was the birth place of the famous physician and chemist, Edmund Dickinson, who was born in the year 1624. At 20 years of age he went to the university of Oxford; in 1655, (he published a work to prove) that the Greeks borrowed the story of the Pythian Apollo, Birth place of the learned Edmund Dickinson and all that related to the Oracle of Delphos, from the Holy Scriptures. In consequence of some excellent cures, he was appointed Physician to Charles II., and afterwards became a convert to the doctrine of the Transmutation of Metals; and wrote a work, the object of which is to prove, "that the method and mode of the creation of the universe, (according to the principles of true philosophy,) are strictly and concisely laid down by Moses." He died in 1707.
[E] APPLETREWICK. In this village was born William Craven, the founder of the noble House of Craven, who by his industry and good House of Craven. conduct arose from an humble station to the dignity of Lord Mayor of London—a proof of the advantages attendant on industry.
| Map | Names of Places | County | Number of Miles From | Dist. Lond. | Popul ation. | ||||||
| 4 | Arborfield[A] | to | Berks | Wokingham | 5 | Swallowfield | 3 | Reading | 4 | 36 | 268 |
| 22 | Arbury | to | Lancaster | Newton | 3 | Warrington | 2 | Liverpool | 18 | 186 | 280 |
| 7 | Arclid | to | Chester | Sandbach | 2 | Congleton | 5 | Middlewich | 6 | 162 | 79 |
| 45 | Arden | to | W.R. York | Thirsk | 10 | Stokesley | 11 | Kirkby | 10 | 227 | 130 |
| 38 | Ardingley[B] | pa | Sussex | Cuckfield | 4 | E. Grinstead | 7 | Crawley | 7 | 33 | 587 |
| 4 | Ardington | pa | Berks | Wantage | 3 | Abingdon | 8 | East Ilsley | 7 | 57 | 404 |
| 14 | Ardleigh | pa | Essex | Colchester | 5 | Manningtree | 4 | Dedham | 2 | 56 | 1545 |
| 31 | Ardley | pa | Oxford | Bicester | 4 | Middleton | 3 | Aynhoe | 5 | 58 | 170 |
| 45 | Ardsley | to | W.R. York | Barnsley | 2 | Wakefield | 11 | Rotherham | 8 | 172 | 1029 |
| 45 | Ardsley,[C] East & West | to & pa | W.R. York | Wakefield | 5 | Leeds | 6 | Huddersfield | 11 | 187 | 2303 |
[A] ARBORFIELD, in the hundred of Sonning. In this parish, near the church, is an ancient Manor-house, well worthy of the observation of the Antiquary; it was built by the family of the Standens, who were Lords of the Manor in the 17th century. The last male heir of this ancient family Molly Mogg. was Edward Standen, the person alluded to in the popular ballad of Molly Mogg.
Fair, October 5, cattle.
[B] ARDINGLEY. In the parish church are several monuments of the ancient families of the Wakehursts and Culpeppers; one of which is a tomb to the memory of Nicholas Culpepper and his lady, who died in the beginning of the sixteenth century. This monument bears his portraiture with that of his wife and eighteen children. Nicholas Culpepper, the celebrated Culpepper, the herbalist and astrologer. herbalist and astrologer, was born in London in 1616, and after receiving his education at the university of Cambridge, was apprenticed to an apothecary. He came to London and settled in Spitalfields about 1642. He commenced a war with the College of Physicians, by accusing them of deceit and ignorance, and published a translation of their "Dispensary," giving an account of the supposed virtues of each drug, and the complaints in which they were used. He was also author of the "Herbal," which is written with much clearness, and distinctly explained. It passed through many editions. From the tenor of his writings, it may be gathered that he joined or at least favoured the Jesuits.
Fair, May 30, Pedlary.