Francis Blomefield and Charles Parkin: 'An Essay Towards a T...

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Francis Blomefield and Charles Parkin: 'An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk, Containing a Description of the Towns, Villages, and Hamlets, with the Foundations of Monasteries, Churches, Chapels, Chantries and other Religious Buildings', London, W Bulmer for William Miller, 1805-1810, 11 volumes, with a folio leaf of Blomefield's hand written manuscript pen & ink notes for volume IV pp 104/5, re deed between Thomas Cooke and Robert Cooke, St. Peter per Montergate, Norwich, 13. September 1704, 30 lines of Blomefield's m/s notes on folio leaf, C18th chain lined paper, watermarked "TR", loosely inserted at front of volume IV, mezzotint portrait frontis + folding engraved plans of Norwich and King's Lynn (lacks map of Marshland as often) + 33 engraved plates (mainly folding) + 14 pedigrees on 15 folding sheets, with scarce additional volume by John Nurse Chadwick: 'Index Nominum; Being an Index of Christian and Surnames, (with Arms,) Mentioned in Blomefield's History of Norfolk', King's Lynn, Privately Published, 1862, 348pp, uniform handsome C19th half calf gilt by J. Quinton, 36 Pottergate Street Norwich, spines gilt in compartments, morocco gilt labels to spines, marbled end papers and pastedowns, all edges marbled. Francis Blomefield (1705-1752) was an English Antiquary who was born in Fersfield village, South Norfolk, and educated at Diss and Thetford Grammar Schools before graduating from Caius College, Cambridge, BA 1727 & MA 1728. His detailed research from source materials culminated in this comprehensive history of the county of Norfolk, widely considered to be detailed, reliable and comparable with the best county histories of the period (12)