A Brief History of Worcester; Or, "Worcester Guide" Improved. with a Description of the Neighbouring Towns, Villages, and Seats, That Are Most

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1806 edition. Excerpt: ...judgment, and good ability. This more recent establishment has also experienced royal patronage and favor. Its productions being executed in a masterly style of elegance and perfection, little, if any, inferior to those of our more senior manufactory, while the increasing demands made for their articles evince the just estimation in which they ares deservedly held. HOP TRADE. The Hop Market, which was first erected as a Work-house for the poor, situate almost in the centre of the city, is a large and regular pile of building, the interior of which forms an extensive quadrangle, surrounded by well-built Warehouses; the rents of which, under th- direction of the guardians of the respective parishes in the city, amounting to about 3.501. per annum, are applied to the laudable purpose of supporting the House of Industry. The Hop trade in this city is conducted on an extensive scale, and during the season, is the most considerable market in the kingdom for that essential article, three-fifths of the produce of the surrounding plantations being, on an average, brought here for sale. The number of pockets sold, for the last ten years, may tend to shew the regular supply this market affords. Years. Pockets. Years. Poekets. 1796-21,519 1797-21,319 1798-16,370 1799-13,923 1800-13,375 1801-46,228 1802-13,596 180.3-38,851 1804-37,542 1805-11,824. so that the average number sold, agreeable to the annexed statement, has been 23,455 pockets per annum; the prices of which are so extremely precarious that it would be futile to make any calculation on that head. THE DISTILLERY; An undertaking brought to its full maturity by the late Mr. Alderman Williams, situated at the south-east end of Turkey, near the Severn, has long carried on a very successful and...