report by Edmund Dummer and Thomas Wiltshaw
SY6878; sheet 194
the Port
Incapable of
improvemt.
report by Edmund Dummer and Thomas Wiltshaw
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South Coast Harbours 1698
report by Edmund Dummer and Thomas Wiltshaw |
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Weymouth, Dorset:
'port'; on Weymouth Bay. SY6878; sheet 194 |
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| Weymouth & Melcomb Regis |
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Description of the Port Incapable of improvemt. |
Stands upon a small Fresh from the Land Eastward of the Bill and Road of Portland But here the Tydes rise no more than 7 Foot or thereabouts alike uncertain as at ye. two foregoing Places, And have not above 3 ft. of Water in the Entrance to the Harbour, Which to add no more are impediments that preclude entirely all thoughts of improvemt for the Navy. |
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museum inventory notes and transcription of the chart |
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summary relating to this harbour |
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South Coast Harbours 1698
report by Edmund Dummer and Thomas Wiltshaw |