Descriptive gazetteer entries

In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Florence like this:

Florence, rising and populous place, Stone and Trentham pars., W. Staffordshire, 2 miles SW. of Newcastle under Lyme; it is being built upon the grounds of the Duke of Sutherland, with the intention of forming a large suburban town for the Potteries.

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Travel writing

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