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A considerable portion of the work has been devoted to parochial and local history.
The descriptions of churches and. Other ancient and public buildings are generally given from personal examination. It has been no part of the editor's plan to enter into lengthened and scientific disquisitions on their architecture; but simply to de scribe them as they are, and to leave the enlightened antiquary to deduce his own inferences.
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