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Paper, 'Of Roman colonies and stations in Cheshire and Lancashire' by Thomas Percival

Reference number: L&P/2/215

Date: 1751

Description

Contains map.

Subject: Antiquities/Archaeology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations on the Roman colonies and stations in Cheshire and Lancashire, by Thomas Percival Esq; communicated by Hugh Lord Willoughby of Parham, F. R. S

Read 13 June 1751

Reference number
L&P/2/215
Earliest possible date
1751
Physical description
Ink on paper and map
Page extent
14 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of Roman colonies and stations in Cheshire and Lancashire' by Thomas Percival, 1751, L&P/2/215, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_215/paper-of-roman-colonies-and-stations-in-cheshire-and-lancashire-by-thomas-percival, accessed on 20 June 2025

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