An historical account of Mr. Rogers's three years travels over England and Wales giving a true and exact description of all the chiefest cities, towns and corporations in England, Dominion of Wales, and town of Berwick upon Twede : together with the antiquities, and places of admiration, cathedrals, churches of note in any city, town or place in each county, the gentleman above-mentioned having made it his whole business (during the aforesaid time) to compleat the same in his travelling, : to which is annexed a new map of England and Wales, with the adjacent parts, containing all the cities and market towns bound in just before the title.

Cambridgeshire

Is an extream, pleasant, open County, and a place of such Variety and Plenty through∣out, that fruitful Ceres with a smiling coun∣tenance invites the industrious Peasant to be∣hold, with joy, the Fruits of his Labour, whilst she crowns his Industry with a plenti∣ful Harvest, and this County doth in divers places make some annual Additions of ano∣ther Crop, by adorning its Fields with large Productions of Saffron, thro' which great Pro∣fits continually arise unto them; here it is that the green Banks of murmuring Rivers and sunny Hills bedeckt with diversity of Plants and Simples, call forth the Students from their musing Cells, and teach them Theory, by diving into their Natures, contemplating their Signatures, and considering their Qua∣lities

and various Effects: In a word, here is nothing wanting for Pleasure, Profit, or De∣light; and though the Northern parts of the County towards the Isle of Ely lying somewhat low is moist and fenny, yet the gentle Gales which are frequently stirring, drive away all Mists and Fogs which may seem to annoy it, and by their means makes it a fit Seat for the Muses to inhabit, and we have no reason to complain of the Soil, since our wise Ancestors thought good and convenient to plant a Colony here, and place one of the Eyes of our Nation in this Spot of ground, the famous and most glorious U∣niversity of Cambridge, which we could not, in honour, pass by without a Visit.

CAMBRIDGE was formerly called Grantbridge, from a fair large Bridge made o∣ver the River Grant, which is now called Cam, from whence the Town it self receives its Name. It is increased much by the Ruins of Grancester sometime a famous City, situ∣tuate a little above a Mile from this place, and the Castle that is beyond the River, the Ruins of which are still to be seen, was built, as ancient Records testifie, in the first Year of William the Conqueror, or in the first Year of William Rufus in the Year of our Lord 1092, A Nobleman of the Norman Blood named Picot, a Vice Comes, or Sheriff, at the

Request of his Wife founded a Church to the honour of God, and Dedicated it to St. Giles, near unto this Castle, but after∣wards in 1102, the Canons were remov∣ed from hence, and there is only one Col∣lege beyond the Bridge sacred to St. Mary Magdalen; on this side of it are very spacious Streets, adorned with fifteen several magni∣ficent Colleges and Halls, each of which are liberally endowed with large Revenues, more or less, in the practice of Religion, and the dilligent pursuit of all kind of Learning; here are fifteen Churches, besides private Chappels in every College, the chief of which is called St. Mary's Church, set a part particularly for the use of the University, and the Commencement is kept yearly the first Sunday in July, that the Name and fa∣mous Memory of our most pious Benefa∣ctors may still flourish and be renowned, for their great Munificence and most memoral Acts. The Town is a Corporation, and is governed by a Mayor and Aldermen, and the Assizes, for the most part, are kept here for the County, which is very profitable to the Town, and 'tis observable that one High Sheriff serves for both the Counties of Cam∣bridge and Huntingdon, which borders upon it; but one thing more is very noteable a∣bout it, and that is the great Fair annually kept within a Mile of it in September, called

by the Name of Sturbridge-Fair; from whence it received its Denomination is uncertain, but this is most sure, that of all Fairs in Eng∣land, 'tis the greatest and best stored with all kind of Wares and Commodities which the Londoners take special care to import hither; when you are within the limits, you would rather be ready to imagine your self in some great Town, by the variety of Shops and multiplicity of Booths, than in a wide open Feild, those Booths are always built for the time in which it lasts, which is well nigh a Fortnight; neither are you presented only with Booths upon the Land, but Booths on the Water too, there being particular Con∣trivances in the Boats for Rooms and secret retirements all covered above, for the conve∣niency of Strangers which resort thither, and indeed here is always a great Resorting of People from most Parts of this Nation.

Near unto Cambridge on the South East side, there appears aloft certain high Hills called Gogmagog. On top of them is a very large Fort, entrenched, strengthened with a three-fold Rampire.

There are contained in the Shire, eight Market-Towns, and one hundred and sixty three Parishes.

Having paid our Devotions, and taken a Review of that which affords so great varie∣ty, we, at last took our farewel, and biding

it a-dieu we betook our selves into its neigh∣bouring County of