Museums, archives and heritage in Midlothian

Edinburghshire (or mid-Lothian), maritime county in SE. of Scotland; is bounded E. by Haddington (or East-Lothian), Berwick, and Roxburgh; S. by Selkirk and Peebles; SW. by Lanark; and NW. by Linlithgow (or West-Lothian); coast-line, 12 miles; 231,724 acres, population 389,164. The surface is finely diversified. The Moorfoot Hills, a continuation of the Lammermuirs, occupy the … Read more

Museums, archives and heritage in Monmouthshire

Monmouthshire, maritime county, in W. of England, bounded N. by Herefordshire and Brecknockshire, E. by Gloucestershire, S. by the Bristol Channel, and W. by Glamorgan; greatest length, N. to S., 32 miles; greatest breadth, E. to W., 27 miles; area, 370,350 acres; population 211,267. On the coast-line (22 miles) the only indentation is that formed … Read more

Museums, archives and heritage in Merseyside

Liverpool, parliamentary and municipal borough, city, seaport, and parish, SW. Lancashire, on estuary of river Mersey, 31 miles W. of Manchester and 201 miles NW. of London by rail – parish, 1715 acres land and 755 water, population 210,164; municipal borough, 5210 acres, population 552,508. From the latter part of the 18th century its progress … Read more