INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.-EARLIEST NOTICES OF THE DISTRICT-BRITISH TRIBE (CORNAVII),-DRUID TEMPLE, CALLED BRIDE-STONES-STATION OF ROMAN TROOPS AT DEVA, (chester), MEDIOLANUM, (CHESTERTON),— ROUTES OF ANTONINUS, VIA DEVANA, OR RYKENELD STREET, DISTINGUISHED FROM IKENELD STREET.-ERDESWICK'S NOTICE OF CHESTERTON, ITS PRESENT APPEARANCE,-ROMAN COINS FOUND IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD,-DISSERTATION ON LYME WOODLANDS.
LOCAL HISTORY has long been an object of interesting regard to the Republic of Letters, and has exercised the labours and talents of men of various ranks and qualifications. Some have raised monuments of extraordinary magnitude, and of rich and rare materials, to the honour of their native counties; or, of the counties, cities, districts, or places, which they have thought proper to select for the display of their genius; whilst others, of more humble grade, have sought to gratify general or local curiosity, and facilitate research and reference, by the compilation of Topographical Dictionaries, Guides, and Directories. Numerous works, indeed, of both descriptions, have issued from the press, of late years, which have been commonly received with public favour. Not a district, or a town of any importance, is without its local history or directory, or a combination of both; nor has the ground over which we now propose to travel remained hitherto altogether unbroken; though we shall endeavour to trace out paths not previously trodden, and to explore fields hitherto altogether uncultivated and unknown.