a town of Lancashire, 221 miles from... Kirkgate from London, stands near the Ribble, six miles from the Irish sea, in that part of the county called the Field lands. It has a market and three fairs, and a free school well endowed. By means of inland navigation, it has a communication with the rivers Mersey, Dee, Ribble, Ouse, Trent, Darwent, Severn, Humber, Thames, Avon, &c. which navigation, including its windings, extends above 500 miles, in the counties of Lincoln, Nottingham, York, Westmorland, Chester, Warwick, Leicester, Oxford, Worcester, &c.