Excerpt from The History and Antiquities of the Borough and Town of Weymouth and Melcombe RegisThe great in¿ux of migratory characters annually resorting to towns seated on the sea coast, has greatly tended to foster publications of the description here offered to the public, the utility of which is generally acknowledged, they present to those persons, et id genus omne, in a condensed compass, an insight into the origin of the place of their location, they satisfy the inhabitants of various local particulars with which they were either imperfectly acquainted, or had allowed to lapse from their memory, and also furnish to the County Historian, correct and certain data, which tend to jelucidate obscure transactions, and assist in forming decisive conclusions connected with the days' of yore, such has been the demand for these manuals of information, that nearly every town of note has now to boast of an History, The Towns of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, have hitherto been only noticed either in such ephemeral prod actions as Guides or Directories, which though well calculated for their specific pur pose, a giving a mere outline, cannot be considered as sources from whence the public could draw largely for authentic information, or incidentally mentioned in works of a topographical nature, which were of neces sily compelled to be concise in reference to local nar.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.