Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Diary of Henry Townshend of Elmley Lovett, 1640-1663, Vol. 1
Townshend's entries of matters during the Commonwealth are most fragmentary, and to have attempted to develop them into a story of the county during that period would have been quite inconsistent with editing the Diary. It may, however, be of some use to whoever undertakes a much-needed task in the history of Worcestershire - a full account of the county from the surrender of the city in July 1646 to the restoration of the King in May 1660.
The frontispiece to this Volume - a drawing by Marlow of the old Bridge at Worcester which was pulled down when the present Bridge was completed in 1771 - is, it is believed, the only drawing there is of the old Bridge looking down stream. It was exhibited at the visit of the Archaeological Institute to Worcester in 1862. The only other view of the Bridge is one looking up stream, a vignette on the title page of Green's 1796. The Society are also indebted to Mr. Dyson Perrins for presenting this plate.
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