JOHNSON'S
HISTORICAL, TOPOGRAPHICAL, & PAROCHIAL ILLUSTRATED GUIDE,
AND VISITOR'S COMPANION
THROUGH THE
ISLE OF MANN

BY

JAMES BROTHERSTON LAUGHTON, B. A. Sixth Edition.

DOUGLAS

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY SAMUEL JOHNSON, DUKE STREET.

1850.

CONTENTS

 
PAGE
Map  
Dedication  
Preface  
PART I.
CHAPTER I.
Etymology of the Name
1
CHAPTER II.
Early History .
7
CHAPTER III.
The Danish, Norwegian and Scottish Kings.
13
CHAPTER IV.
The Houses of Stanley and Athol :
22
CHAPTER V.
Ecclesiastical History ,
29
CHAPTER VI.
The Life and Episcopate of Bishop Wilson
41
CHAPTER VII.
The Insular Government
45
CHAPTER VIII.
General Topography, Natural History, Commerce, and Language
59

CHAPTER IX.

The Insular Revenues, Population, and Fiscal Privileges
83
PART II.
A descriptive account of each Parish and of the four Principal Towns in the Isle of Mann .
96
Andreas - Castletown
96-111
Douglas
112-131
German - Santon
131-190
Viaticum
171
Appendix. .
180
Index ..
199

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