ALDBOROUGH, (Suffolk) 3 m. from Oxford, and 76 cm. and 88 mm. from London, has a good harbour, defended by canon, and is
pleasantly situate in the valley of Slaughden, having the sea on the E. and the r. Ald on the S.W. There are convenient
ware-houses and fishhouses on the key, for drying their fish, especially sprats, soals, and lobsters, which, with the corn
they transport, and the coals they trade for to Newcastle, is the sole employment of their shipping. 'Tis governed by two
bailiffs, chose out of 12 capital burgesses, and by twenty-four inferior officers. It has two streets, each near one m,
long, but 'tis not near so broad, the sea having lately swallowed up one of the streets. Its Fairs are on the first Tu. in
Lent, on the 26th of Ap. Aug 24, and Sept. 3, Mts. W. and S.