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James Bennett|1785|1856| James Bennett (born 1785 died 1856), topographer, was born at Falfield in the parish of Thornbury, Gloucestershire, on 10 May 1785, and carried on the business of a printer and bookseller at Tewkesbury from 1810 till 1852, when he retired with a competent independence. He wrote the History of Tewkesbury (Tewkesbury, 1830, octavo), and abridged it in the form of a "Guide" (1835). In 1830 he brought out the first part of the Tewkesbury Register and Magazine, a useful periodical which was continued in annual numbers till 1849. He died at Tewkesbury on 29 January 1856.^{[DNB 1][DNB 2] [1]}

References

1. [[Template:Cite DNB|vb=yes|author=Template:DNB TC|title=Bennett, James (1785-1856) (DNB00)|work=Dictionary of National Biography|volume=04|pages=242|url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bennett,_James_(1785-1856)_(DNB00)]]

DNB references

These references are found in the DNB article referred to above.

1. manuscript notes by J. G. Nichols in a copy of the Tewkesbury Register in the British Museum
2. Gentlemen's Magazine (N.S.) xlv. 317.

External links

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