Cooke

Life
Cooke was the author of the vast "Topography of Great Britain", or, "British traveller's pocket directory; being an accurate and comprehensive topographical and statistical description of all the counties in England, Scotland, and Wales, with the adjacent islands: illustrated with maps of the counties. Which form a complete British atlas."

He writes at length about the administrative history of Chester and generally takes the view (perhaps to excess) that the corporation of Chester were a oorupt lot. A typical quote:


 * "From the above and other succeeding circumstances respecting the conduct of the corporation and their opponents, it is evident that the former have always endeavored to preserve their power by abridging and extinguishing the liberties of the people as much as they possibly could, while the latter have always endeavored to found their pride and distinction on the defence of the rights and privileges of their fellow citizens."

Works

 * Topography of Great Britain, written: 1802-29 by George Alexander Cooke []