Britannia, volume the first, or, An illustration of the Kingdom of England and dominion of Wales by a geographical and historical description of the principal roads thereof, actually admeasured and delineated in a century of whole-sheet copper-sculps : accomodated with the ichnography of the several cities and capital towns, and compleated by an accurate account of the more remarkable passages of antiquity : together with a novel discourse of the present state / by John Ogilby ...

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Britannia, volume the first, or, An illustration of the Kingdom of England and dominion of Wales by a geographical and historical description of the principal roads thereof, actually admeasured and delineated in a century of whole-sheet copper-sculps : accomodated with the ichnography of the several cities and capital towns, and compleated by an accurate account of the more remarkable passages of antiquity : together with a novel discourse of the present state / by John Ogilby ...
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Ogilby, John, 1600-1676.
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1675.
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The Depending Branches leading,

1. From Hartford-bridg to Portsmouth, by Alton and Petersfield, and from Alton to the Isle of Weight, by WINCHESTER and Southampton.

2. From Shaftsbury to Weymouth, by Blandford and Dorchester, and to Pool and Ware∣ham from Blandford.

3. From Sherborn to Bridgwater by Evil, Ilchester, Somerton and Street, and from Street to WELLS.

4. From Crookhorn to Lime by Axminster on the Left, and to Mynhead by Taunton and Dunster, and to Watchet from Taunton on the Right.

5. From Honiton to Tiverton.

6. From EXETER to Bediford by Barnstable, and to Hounsworthy and Launston.

7. From Ashburton to Dartmouth by Totnes.

8. From Plymouth to Padstow.

V. The BRISTOL Road reckons 7 Stages and 104 Miles, more by 10 Miles, than Common Supputation; and so much less than the Dimensuration, viz.

From LONDON to Hounslow 10 Miles, to Maidenhead 16. to Reading 12. to Newbury 16. Marlborough 15. Chipenham 15. and BRISTOL 20. And it Branches out,

1. On the Right, from Maidenhead to Nettlebed 12 Miles; thence to Abington 16. to Farington and so to Lechlade 20. to Ciceter 10. and to GLOCESTER 18. and so to Swan∣zey by Monmouth, Usk and Cardiff; and this again Branches from Abington to OX∣FORD and Burford; from GLOCESTER to HEREFORD; from Monmouth to Carmarthen by Brecknock and Llanimdofry, and from Carmarthen to Penbrook on the Left, and Cardigan on the Right.

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2. On the Left, From Marlborough to Froom by the Devizes and Westbury, and from Westbury to Warminster on the Left, and Bradford by Troubridg on the Right.

VI. And lastly, The CHESTER Road Extending to Holyhead, Numbers 17. Sta∣ges and 208 Miles, As follows:

From LONDON to Barnet 10 Miles, to St. Albans 10. Dunstable 10. Brickhil 7. Toceter 13. Daventry 10. COVENTRY 14. Colshil 8. LICHFIELD 12. Stone 16. Namptwich 16. CHESTER 14. Northop 8. Denbigh 12. Conway 14. Beaumaris 10. and Holyhead 24. Answering throughout the Common Estimation, but exceeded by the Di∣mensuration 61’ 2. Issuing out,

1. From Brickhil to Alesbury and Buckingham on the Left, and to Bedford on the Right.

2. From Toceter to Banbury on the Left, and on the Right to Northampton 6 Miles; thence to Harborough 12. to Leicester 12. to Loughborough 8. and to Darby 12. and thence to Sheffield by Chesterfield, as also from Darby to Uttoxeter, Ashborn and Hiworth.

3. From COVENTRY to Broadway by Warwick, Stratford upon Avon, and Evesholm, and from Stratford to Morton Henmarsh.

4. From Colshil to Birmingham, and thence 1st. to WORCESTER by Bromsgrove, and Droitwich, 2d. to Ludlow by Stourbridg, Kederminster, Beaudly and Tenbury, and 3d. to Aberdowy by Wolverhampton, Shefnal, Shrewsbury, Welshpool, Teandomine and Mahunleth.

5. From LICHFIELD to Stafford and Draiton.

6. From Stone to Bruerton Green, and thence 1st. to Manchester by Congleton, Macclesfield and Stopford, 2d. to Kendal by Knotsford, Warrington, Preston and Lancaster, and from Warrington to Leverpole.

7. From Namptwich to Whitchurch.

8. From CHESTER to Wrexham on the Left, and Nesson on the Right.

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