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 ...

OF THE POST-ROADS OF ENGLAND.

IN the following Discourses having Occasion among other Computations to take No∣tice of the Establish'd Post-miles, which in some Roads answer the Vulgar Estimation onely, in others the Dimensuration nearly, and in others again, a midle Number 'twixt both; We shall here give a brief and general Account of the Distribution of England for the Benefit of Correspondency, under the Excellent Regimen of that Important Office.

Know then, That the several Roads of England (such, We mean, as issuing from this Prime Center, We have distinguisht by the Title of Direct) are by the Re∣gulation of that Office Branch'd out from, and Reduc'd to; these 6 (or rather 8) Independing Itineraries:

First, the Northern Road extending to Barwick, and thence to Edenbrough in Scot∣land; 2dly. the North-East Road, to Yarmouth in Norfolk; 3dly. the Kentish, or Eastern Road to Dover, and therewith the South-East Road to Rye in Sussex; 4thly. the South-West Road to CHICHESTER in Sussex, an Adjunct to the Great Western Road to Plymouth in Devonshire, and thence to Market-Jew near the Lands-End in Cornwal; 5thly. the Due West or BRISTOL Road, leading to that City; and 6thly. the North-West or CHESTER Road, extended to Holyhead in Anglesey; Each of which in Order.

I. The Northern Road to Edenbrough numbers 28 Stages and 300 Post-Miles, where∣of, to Berwick 25 Stages and 260 Miles, equal to the Vulgar Computation, but ex∣ceeded in the Dimensuration 79’2. the Particulars thus:

From LONDON to Waltham 12 Miles; Ware 8. Roystone 13. Caxton 8. Hunting∣ton 9. Stilton 9. Stamford 12. Post-Witham 8. Grantham 8. Newark 10. Tuxford 10. Baw∣try 12. Doncaster 6. Ferrybrigs 10. Tadcaster 9. YORK 8. Borowbrigs 12. Northaller∣ton 12. Darlingtom 10. DURHAM 14. New-Castle 12. Morpeth 12. Alnwick 12. Bel∣ford 12. Berwick 12. Cockburnspeth in Scotland 14. Haddington 14. and Edenbrough 12.

The Principal Depending Branches being these that follow:

1. From Royston to NORWICH, by Cambridg, New-Market, Bury, Thetford, Larlingford, Attlebrough and Windham: And therein, First, from Thetford to Wisbich, by Stokeferry and Downham, and to Lyn from Stokeferry: Secondly, From Larlingford to Wells, by Hilbrough, Swaffham, Fakenam and Walsingham: And Thirdly, From NORWICH to Walsham by Alesham.

2. From Stilton to PETERBOROUGH.

3. From Grantham to Wainflete by Boston, and to Alford, Lowth and Grimsby, by LINCOLN.

4. From Newark to Nottingham.

5. From Doncaster to Burlington by Howden and Hull.

6. From Ferrybrigs to Wakefield, and to Bradford by Leeds, and to Skipton by We∣therby.

7. From YORK to Whitby and Scarborough.

8. From Northallerton to CARLISLE, by Richmond, Gretabrig, Brough and Penrith.

II. The Yarmouth Road accouts 11 Stages and 104 Miles, 12 Miles more than Vulgar Estimation, and 18’5. less than Dimensuration, thus:

From LONDON to Rumford and so to Burntwood 16 Miles; to Ingerstone, thence to Chelmsford and so to Witham 18. to Keldon and thence to Colchester 12. to Ipswich 16. Saxmundham 16. Beckles 16. and Yarmouth 10.

Branching Out,

1. From Chelmsford to Walden, by Dunmow and Thaxted.

2. From Witham to Braintry on the Left, and to Malden on the Right.

3. From Colchester to Lavenham, by Nayland, Buers, Sudbury, and Milford on the Left, and to Harwich by Maningtre on the Right.

4. From Ipswich to Scole, by Codnam, Stoneham, Bradish and Yaxley on the Left, and to Glemham by Martlesham, Woodbridg and Wickham on the Right.

5. From Saxmundham to Aldbrough and Sowold.

6. From Beckles to Hartleston by Bungay.

III. The Kentish Road to Dover makes 6 Stages and 70 Miles, exceeding Common Com∣putation 15 Miles, and equalling the Dimensuration within a Mile and half; the Particu∣lars follow:

From LONDON to Dartford 14 Miles, to Gravesend and so to Rochester 14. to Sitting∣born 12. to CANTERBURY 15. and to Dover 15. Branching Out,

1. From Rochester to Maidstone.

2. From Sittingborn to Shereness, by Quinbrough, and to Feversham.

3. From CANTERBURY to Deal by Sandwich, and to Thanet from Sandwich.

The Rye Road has only 3 Stages of 20 Miles each, as from LONDON to Chepstead 20 Miles; to Stone-Crouch 20. and to Rye 20. in all 60 Miles, which by Vulgar Account is only 46 Miles, by Measure 64 Miles.

IV. Before We come to the Western Road, that from LONDON to CHICHE∣STER offers it self, passing through Kingston, Guilford, Godliman and Haselmere, giving a Branch from Haselmere to Arundel by Midherst and Petworth. We Pro∣ceed then to the Great Western Road leading to Market-Jew in Cornwal, by 18 Stages containing 269 Miles, (by Vulgar Computation 228 Miles, by Measure 287 Miles,) thus:

From LONDON to Stanes 16 Miles. Hartford-bridg 16. Basingstoke 9. Andover 18. SALISBURY 16. Shaftsbury 19. Sherborn 16. Crookhorn 13. Chard and so to Honiton 19. EXETER 15. Ashburton 20. Plymouth 24. Looe 14. Foy 10. Truro 16. Falmouth and Penryn 8. and Market-Jew 20.

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.

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.