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 ...

The Continuation to Hatherley aforesaid.

FROM Barnstable you cross a fair Stone bridg of 17 Arches over the River Taw, and at 3 Miles pass through Roundshil a scatterring Village; and at 4’2. in a Valley through St. John's Chapel a small Village; and at 6 Miles in another Valley through Newton Tracy, and 5 Furlongs farther by Alverdiscot Church on the Left; from whence a very stony Way and over several Hills, conveys you at 11 Miles to Tor∣rington or Torrington magna, seated on the Towridg; a large but poor Town; is Go∣vern'd by a Mayor, 8 Aldermen and 16 Burgesses; its chief Trade is making of Stuffs; hath a good Market on Saturdays for Flesh, Corn, &c. and 3 Fairs annu∣ally, viz. St. George's Day, Midsomer Day, and Michaelmas Day; gives Title of Earl to His Grace Christopher Duke of Albemarle, &c.

Leaving Torrington you cross the Towridg over a Stone-bridg of 4 Arches, and ascending pass through Little Torrington, and at 12’4. by another Part of Little Tor∣rington on the Left; whence at 14’6. you pass by Potheridg a Noble Structure of the Duke of Albemarle's on the Left; and at 16’5. through Marton a small Village, descending a Hill you cross over Kingsford Brook, leaving Hewish Church and Lieu∣tenant Colonel Yew's House 4 Furlongs on the Left; then at 18’3. pass by Stokeley House on the Right, and 5 Furlongs farther through Mesh another small Village; thence at 20’3. in a Valley you over a Stone-bridg of 3 Arches cross the Towridg, and 7 Furlongs farther enter Hatherly alias Hetherley, seated on a Branch of the foresaid Towridg, a small Town containing about 100 Houses, hath a Market on Fridays, and one good Inn of Accommodation, the George.

Backward Turnings to be avoided.

• 1. 2 Furlongs beyond Hatherley the Left to Shipwash.
• 2. 7 Furlongs short of Mesh the Left to Pe∣therickstow.
• 3. 6 Furl. short of St. John's Chapel the for∣ward to Smiverton Green.
• 4. At the End of Lankey the Left.
• 5. 9 Furl. short of Hewis Mill the Left to Brumpton Regis.
• 6. At Rawlins Cross the Left to Monksilver.
• 7. 12 Furl. short of West Bagboro the Left to Bridgwater a different Way.

Notes

• Barnstable, S.S.W. Roundshil, 3 Miles. St. John's Chapel, 4’2. Newton Tracy, 6 M. Alverdiscot, 6’5. [7’4. S. by E.] [8’5. S.S.W.] Torrington, 11’1. [11’6. S.]
• Little Torrington, 12’4 [13’3. S. S. E]
• Marton, 16’5.
• Mesh, 19’2.
• Hatherley, 21’4.