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 Road from London to Chichester, Commencing at Guilford in the Portsmouth Road.

• 1. THE Point of Bearing S. W.
• 2. The direct Horizontal Distance 55 M.
• 3. The vulgar Computation 50 M.
• 4. The Dimensuration 63’2.

From LONDON	Comp.	Measure.
to Guilford	25	25	30’0	30’0
Godalmin	03	28	04’6	34’6
Chidingfold	05	33	06’4	41’2
to Midhurst	10	43	10’6	52’0
CHICHESTER	07	50	11’2	63’2
	50		63’2

The Branch to WINCHESTER.

From Midhurst	Comp.	Measure.
to Petersfield	08	08	10’6	10’6
WINCHESTER	12	20	18’2	29’0

Midlesex, Surrey, Sussex and Hampsh. are the Counties through which you pass; and the Thames, Wandle, Mole, Wey, Arun and Lavant, are the Chief Rivers Crost over; the first Part of the Road is very good, but the later Part is more unplea∣sant, yet in all Places is provided with good Towns, &c. for Entertainment.

Forward Turnings to be avoided.

• At 30’6. The Right to Farnham.
• 32’3. The Right acute.
• At 34’6. The Right to Portsmouth.
• At 44’0. The Left to Petword.

In the Branch to WINCHESTER.

• At 9’6. The Right to WINCHESTER a different Way.
• 12’3. The Left to Kamsdean.
• At 13’4. The Left to East Mean.
• 20’4. The Right to Alresford.

FROM LONDON to Guilford you have the Account in LONDON to Portsmouth, pag. 59 Whence crossing the Wey, you omit the Road on the Right to Farnham and bear to the Left, and pass by several scattering Houses on the Road, ascend Katherin Hill at 31’5. and leave Shawford on the Left, and re∣crossing the Wey, enter Godalmin vulgo Godliman, a Market-Town, [as in LON∣DON to Portsmouth, pag. 59.]

Leaving the Town, your Way is generally open; passing by Busbridg House and Godliman Park on the Right, and Hascomb Church on the Left: Whence a straight Way conveys you at 39 Miles through Hambleton a little Village, where you descend a small Hill, and leave some Brick-Kilns on the Right; whence another Descent brings you to Chidingfold a Village of 2 Furlongs Extent.

Hence, you enter Sussex at 43’4. and pass by Longdown Beacon on the Right, and North Chapel and Lurgishal on the Left; descend a small Hill, cross 2 Waters, pass through a Wood, and at 48’5. ascend Bexley Hill, and descending, leave Cowdray Park on the Left, and at 51 Miles pass through Easeborn a small Village; and 6 Furlongs farther, leaving Cowdray Place on the Left, cross the Arun and en∣ter Midhurst of 3 Furlongs Extent and good Entertainment: It is a Borough-Town Electing Parliament Men, hath a Market on Thursdays, and a Fair on Whitson-Tues∣day.

Leaving Midhurst, your Way is generally Heathy, ascending Cokin Hill, and pass∣ing by Westdean on the Right, and Singleton on the Left, brings you at 58’6. to St. Rook's Hill, where you have a Beacon on the Left, and near the Bottom of the Hill, a Marl-Pit on the Right.

Hence you pass by East Lavant Church and Ramer House on the Right; and at 63 Miles enter CHICHESTER, a City Seated on the Lavant; first Built by Cissa Second King of the South-Saxons, and by him call'd Cissanc-Caster, where he had His Royal Palace, yet before the Conquest it was of little Note, containing only a Monastery of St. Peter's, and a little Nunnery: It is at present Dignify'd with an Episcopal See and Residence of a Bishop; It's Cathedral began first to be Built by Bishop Radulph, but before the Finishing of it was totally consum'd by Fire, yet the said Bishop began to Re-build it, which, by the Assistance of King Henry the First, was quite Finish'd; yet again it was consum'd by Fire in the Time of King Richard the Third, with the Bishop's Palace and Prebends Houses; which were all again Re-built by Bishop Seffrid the Second of that Name.

In the Branch to WINCHESTER.

FROM Midhurst you pass by Woolbeding, Stedham and Trotton Churches, all on the Right, and cross Woolbeding Bridg of Stone over a Brook, and the Ri∣ver Arun at 3’4. over Trotton Bridg of Stone, and after pass by Turwick Church, and Vining House and Rogate Church on the Left, and by Maiden Oak on the Right, and enter Hampshire at 9 Miles; then by Durford House on the Left, crossing Sheet-Bridg and Brook, enter Petersfield a Market-Town at 10’5. the Account of which you have in the Road from LONDON to Portsmouth pag. 59. Whence, you cross 2 small Waters or Rills, and pass by some scattering Houses on the Road.

At 13’2. you pass through Langridg a small Village, and at 14’2. by some Hou∣ses on the Left call'd Bordean, and after by Prevet Church on the Right, come at 20’0. to Bramdean another small Village; then by Henton Amner House, Cheriton and Chilcomb Churches on the Left, and Magdalen House on the Right, and some dis∣perst Houses on the Road, are convey'd at 28’2. to the City of WINCHESTER; by the Britains, Caer-Gwent; and by the Romans, Venta Bulgarum; Seated on the Itchin; an antient City Built about 900 Years before Christ; hath been Consum'd twice by Fire; at present hath five Churches besides the Cathedral; It's Walls are a Mile and half in Circumference; is the Place where the Assizes are kept for the County, sends Burgesses to Parliament; is Dignify'd with the Title of Marquess, in the Person of the Right Honorable John Paulet Marquess of Winchester, &c. Hath two plentiful Markets weekly on Wednsdays and Saturdays, and a Fair on the First Monday in Lent.

Backward Turnings to be avoided Between WINCHESTER and Midhurst.

• 1. 1’5. Short of Cheriton, the R. to Waltham.
• 2. 2 Furlongs beyond Cheriton the Right to Waltham.
• 3. 2 Furl. Beyond Bordean, the Left to Froxfield.
• 4. 2 Furlongs from Rogate the Left to Farnham.
• 5. Against Maiden Oak the Right acute.
• 6. At Trotton Bridg the Right acute.

Between CHICHESTER and Guilford.

• 1. 5 Furlongs from CHICHESTER the Left to Petersfield.
• 2. 8 Furlongs from CHICHESTER the Left acute.
• 3. At the Entring Easborn the Right to Petworth.
• 4. A Furlong beyond Easborn the Left to Lippock.
• 5. 7 Furl. beyond Easborn the Left acute.
• 6. 9 Furlongs short of Leckford Bridg the Left acute.
• 7. At Leckford Bridg the Left acute.
• 8. Against Blackdown Beacon the Left acute
• 9. The Right and Left at the End of Chidingfold.
• 10. At the Foot of Katherine Hill the Left acute.

Notes

• Counties past through. Rivers crost over. The quality of the way.
• Acute Turnings to be avoided.
• Guilford, S. W. b. W. [6 Furl. S. S. W.]
• Godalmin, 34’6.]
• Hambleton, 39 Miles.
• Chidingfold, 41’2.
• 50 Miles, S.
• Easborn, 51 Miles.
• Midhurst, 52 Miles.
• CHICHESTER, 63’2.
• Midhurst, W.
• [5’7. W. S. W.] [7’5. W. by N.] [9’6. W. S. W.]
• Petersfield, 10’6.
• [12’3. W. by N.]
• Langridg, 13’2.
• Bordean, 14’2.
• Bramdean, 20 Miles.
• WINCHESTER, 29 M.