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 ...

From Southampton to SALISBURY.

FROM the Market-Place in Southampton, after 2 Furlongs you turn short on your Left Hand, and over Rumsey Common and a Rill at 2’6. leave Half Way Oak on the the Right at 3’7. at 5 Miles you pass through Upton a small Village, and at 5’3. enter Austrey Wood above a Mile in length; whence through a Coppice, and by a few scattering Houses, you leave Broadlands House on the Left; and at 8’1. enter Rumsey, a large and antient Town extending 5 Furlongs on the Road, Govern'd by a Mayor, Recorder, 6 Aldermen, 12 Burgesses, &c. much inhabited by Clothiers; has a good Market on Saturdays, and 3 Fairs annually, viz. Easter Monday, the 15th. of August, and St. Simon and Jude.

At the End of the Town you cross the River Test, which rising about Basing∣stoke, passes by Stokebridg, and 4 Miles below this Place falls into the Sea; then at 8’7. the Right-hand Way after 16 Furlongs unites again; here ascending for 3 Furl. and keeping to the Right, at 10 Miles enter Bluck on the Heath, a Common of 2 Miles so call'd, conveying you by an indirect Road and some sprinkled Houses, at 14’6. you enter Wiltshire, where an open Way carries you to Cowsfield Green, some Houses so call'd.

At 17’2. entring White Parish a Village of 2 Furlongs length, with some Houses of En∣tertainment; at 19 Miles leaving Councellor Ayres House on the Right, open Way con∣veys you to Whaddon, a Vil. at 20’7. thence over Alderbury Common to Alderbury another Vill. at 22’1. Clarendon Park on the Right, and the Lord Colraines House on the Left, at 24 M. you pass over a Brook, and afterwards 3 other Rills, all Branches of the Bourn, which you cross at 24’6. and a little lower falls into the Avon: At 25’1. entring the City of SA∣LISBURY or New-Sarum, as in LONDON to the Lands-End, pag. 51.

Backward Turnings to be avoided between SALISBURY and Southampton

• 1. At the End of SALISBURY the Left to Milvord.
• 2. A Mile beyond SALISBURY the left to Milvord and Laystock.
• 3. 5 Furlongs short of Alderbury the Right to Wethrington.
• 4. In Rumsey the Left to Andover and WIN∣CHESTER.

Between Southampton and Bagshot.

• 1. The Left in and at the End of Twiford to Southampton.
• 2. 2’7. Beyond Bighton the Left to Maysted.
• 3. In Farnbam the Right to Petersfield.

Notes

• Southampton, N. [0’2. W.] [1’1. N.W. by N. Ʋpton, 5’0. N.N.W.
• Rumsey, 8’3. W. b. S.
• [10’0. N.N.W.] [12’6. W. by S.] [14’2. N. W.] [16 Miles W.] White Parish. 17’3. [19 Miles N. W.] Whaddon, 20’7. Alderbury, 22’1. [22’7. N. by W.]
• [24 Miles W. by N.]
• SALISBƲRY, 25’1.