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 ...

HITHERTO We have Illustrated the Direct Roads, un∣der the Title of Independants and Dependants; We come next to the Cross Roads, which having Distinguisht in∣to Principal and Accidental; We begin with the Princi∣pal Cross Roads, and therein Prosecuting Alphabetical Order from the Initial Town of each Road, We Exhibit in the First place.

The Road from Bristol to Banbury, In Oxfordshire.

• 1. THE Point of Bearing E.N.E.
• 2. The direct Horizontal Distance 66 M.
• 3. The vulgar Computation 55 M.
• 4. The Dimensuration 74’7.

From BRISTOL	Comp.	Measure.
to Sodbury	10	10	12’0	12’0
Tetbury	09	19	13’2	25’2
Cirencester	07	26	10’2	35’4
to Burford	12	38	16’3	51’7
South-Newton	12	50	17’0	68’7
Banbury	05	55	06’0	74’7

Glocestershire and Oxfordshire Contain the whole Road, and the Froom, Churn, Coln, Leach, Windrush and Evenlode are the Principal Rivers crost over; affording generally good way, and reasonable Entertainment.

Forward Turnings to be avoided.

• At the end of BRISTOL, the Right to LONDON.
• At 1’6. the Right to Kings Wood Chace.
• At 4’2. the Left to GLOCESTER.
• At 5’2. In Hanborow, the Left to GLO∣CESTER.
• At 24’7. the Right forward
• At 31’0. the Right to Kemble.
• At 36’0. the Right to LONDON.
• At 39’2 the Left to Barnesley.
• At 52 M. at the end of Burford, the Left to Stow.
• At 68’6. at the entring South Newton, the Right forward.
• At 71’4. the Left to Wigginton.

FRom the High-Cross in BRISTOL you take your way through Castle Gate and Laufords Gate, where omitting the forward way to LONDON, you bear to the Left, and at 2’2. cross a Stone-bridg of 2 Arches over the Froom, and 4 Furl. farther pass through Stapleton a small Village, yet of good Accomodation; then by Sr. Maurice Berkley's House on the Left, at 5’3. pass through Hambrook, re-passing the Froom; whence over several small Rills, and at 9’1. passing through May's Hill, and 4 Furlongs farther Wiblet 2 small Villages, you leave Westerley and Wapleigh Churches on the Right, and at 11’1. pass through Yate another small Village.

At 11’6, you enter Sodbury alias Chipping Sodbury Extending 3 Furlongs on the Road, seated in a bottom; an Antient Borough-Town, Enjoying a great Market for Corn, Cheese, &c. on Thursdays: Whence at 15’1. you ascend a small Hill, and at 17’3. pass by Badminton Park, the Marquess of Worcesters on the Right, cross a small Vale, and

at 19’3. pass through Didmerton a scattering Village of 3 Furlongs, just upon the Edg of the County.

At 21’6. you pass over a Vale, leaving Burton and Weston on the Right, and at 25’1 enter Tetbury Extending 3 Furlongs on the Road, and as much transverse, seated near the Confines of Wiltshire, an indifferent large Town; Govern'd by a Bailiff, &c. Drives a Considerable Trade, and its Market on Wednsdays, is well Provided with Corn. Cattel, Cheese, Malt, &c. Whence at 32 Miles you come to a small ascent, and 4 Furlongs farther crossing a Vale a straight way leads you at 35’3. into Ciren∣cester vulgo Cisseter, by the Saxons Cirenceaster, by the Britans Caer-Cori as situate on the River Churn; a place of great Antiquity, being a City of good account in the Time of the Romans: Its Walls 2 Miles in Circumference, strengthn'd with a Castle now Ruinous,, and here the Roman Port or Foss way's met; it is at present a good Town, sending Burgesses to Parliament, and Enjoys 2 Markets weekly, on Mundays and Fri∣days; well Provided with Corn, Wooll, Yarn, &c.

At the end of Cirencester you cross the Churn aforesaid, which rising on Cotswold Hills near Crekelade falls into the Thames, at 37 Miles you leave Holyrood-Amney on the Right, where you ascend a small Hill seconded by 2 descents, and at 38’6. ascen∣ding easily again, you leave Bransley Church a little on the Left, crossing the great Road that leads from LONDON to GLOCESTER at 39’7. then at 40’6. you descend a little, and at 42’2. pass through Bywel or Bybury a small Village, where you cross the Coln.

At 44’6. you cross the Leach in a Valley, and 3 Furlongs beyond descend a small Hill, and leave Aulsworth Church a little on the Left; then at 47’7. you come to the 3 Shire-Stones, where you enter Oxfordshire (an Included part of Barkshire ly∣ing between the 2 Counties on the Left) at 48’3. you leave Weston Church on the Right, and at 51’6. you come to Burford a well frequented Corporation and Mar∣ket Town, seated on the River Windrush which you Cross at 52 Miles. [vid. SA∣LISBURY to Campden pag. 169.]

You leave the Town altogether on the Right, pass by Fulbrook on the Left, at 54’4. descend 4 Furlongs, and at 56’2. leaving Shipton Underwood a little on the Right, and Bruern Abby on the Left, cross the Evenlode; thence a reasonable direct way, crossing the great Road from LONDON to WORCESTER at 63 Miles conveys you at 66’2. to a small descent, by Swarford and afterwards Wigginton and Swack∣ling Churches on the Left, and at 68’6. to South-Newton a Village of 2 Furlongs Extent.

Hence by Milcomb Church on the Left, at 71’1. you pass through Bloxham a Vil∣lage Extending 2 Furlongs on the Road; whence by Wickham on the Left, at 74’3. you enter Banbury, the account of which you have in LONDON to Buckingham pag. 23. Adding this that it Enjoys several Privileges and Immunities, sends one Burgess to Parliament, has Privilege of Keeping Courts for the Tryal of all Actions under 40 l. Is Dignifi'd by giving Title to the Right Honorable Edward Knowles Earl of Banbury, &c. has a fair large Church which with the Town not long since Suffer'd much by Fire; this Town is of Note for being the place where Kenric King of the West Saxons put the Britains to flight, and for a Battel here Fought between the Houses of York and Lan∣caster, in which the Lancastrians had the better, there taking King Edward the 4th Prisoner.

Backward Turnings to be avoided.

• 1. A Furlong beyond Banbury, the Left to LONDON.
• 2. 3 Furl. beyond Bloxham, the Right for∣ward.
• 3. In South-Newton the forward to Wiginton.
• 4. 4 Furl. short of the great Worcester Road, the Right acute.
• 5. 1 M. 3 Furl. beyond the said Road, the Left to Chalbury.
• 6. 2 Furl. beyond Evenlode Fluv. the Right to Milton.
• 7. At the entring Burford, the Left up the Town to Lechlade.
• 8. 3 Furlongs short of Bybury, the Left acute.
• 9. 3 Furlongs beyond Bybury, the Right acute.
• 10. Against Barnsley, the Left forward.
• 11. 7 Furl. short of Hambrook, the Right to Winterborn.
• 12. A Furlong beyond Hambrook, the Left to Henshaw.

Notes

• Counties past through. Rivers crost over.
• The quality of the way.
• Acute turnings to be a∣voided.
• BRISTOL N.E. b N.
• Stapleton 2’7.
• Hanborow 5’2.
• May's Hill 9’1. [9’2. E. N. E.] Wiblet 9’5. Yate 11’1. Chipping Sodbury 12 m.
• Didmerton 19’3.
• Tetbury 25’2.
• Cirencester 35’4.
• Bywel 42’2.
• [45’6. E.]
• [48’2. E.N.E.] Burford 51’7. N. E. b N.
• [63’5. E.N E.]
• South-Newton 68’7.
• Bloxham 71’1. N.b E.
• Banbury 74’7.