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 Cambridg to Coventry.

• 1. THe Point of Bearing W.N.W.
• 2. The Direct Horizontal Distance 63 M.
• 3. The Vulgar Computation 54 M.
• 4. The Dimensuration 80’6.

From Cambridg	Comp.	Measure.
to Elsley	8	08	11’5	11’5
St. Neot's	4	12	05’4	17’1
Great Stoughton	3	15	05’3	22’4
Higham-Ferries	7	22	12’0	34’4
to Northampton	10	32	15’1	49’5
Watford	08	40	11’5	61’2
Rugby	06	46	07’7	69’1
COVENTRY	08	54	11’5	80’6

Cambridgshire, Huntingdonsh. Bedfordsh. Northamptonsh. and Warwicksh. * 1.1 are the Coun∣ties through which you pass; and the Cam, Owse, Nine, Avon and Sow, the chief Rivers crost over; affording in general a deep and unpleasant Way, which is in part recompenc'd by reiterated good Towns and publick Inns of Accomodation.

Forward Turnings to be avoided. * 1.2

• At the End of Cambridg the Left to Bark∣way, &c.
• At 17’5. The Left to Bedford.
• At 34’5. The Left acute at the End of Higham-Ferries.
• At 39’1. The Right to Wellingborough.
• At 43’5. The Left acute.
• At 50’3. At the End of Northampton the Left acute.
• At 53’2. The Right acute.
• At 59’2. The Left to Daventre.
• At 62’4. At Watford Gap the R. to Shrews∣bury the Watling-street Way.
• At 67’0. At the End of Hilmorton the Left to Dunchurch.
• At 69’1. In Rugby the Left to Dun-Church.

CAMBRIDG We Illustrated in LONDON to Lyn, pag. 86. * 1.3 whence leav∣ing the forward Way on the Left to Barkway, &c. and passing through Com∣mon Fields, at 2’1. you ascend 3 Furlongs, and leave Morebarn's House on the R. * 1.4 and Cotton Church on the Left, and at 3’4. pass by Madingley Church and Hall on the Right, and a Mile farther Hardwick Church on the Left; at 6’5. you leave Burn Church a Mile on the Left, and at 9’2. Caxton 4 Furlongs on the same Hand, and 2 Furlongs farther cross the great Road that leads from LONDON to YORK, &c.

At 10’4. you leave Boxworth Church 4 Furlongs on the Right, * 1.5 and a Mile be∣yond pass through Elsley a small Village; then at 12’7. you leave Croxton Church on the Left, and 5 Furlongs farther enter Huntingdonshire, and passing by Weald at 14’2. a scattering Village of a Furlong distant on the Left; 6 Furlongs beyond you pass by Wentringham House a little distance on the same Hand, and at 16’7. * 1.6 enter St. Neots a Market Town of 4 Furlongs Extent; [the Account of which you have in LONDON to St. Neots, pag. 89.]

Leaving the Town, over a Stone-bridg you cross the Owse and enter Bedforshire, 7 furl. farther crossing the Road that leads from LONDON to LINCOLN, YORK, * 1.7 &c. Re-entring Huntingdonshire at 19’7. where you leave Weston Church 2 Fur∣longs on the Right; thence your Way is most open, till at 21’2. over a Stone-Bridg you cross a Brook, and pass through Great Stoughton, * 1.8 a Village of good Ac∣comodation; and after crossing another Brook, pass between the Church and Hall, * 1.9 leaving Little Stoughton at 24’4. half a Mile on the Left.

At 25’3. you Re-enter Bedfordshire, * 1.10 and at 26 Miles pass through Portenhil a Village of 2 Furlongs Extent; then over a small Ascent succeeded by a like Descent, * 1.11 conveys you at 27’2. to the Entring of Huntingdonshire again; then leaving Swinhead Church 3 Furlongs on the Right, at 28 Miles you ascend 2 Furlongs, and a quar∣ter of a Mile beyond, descend 3 Furlongs, again entring Bedfordshire; you leave Milchborn Church on the Left 2 Furlongs; whence at 30’3. descending a small Hill,

you leave Yelding Church and Hall on the Right, and at 31’3. Newton Church on the Left, and ascending a Furlong, enter Northamptonshire.

At 32’5. * 1.12 you descend 3 Furlongs, and pass between Cheston and Rushdown, and at 34’2. enter Higham-Ferries, or Higham-Ferrers; seated on the Nine, of 3 Furlongs Extent; an ancient Corporation; sends one Burgess to Parliament; was formerly strengthned with a Castle now ruinous; has at present an Alms-House for 12 Men and one Woman, and a good Free-School: Is Govern'd by a Mayor, Recorder, 7 Aldermen, 13 Capital Burgesses, &c. Hath a Petty Market on Thursdays, and a Grand one on Saturdays, with 6 Fairs anually, viz. St. Mathias, Tuesday before May Day, St. Buttolph's, Tuesday before St. James Day, Michaelmas Day, and St. Ka∣therine's Day.

Whence at 36’1. you ascend, and presently descend again, and at 37’5. pass by an Endship of Axchester on your Right; * 1.13 and at 39 Miles you cross the Nine and the Road that leads from LONDON to Oakham, and leave Wellingboro a Market Town on the Right; then at 39’7. you ascend 3 Furlongs, and after cross a Val∣ley, leaving Wilby Church on the Right, and Dorrington on the Left, and at 43’1. pass over another Vale, and 7 Furlongs farther leave Ecken Church and the World's End an Inn on the Left, presently ascending you cross a Valley, and leave Billing Church on the same Hand.

Hence at 45’6. you ascend a small Hill, and pass by Weston Church and Hall on the Left, and after by Abbington Church and Hall on the same Hand, entring Northampton at 49 Miles, * 1.14 a large and well-built Corporation, Market and Shire-Town, which this way extends above a Mile on the Road, [the Account whereof you have in the Road from LONDON to Derby, pag. 79.]

Leaving Northampton you have Kings-thorp and Dallington Churches on the Right, and Duston on the Left, descending a small Hill at 52 Miles, and crossing a Vale at 53 Miles; * 1.15 6 Furlongs farther passing through Halstone a small Village; then at 55 Miles you have Althrop Park and House on the Right; * 1.16 6 Furlongs beyond ascend∣ing a small Hill, where at some distance you leave Holmby House on the Right, and Brington Church on the Left; * 1.17 then descending 2 Furlongs, at 57’7. you ascend again 2 Furlongs, and a Mile beyond leave Long Buckby Church and Hall on the Right, a Mile farther you ascend again, and at 61’2. pass through Watford a small Vil∣lage.

From Watford by the side of a Park on the Left, ascending easily at 62 Miles, you 5 Furlongs farther cross the Watling-street Way that leads from LONDON to Shrews∣bury, * 1.18 and pass by Watford Gap a House on the Left; then you pass through Rilsby a small Village, and enter Warwickshire at 66 Miles; whence an Ascent brings you at 66’6. * 1.19 to Hilmorton a Village of 2 Furlongs Extent, entring Rugby at 69 Miles, ex∣tending this Way near 3 Furlongs but more transverse, an indifferent large Town, has a Free-School and 4 Alms-Houses; enjoys a good Market on Saturdays, and 2 Fairs annually, on Lammas Day and St. Martin's.

From Rugby you pass by Newbold, Church Lawford, and Long Lawford on the Right, and Bilton on the Left; * 1.20 at 72’6. descending 2 Furlongs, and at 74’1. crossing the Avon you enter Bredford of 2 Furlongs Extent, leaving Brinklow half a Mile on the Right; at 77 Miles you have Comb Park on the Right, and 6 Furlongs farther Bing∣ley on the same Hand, crossing the Sow at 78’2. you presently ascend 2 Furlongs, and 5 Furlongs beyond pass through Stoke a Village of 2 Furlongs; * 1.21 whence a Cause∣way conveys you to the City of COVENTRY, which We have Illustrated in LONDON to Holyhead, pag. 43.

Backward Turnings to be avoided.

• 1. At the End of COVENTRY the Left to Lutterworth.
• 2. Against Comb-Park the Right acute.
• 3. At the End of Bredford the Right acute.
• 4. 2 Furl. beyond Hilmorton the Left acute.
• 5. At Watford Gap the Right to LONDON the Watling-street Way.
• 6. 2 furl. beyond Watford the left to West Had∣don.
• 7. At the crossing the Owse against Welling∣borough, the Right to Newport, &c.
• 8. Beyond the entring Bedfordshire the Left forward.
• 9. Against Weston Church the Left acute.
• 10. A Furl. beyond Elsley the Right to Cax∣ton and the Left to St. Ives.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Counties past through. Rivers crost over. The quality of the way.
• * 1.2

  Acute turnings to be a∣voided.
• * 1.3

  Cambridg, N.W.b.W.
• * 1.4

  [3 Miles W. by N.]
• * 1.5

  Elsley, 11’5.
• * 1.6

  St. Neots, 17’1. [17’5. N. W. b. W.]
• * 1.7

  [21 Miles W. by N.]
• * 1.8

  Great Stoughton, 22’4.
• * 1.9

  [25 M. N.W. by W.]
• * 1.10

  Portenhil, 26 Miles.
• * 1.11

  [30’3. W.N.W.]
• * 1.12

  Higham-Ferries, 34’4 W. by S.
• * 1.13

  [38’2. W.]
• * 1.14

  Northampton, 49’5. W. N. W.
• * 1.15

  Halstone, 53’6.
• * 1.16

  [57’6. N.W.]
• * 1.17

  [61 Miles W.N.W.] Watford, 61’2.
• * 1.18

  Rilsby, 64’1.
• * 1.19

  Hilmorton, 66’7. Rugby, 69’1.
• * 1.20

  Bredford, 74’2.
• * 1.21

  Stoke, 79’3. COVENTRY, 80’6.