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 Glocester to Coventry.

• 1. THE Point of Bearing N. E.
• 2. The Direct Horizontal Distance 47 M.
• 3. The Vulgar Computation 41 M.
• 4. The Dimensuration 58’2.

From GLOCESTER	Comp.	Measure.
to Cheltenham	7	07	09’4	09’4
Winchcomb	5	12	07’0	16’4
Campden	7	19	11’4	28’0
to Stratford	8	27	11’3	39’3
Warwick	6	33	08’3	47’6
COVENTRY	8	41	10’4	58’2

Glocestershire and Warwicksh. contain the whole Road; * 1.1 and the Stour and Avon are the principal Rivers crost over; affording in general no very good Way, but is e∣very where accomodated with good Towns and publick Places for Entertainment of Travellers.

Forward Turnings to be avoided.

• At 7’7. The Left to Hatherley.
• At 8’1. The Left to Winchcomb a different Way.
• At 9’5. The forward in Cheltenham to Charl∣ton Regis.
• At 13’4. The Left to Southam.
• At 17 Miles the Right at the End of Winch∣comb to Campden the Hill Way.
• At 18’5. At Hales Cross the Left to Brad∣way.
• At 20 Miles, * 1.2 By Stanway Church the Left to Staunton.
• At 31’3. At the End of Mickleton the R. to Capton.
• At 39’2. At Stratford-Bridg the forward up Stratford Town.
• At 48 Miles at the End of Warwick the R. to Rugby.
• At 49’2. The Left to Kenelworth.
• At 51’3. The Left to Kenelworth.

SEtting forward from GLOCESTER (the Account of which you have in LON∣DON to St. Davids pag. 29.) you leave the Suburbs at 1 Mile; * 1.3 whence at 2’3. crossing a Stone-Bridg over a Brook, * 1.4 you after leave Chursdon Church about 6 Furlongs on the Right, seated on an Eminence; and at 4 Miles cross another Stone-Bridg and Brook, and a Mile farther pass over a Wooden-bridg and Brook; * 1.5 then at 7’3. you cross a Stone-Bridg and Rill, * 1.6 and 4 Furlongsbeyond pass by some Houses on the Road call'd Bedlam; and at 9 Miles enter Cheltenham in Extent 6 Furlongs; it numbers near 200 Houses; hath a fair Church; a good Market on Thursdays and 2 Fairs annually, Holy Thursday and St. James's Day.

In the Town you bear to the Left, and at 11 Miles enter Prestbury, * 1.7 a Village of 3 Furlongs Extent and good Accomodation; whence by an irregular Way over a Hill a Mile in Height, by a Beacon on the Left, leaving Postlip on the Right at 14’4. a Descent of 4 Furlongs conveys you at 16’1. to Winchcomb, A. S. * 1.8 Wincel-comb, it extends 6 Furlongs on the Road, seated near Sudeley-Castle, * 1.9 of Note formerly for its Abby Built by Kenulph King of the Mercians; the same Day he Hal∣lowed it he releas'd his Prisoner Edbricht King of Kent: Is a large Town contain∣ing about 300 Houses; a Place well-known, for at this Place and Cheltenham, the People are much given to Plant Tobacco, though they are supprest by Authority; is Govern'd by 2 Bailiffs and 10 Burgesses; has a good Market on Saturdays, and 2 Fairs yearly, the 25th. of April and 17th. of July.

From Winchcomb your Way is for the most part open, * 1.10 passing by Hales Cross at 18’5. Didbrook at 19’3. Stanway at 20 Miles; and over some small Waters you are convey'd at 21’1. to an Ascent of 6 Furlongs, where you have Lidcomb Wood on your Right; then at 22 Miles you descend, and at the Bottom ascend again, * 1.11 and pass through Snowshil a Village of 2 Furlongs Extent; whence over Broadway Downs; crossing the great Road that leads from LONDON to WORCESTER at 25’2. and descending at 26’7. a Hill of 4 Furlongs, you pass through Wessington, * 1.12 where

you fall in with the Road that leads from the 4 Shire-stone to Montgomery, and cros∣sing a Brook enter Campden at 27’6. * 1.13 an indifferent large Market-Town. [The account of which vid. in LONDON to Montgomery pag. 87. and Succeeding Plates.]

Leaving Campden you ascend a Hill of 3 Furlongs, whence your way is for the most part open again, * 1.14 passing through Mickleton at 31 Miles, and after by Whineton or Quenton Church on the Right; then at 32’2. you pass by Clifford a Village con∣tiguous on the Right, and 3 Furlongs farther over a Stone-bridg of 3 Arches cross the Stour, near its Conjunction with the Avon, and enter Warwickshire; at 39’2. pas∣sing through a part of Stretford you presently cross a large Stone-bridg of 13 great and 6 smaller Arches over the River Avon, * 1.15 leaving the main Town of Stretford on the Left.

Hence again your way is most part open, little occurring but crossing some small Waters, * 1.16 and by a Post on the Right; till at 43’1. you come to Clopton Park on the Right, which accompanies your Road for above a Mile together, then crossing a Brook at 45’2. and passing through Longbridg, at 46 Miles you cross another Brook, and at 47’1. enter Warwick, Extending this way a Mile on the Road, and as much trans∣verse, of which take this general account.

Warwick by the Saxons Warryngwic, * 1.17 by the Britains Care-Guarwic, by Mr. Cam∣den suppos'd to be the Presidium of the Romans, where they kept a Band of Dalmatians; a place of great Antiquity, said to be built by Gurstungus about 375 years before the Birth of Christ; 'Tis pleasantly seated on the River Avon, all the passages into the Town being over a Water, up a Hill and through a Cut Rock, was Fortifi'd with a Wall, now Ruinous; has a strong and stately Castle, the Seat of the Right Honorable Ro∣bert Grevil Baron Brook of Beauchamp Court, &c. It's a large Corporation and Shire-Town, contains 2 Parish Churches (besides some that are Demolisht) that of St. Maries having several Stately and Beautiful Tombs in it of divers Persons of Worth and Honor; its Houses well built, its Streets Spacious and well order'd, is well In∣habited and Enjoys a good Trade, is the place where the Assizes and general Quar∣ter Sessions for the County are Held; it hath a good Free-School and stately Mar∣ket-House, with a Noted Hospital call'd St. James's, Founded by the Earl of Leicester for 12 Decay'd Gentlemen, with an Allowance to each of above 20 l. per Annum, and 50 l. per Annum to a Chaplain; it Enjoys several Immunities as sending Burgesses to Parliament, &c. Is Govern'd by a Mayor, Recorder, 12 Aldermen and 12 Assistant Burgesses, has a grand Market on Saturdays and 2 petty ones Tuesdays and Fridays, with 5 Fairs annually, viz. the day after the 1st. Sunday in Lent, May-day, Midsomer∣day, St. Bartholomew-day and St. Simon and Jude.

At the end of Warwick you omit the forward way on the Right that leads to Rug∣by, * 1.18 &c. and bear to the Left; whence the River Avon accompanies your Road on the Right for 4 or 5 Miles together, at 53 Miles you have Stoneley Church on the Right 3 Furlongs, * 1.19 and at 54’5. crossing a Brook you leave Bagginton Church on the same hand 6 Furlongs, then crossing a Rill you pass through Stivichal vulgo Stichel a scattering Village, and at 57’6. enter the City of COVENTRY, [Which We have Illustrated in LONDON to Holyhead pag. 43.]

Backward Turnings to be avoided.

• 1. 4 Furlongs from COVENTRY, the Right to Kenelmworth.
• 2. At the end of Stichel, the Right to Ke∣nelmworth.
• 3. In Long-Bridg the Left to Sherborn.
• 4. Against Clopton Park, the Right to Aul∣cester.
• 5. At Stretford Bridg the forward to Ban∣bury.
• 6. 2 Furl. beyond Stower Bridg the Right to GLOCESTER a different way.
• 7. In Campden the Right forward.
• 8. 5 Furlongs from Wessington, the Left to Stow.
• 9. 6 Furlongs short of Snowshil, the Left to Winchcomb the Hill way.
• 10. At the Beacon beyond Winchcomb, the Right to Swindon.
• 11. 4 Furlongs beyond the Beacon, the Left to Burford.
• 12. At Bedlam the Right to Haw, the Left to Arle.

Notes

• * 1.1

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

  Acute Turnings to be avoided.
• * 1.3

  GLOCESTER, N. E. by E.
• * 1.4

  [3 Miles N. N. E.]
• * 1.5

  [7’4. E. S. E.]
• * 1.6

  Bedlam, 7’7. Cheltenham, 9’4. N.E.
• * 1.7

  Prestbury, 11’2.
• * 1.8

  Winchcomb, 16’4.
• * 1.9

  [16’7. E. by N.]
• * 1.10

  Didbrook. 19’3. N.E.
• * 1.11

  [22’2. E by N.] Snowshil, 22’7. [23’7. N. E. by N.]
• * 1.12

  Wessington, 27’3.
• * 1.13

  Campden 28. m.
• * 1.14

  Mickleton 31’3.
• * 1.15

  Stratford 39’3. N. b W.
• * 1.16

  [43’5. N. E.]
• * 1.17

  Warwick 47’6.
• * 1.18

  52 m. N. b E.]
• * 1.19

  Stichel 56’4. COVENTRY 58’2.