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 ...

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The Road From HUNTINGDON to IPSWICH cō: Suff^e By IOHN OGILBY Esq.^r his Ma.^ties Cosmographer Containing 71 Illiles 6 furlongs viz.^t From Huntingdon to S^t. Ives 5 mile 6 furlongs— to Erith 6’4. to Sutton 4’4. to ELY 6 m. 5 fur: to Soham 5’3. to Bury 18’ to Wulpit 8 mile— to Ip••wich 12 mile

The Road from Huntingdon to Ipswich, In SƲFFOLK.

• 1. THE Point of Bearing E. S. E.
• 2. The Direct Horizontal Distance 58 M.
• 3. The vulgar Computation 54 M.
• 4. The Dimensuration 71’6.

From Huntingdon	Comp.	Measure.
to St. Ives	05	05	05’6	05’6
Erith	05	10	06’4	12’2
Sutton	03	13	04’4	16’6
ELY	05	18	06’5	23’3
Soham	04	22	05’3	28’6
to Bury	14	36	18’0	46’6
Wulpit	05	41	08’0	54’6
Needham	06	47	08’0	62’6
Ipswich	07	54	09’0	71’6
	54		71’6

Huntingdonshire, Cambridgshire and Suffolk include the Road; and the Owse and Orwel are the principal Rivers crost over; and though the Way be in some Part Fenny, and generally deep and dirty, yet the repetition of good Thorough-fares renders it not altogether uneasie or unpleasant to the Traveller.

Forward Turnings to be avoided.

• At 1 Mile the forward Way in Godmanchester to LONDON.
• At 5’4. Entring St. Ives the Right to Cam∣bridg.
• At 6 Miles the forward Way at the End of St. Ives.
• At 6’6. The Left to Houghton.
• At 13 Miles the Left to Cambridg.
• At 32’4. The Right.
• At 47’3. The Left acute.
• At 52’1. The Right to Drenkston.
• At 54’2. The Left.
• At 60’5. The Right in Comesford.
• At 62’6. In Needham the Left to Codnam.

FROM Huntingdon, the Account of which is given in the Road from LON∣DON to Barwick, pag. 9. you cross the Owse, and 2 Furlongs after enter Godmanchester, an antient Corporation of 6 Furlongs Extent and good Reception, in which turning short on the Left, and leaving it at 1’2. an open way leads you through a small Village call'd Hemingsford-Abot, the Church on the Right; and 5 Furlongs farther through Hemingsford-Grey, the Church on the Left.

At 5’2. re-passing the River Owse over a fair Stone-bridg, you enter St. Ive's, so call'd from one Ivo a Persian Bishop; a large and well-frequented Town, and hath a very great Market on Mondays, for Cattel, Provisions, &c.

Hence over open Arable you leave Holywel on the Left upon the Banks of the River, giving Denomination to the adjacent Fen, and at 8’2. pass through Need∣enworth a Village of 2 Furlongs Extent; from whence a straight open Way, Arable and Common, brings you to some Houses on the Left call'd Parsonage End, and after by Erith Church on the Right; whence over Arable and Fenny Ground, Part of Holywel Fen aforesaid: At 12’0. you enter Erith a large Town of 3 Furlongs Extent, and affording 2 or 3 Inns for Entertainment, but not enjoying the Benefit of a Market.

At 12’6. you pass the first great Cut or Drain, and at 13’0. the Second; where you enter Cambridgshire, and leaving the River, bear to the Left along the Side of the Drain upon Erith Causey, at 14’6. leaving the Drain and passing over Sutton Fen, you come to a Rill at 16 Miles, where you ascend Ward Hill of 3 Furlongs, and enter Sutton somewhat scattering, but near a Mile in Length, with several Cherry-Gardens: Leaving Sutton at 17 Miles, a straight and open Way by Whicham on the Left brings you at 19 Miles to Wentworth, alias Wingford, 2 Furlongs long; at 20’5. to Wichford, 3 Furlongs; and at 22’7. to the City of ELY, the Account of which is related briefly in the Road from LONDON to Lyn, pag. 85. Add to which, that it is said to be Built by Ethelreda, Aldreth or Audrey first Wife to

one Tombret a Prince of this Province; after, of Egfride King of the Northumbers: It suffer'd much by the Danes, but was soon Re-built by Ethelwold Bishop of WIN∣CHESTER, and planted with Monks; made a Bishops See temp. H. 1. whose Bishops, till temp. H. 8. had the Rights of a County Palatine, and still in part enjoy the same: The Diocess (formerly Part of LINCOLN) contains the County of Cam∣bridg and Isle of Ely only, it numbers to the present 41 Bishops; and the Cathe∣dral Dedicated to St. Ethelred, is a stately Structure, shewing a curious lofty Lant∣horn or Turret; yet is it a City of no great Splendor or frequency of Inhabitants.

From ELY, over the Draw-Bridg you cross the foresaid Owse, having Ely Com∣mon on the Left, and Ely-Bridg Fen on the Right; whence through Part of Stont∣ney, leaving the Hall and Chapel on the Left, you come to Dulbridg at 26’4. o∣ver a Drain, and so over Soham-Common Fen, arriving at 28’4. at Soham, a large Town of 5 Furlongs Extent, very dirty, but affording one good Inn.

Hence by Soham Mere of about 1000 Acres on the Right, and over a small Brook, you enter open Arable; at 32’3. crossing Fordham Bridg, you leave Fordham Church on the Left, and passing through open Way, consisting indifferently of A∣rable and Pasture; at 32’4. cross another Brook, and by Red-house an Inn on the Left; at 36’2. come to the Grange Water, where you enter Suffolk; whence by Kennet and Kenford at some distance on the Right; at 39 Miles you ascend 3 Fur∣longs, pass over Sheep Downs, where you have a fair Prospect of Croxton high Trees Eastward; and at 41’3. descend 3 Furlongs, crossing in the Valley Barrow-Bridg o∣ver a small Rill; whence by Saxham and Westley at some distance on the Right; at 45’5. you pass by the Spittle on the same Hand, and enter St. Edmonds Bury at 46’1. of 6 Furlongs Length this Way, a large, pleasant and well-frequented Corporation and Market-Town, paralell'd to Montpelier in France, as in LONDON to Bury, &c. pag. 103.

In the Town you first pass through Rusby-Gate, and at the End of the Town East-Gate, where you cross the small River, which rising a little higher Southward, passes by Midenhal, &c. Hence prosecuting an open Way, you pass between Berton and Rushbrook, enter a Lane at 50’4. and between Rowham Church and Place; at 52’0. pass through Beighton Bulls a Village of 2 Furlongs; leaving Beighton half a Mile on the Right; whence by Tostock Hall and Church on the Left, at 54’2. pas∣sing through Wulpit Water, 2 Furlongs farther you enter Wulpit, i. e. Luporum Puteus, from a Pit they us'd to bury Wolves in; a large and fair Town, extending 4 Fur∣longs on the Road.

At 55’6. you ascend 4 Furlongs, where you have a fair Prospect round the Country; descending 2 Furlongs, and over the Warren by Hayley Park contiguous to the Road, accompanying you 7 Furlongs; you come at 57’4. to Hayley Newstreet a small Village, leaving Hayley near a Mile on the Left: At 59’5. enter Stow-Mar∣ket, seated at the Conjunction of the Gipping and Orwel; a large Town, hath a well∣frequented Market on Thursdays, and a Fair on St. Peter's Day; their chiefest Trade is making of Tammeys, and the Town affords several good Inns for Entertainment.

At 60’2. you cross the Gipping, first pass through Comesford a small Village at 60’5. and by West Creting Hall and Church on the Left; over Badley Bridges enter Needham at 62’4. a poor Town of 3 Furl. Extent, seated on the Orwel, hath a small Market on Wednsdays, and drives a small Trade in making Blues and Broad-Cloth, &c.

At the End of the Town re-passing the Orwel, you leave Codenham Beacon on the Left, and at 65’1. pass through Codenham or Codnam, a Village of 3 Furlongs, and 10 Furlongs farther, through Barham a small Village: At 67’1. you pass over Claydon Bridg, and 3 Furlongs farther enter Claydon of 3 Furlongs in Extent, with one fair Inn, and another or two of less Account; whence by Claydon Hall on the Right, a direct Way leads you to Ipswich, which you enter at 71’2. an antient, large, plea∣sant and well-frequented Corporation and Market-Town, [as in LONDON to Yarmouth, pag. 107. and other succeeding Plates.

Backward Turnings to be avoided.

• 1. At the end of Claydon the R. to NORWICH
• 2. At Comesford the Left.
• 3. At the End of Hayley New-Street the Right.
• 4. 4 Furl. short of Barow-Bridg, the Left to New-Market.
• 5. The Right forward in St. Ives.
• 6. At the end of St. Ives, the L. to St. Neots.

Notes

• Counties pust through. Rivers crostover.
• The quality of the way.
• Acute Turnings to be avoided.
• Huntingdon, S. E.
• Godmanchester, 1. M. E. by N.
• Hemingsford-Abot, 3’3. [3’5. N. N. E.] Hemingsford-Grey, 4’••. St. Ives, 5’6.
• [6’6. E. N. E.] Needenworth, 8’2.
• Erith. 12’2.
• [13’1. N. N. E.]
• [16’2. E.]
• Sutton, 16’6.
• Wentworth, 10’2. Wichford, 20’6. E. N. E. ELY, 2••’3. S. S. E.
• Soham, 28’6. S. E.
• [40’3. E. S. E.]
• Bury, 46’6.
• Beighton Bulls, 52 M.
• Walpit, 54’6.
• [55’7. S. by E.]
• Stow-Market, 59’6.
• Comesford, 60’5. S. E. by E. Needham, 62’6.
• Codnam, 65’1.
• Barham, 66’4. [67’1. E.] Claydon, 67’5.
• Ipswich, 71’6.