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 OXFORD to CHICHESTER By JOHN OGJLBY Esq.^r his Ma.^ties Cosmographer Containing 80. Miles 7. Furlongs viz.^t From the City of Oxford to Abington 6.4. to East-Hsley. 20.5. to Newbury 9.3. to Kings Cleer 7.2. to Basinstoke 9.2. to Alton 20.5. to Petersfield 22.5. & to the City. of Chichester 24.7.

The Road from Oxford to Chichester.

• 1. THe Point of Bearing S. by E.
• 2. The Direct Horizontal Distance 63 M.
• 3. The Vulgar Computation 60 M.
• 4. The Dimensuration 80 M.

From OXFORD	Comp.	Measure.
to Abington	05	05	06’4	06’4
East Ilsley	08	13	10’5	17’1
Newbury	07	20	09’3	26’4
Kings Cleer	05	25	07’1	33’5
to Basingstoke	07	32	09’1	42’6
Alton	08	40	10’5	53’3
Petersfield	10	50	12’5	66’0
CHICHESTER	10	60	14’7	80’0

Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Hampshire and Sussex, are the Counties through which you pass; and the Thames, Ock, Kennet and Auborn, are the Principal Rivers Crost over; affording in general an indifferent good Road, which is every where furnish'd with good Towns of Accomodation.

Forward Turnings to be avoided.

• At 2’3. The Right to Faringdon.
• At 15 Miles the Left acute.
• At 25’1. The Left acute.
• At 26’3. In Newbury the R. and Left acute.
• At 33’4. In Kings Cleer the Right to Andover
• At 40’4. The Right to SALISBURY.
• At 43 M. In Basingstoke the Right to Andover.
• At 43’4. The Right to Andover.
• At 45’6. The Right to Preston.
• At 47’0. The Right acute.
• At 47’6. The Left to Odiam.
• At 49’2. The Right and Left acute.
• At 53’7. The Right to WINCHESTER.
• At 59’5. The Right to Froxfield.
• At 63’6. The Right acute.
• At 70’1. The Right and Left acute.
• At 74’4. The Left acute.
• At 78’5. The Left acute.

SEtting forward from Cairfax Cross in OXFORD, you pass out at South Gate, and crossing the Thames or Isis, enter Barkshire, and leave Hinksey Church on the Right, and Ilsley on the Left, and ascending a small Hill, and crossing a small Vale, pass through Bagley Wood; and then leaving Norket Church on the Right, and Rodeley on the Left, come to Abington at 6’3. extending this Way three Fur∣longs, but more transverse; It is a large Corporation and Market-Town, [as in LONDON to St. Davids, pag. 27. and succeeding Plates.]

At the End of Abington you cross the Ock, and leave Draton Day Church on the Right, and Cullum and Sutton on the Left.

At 9’4. you cross a Stone-Bridg and Brook, and pass through Miston a disperst Village, and ascending an Hill, leave Harwell and Chilton Churches on the Left, and a Beacon on the Right, and cross the Vale of White Horse, or Berkshire Vale; then you ascend and descend again, and at 17 Miles enter East Ilsley, of 2 Furlongs Ex∣tent and good Entertainment, Seated in a pleasant Vale, and enjoys a good Mar∣ket on Wednsdays.

Leaving East Ilsley you ascend a small Hill, and at 19’4. pass through Biddon a small Village: Hence your Way is generally Woody, passing by Cleveley Church and Donington Castle on the Right, Fryers Court, Harlington House, and Shaw Church on the Left, enter Spinham Land, and presently Newbury, a Town pleasantly Seat∣ed on the Kennet; Govern'd by a Mayor, six Aldermen, Twenty Four Burgesses, &c. Is eminent for Clothing, whereby Jack of Newberry, Temp. H. 8. got so fair an Estate, and Noted also for Crayfish: It has a great Market on Thursdays, and two lesser on Tuesdays and Saturdays, with 4 Fairs annually, viz. Holy Thursday, Midsomer Day, St. Bartholomews Day, and St. Simon and Jude: It hath likewise a Free-School, three Alms-Houses, and an Hospital well Endow'd. Here, in Sep∣tember, 1643. the King's Army, after several former Successes, Gain'd a conside∣rable Victory over the Numerous Parliament Forces, Commanded by the Earl of Essex; and in October, 1644. Returning Victorious from the West, again Encoun∣ter'd them and their New City Forces, but with less Success.

From Newbury, a straight Road leads you at 29’7. over Great and Little Knight-Bridg, where you enter Hampshire; then by Benham Court, and Stottery Church on the Right, come at 33’3. to Kings Cleer, a Town of 4 Furlongs Extent and as much transverse; is Seated in the Woodlands, and hath the Benefit of a Market on Tuesdays.

Leaving Kings Cleer, you descend an ascend Pettum Hill, and pass by an Hill on the Right, whereon is Seated Willoughsby Lodg; then descending, you leave Wool∣verton Church on the Left, and at 37’2. ascend a small Hill, which, at 38 Miles is seconded with such another; thence by Tangeir House, Wooton Church, and a Wood all on the Right, crossing Rooks Down, and passing by Park Privet Warren on the Left, and Holy Ghost Chapel on the same Hand, come at 42’3. to Basingstoke, a Market and Post-Town, [as in LONDON to the Lands-End, pag. 49.]

Leaving Basingstoke, you omit the forward Way on the Right to Andover, and bear to the Left, and at 44’4. pass by Harwood Hall contiguous on the Right, and 2 Furlongs farther, Wensted Church on the same Hand; then by Harcote Church and Weston Hall on the Left, and through a scattering Village, an indirect Way by some disperst Houses, brings you at 53’1. to Alton, a Market-Town of 4 Furlongs Ex∣tent, [as in LONDON to Southampton, pag. 101.]

Whence you pass through Chawton a disperst Village, and leave Sr. Richard Knight's House on the Left, and at 56’2. pass through Faringdon Street a discontinued Vil∣lage: Hence, you have Newton Wood, and Ruthersick Park, accompanying your Road on the Right, and East Tysted and Colmere Churches on the Left, an indirect Way by several disperst Houses, and by Steep Church on the Left, conveys you at 65’6. to Petersfield, a Market-Town of 3 Furlongs Extent, [as in LONDON to Portsmouth, pag. 59.]

At 67’4. over a Stone-Bridg you cross a small River and enter Sussex, and at 69’1. ascend St. Richard Hill, which is seconded with another at 70’3. where leav∣ing East Harting Church on the Left, you descend 3 Furlongs, and pass by Harting Hills on the Left; then by North Merden Church on the Right, and a Wood on the Left, come at 73’2. to a Descent of 2 Furlongs, where you pass by several great Hills on the Right, and Chilgrove House on the Left: Hence, you have Crow∣shal House, and West Lavant a small Village on the Right, Binderton House, Midle and East Lavant Churches, Rairmare House, and the Alms-houses, successively on the Left, and at 80’5. enter the City of CHICHESTER at the North Gate, the Description of which you have in LONDON to Arundel, pag. 7. and succeeding Plates.

Backward Turnings to be avoided.

• 1. 5 Furl. from CHICHESTER the Right to LONDON.
• 2. 7 Furlongs short of Crowshal House, the Right to Binderton.
• 3. Against North Merden Church, the Right to Traford.
• 4. 2’5. Beyond, the Right acute.
• 5. At the End of Petersfield the Right to Steep.
• 6. 2 Furl. beyond Petersfield, the Left to WINCHESTER.
• 7. 4 Miles beyond Petersfield, the Right to Alton a different Way.
• 8. 1’5. Short of East Tysted, the Left acute
• 9. In Alton the Right to LONDON.
• 10. 2 Miles short of Horcote the Right to Basingstoke a different Way.
• 11. Against Wensted the Right acute.
• 12. In Basingstoke, the Right forward to LONDON.
• 13. 6 Furl beyond Basingstoke, the Right to Reding.
• 14. In Kings Cleer the Right to Reding.
• 15. At Knightbridg the Right acute.
• 16. In Newbury the Left to Hungerford.
• 17. A Mile beyond Newbury the Left to Wantage.

Notes

• Counties past through. Rivers crost over. The quality of the Way.
• Acute Turnings to be avoided.
• OXFORD, S. b. E.
• Abington, 6’4.
• Miston, 9’6. [12 Miles, S. E.]
• East Ilsley, 17’1.
• [18’2. S.] Biddon, 19’4.
• [21 Miles S. S. E]
• Newbury, 26’4.
• Kings Cleer, 33’5. S. E. b. E.
• [37’2. S. S. E.]
• Basingstoke, 42’6.
• [47 M. S. E. b. S] Alton, 53’5. S. S. W.
• Chawton, 54’5.
• Faringdon Street, 56’2 [59’6. S. E.]
• Petersfield, 66 Miles.
• [67’2. S. b. W.] [69’3. S. E.]
• [74’4. S. b. E.]
• CHICHESTER, 80 M.