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 Tinmouth in Northum. to Carlisle In Cumberland.

• 1. THE Point of Bearing W.
• 2. The direct Horizontal Distance 59 M.
• 3. The Vulgar Computation 50 M.
• 4. The Dimensuration. 69’5.

From Tinmouth	Comp.	Measure.
to New-Castle	07	07	09’2	09’2
Ovingham	08	15	11’7	21’1
Hexam	08	23	10’4	31’5
Haltwesel	10	33	14’7	46’4
to Chapelbourn	06	39	08’2	54’6
Corby	07	46	09’6	64’4
CARLISLE	04	50	05’1	69’5
	50		69’5

Northumberland and Cumberland include the whole Road; and the Tine, Allen, South-Tine, * 1.1 Rippal, Irthing, Eden and Petterel, are the principal Rivers crost over; afford∣ing in general but a bad Hilly Road, where you seldom meet with that frequen∣cy of Entertainment as in other Roads.

Forward Turnings to be Avoided.

• At the End of Tinmouth, the Left to Shields.
• At 7 Furlongs the Right acute.
• At 3’6. The Right acute.
• At 13 Miles the Right to Denton.
• At 22’1. The Left to Biwel.
• At 31 Miles, the Right to Butsworth and CARLISLE a different Way.
• At 41’5. * 1.2 At the end of Mellis the Right to Narford.
• At 46’2. The Right in Haltwesel to Branton.
• At 51’7. The Right and Left acute.
• At 64’6. The Left acute.
• At 66’7. The Left to Codby.
• At 67’6. The Left to Boteherby.

SEtting forward from Tinmouth, you cross a Brook at 6 Furlongs, * 1.3 and have North and South Shields on the Left, and the Church on the Right; at 2’1. * 1.4 you pass by Chillington on the Left, and 3 Furlongs farther, Chirtons on the Right, both small Villages; and descending a Hill of 3 Furlongs, pass by some Houses, and cross a Vale at 4’4. then by Pikewell Hall on the Left; and at 7 Miles, by Biker a Village on the same Hand, you cross a large Vale, where you pass through Useburn a disperst Village, and at 8’6. enter New-Castle or New-Castle upon Tine, * 1.5 a large, well-built Corporation, Market and Shire-Town, [as in LONDON to Barwick, pag. 13.]

Leaving New-Castle, you ascend a Hill of 4 Furlongs, and crossing a large Vale, * 1.6 pass by Denton Hall on the Right, and near the Top of the Hill, West Denton a Vil∣lage on the Left; and on the Top, pass through Pigshal a small Village, where you descend a Hill of 8 Furlongs, and at the Bottom pass through Newborn a Vil∣lage of 2 Furlongs Extent; then you have the Tine on the Left, and Righton Church on the other side of it, and at 16’7. crossing a Wood-Bridg and Brook, and as∣cending a small Hill, you in a Vale pass through Wilam a little Village, * 1.7 and then descend another small Hill, and cross a Stone-Bridg and Brook.

At 20’7. you have Prudor Castle at some distance on the Left, the River Tine passing between your Road and it; * 1.8 and 3 Furlongs farther you pass through Oving∣ham a Village of 2 Furlongs Extent; at the End whereof you cross a Stone-Bridg and Brook: then at 22’2. ascending an Hill of 9 Furlongs Height, you on it, pass through Ovington a small Village; and at 24’4. cross a Vale, * 1.9 and leave Newton Church on the Right, and passing over another Vale, you come at 27 Miles to a Descent of 7 Furlongs, * 1.10 and through Gorebridg alias Cerbridg a Village of 2 Fur∣longs Extent; thence by a Water-Mill on the Right (where part of the River Tine runs in the Road) and Sandy a Village at some distance on the same Hand, come at 29 Miles to Bestrick a little Village.

Hence by Anwick Grange and Anwick on the Hill, both on the Right, you are brought at 31’1. * 1.11 to the River Tine which you pass through, and 3 Furlongs far∣ther enter Hexam or Hexham, of above 3 Furlongs Extent and good Accomodation; call'd by Beda, Hangustald; by the Romans, Alexodunum; and by Sonmer, Hagulstaldesham: a Town of great Acount in former Time, being dignify'd with an Episcopal See, it's Cathedral a most stately Structure, was Built by St. Wilfred, it enjoy'd 10 Bi∣shops, and being spoil'd by the Danes, the See was remov'd to that of YORK; It is at present a well-built Bailiwick Town, seated on the River Tine, and has an indifferent Market for Corn, &c. on Tuesdays: This Town boasted formerly of its Abby and Church, the one of which is now decay'd, and the other a great Part of it pull'd down by the Scots.

Leaving Hexham, * 1.12 you ascend an Hill of 10 Furlongs Height, and enter on a Moor, and cross 2 Vales, in the later whereof, over Hadon Bridg you cross the South-Tine, * 1.13 and pass through Hadon, leaving the Church some distance on the Right; then by Sapwood a small Village on the Right, * 1.14 cross over 3 Vales; and at 41 Miles descend 5 Furlongs, and pass through Mellis a small Village, and at 42’5. through Slow-house another small Village, and leave Woodhil a little Village on the Left, and pass through Milcriche at 44’4. then at 45’2. ascending, you cross 2 Vales, and come to Haltwesel of 5 Furl. * 1.15 Extent, a Town indifferent well-built and affording good Entertainment; thence at 48’2. you pass through Redbath a small Village, and leave Hole-hovse on the Left.

Whence through a Wood, * 1.16 and by Blenkensop Castle on the Right, Goomholt a small Village at 50’3. Thirlwal Castle at 50’6. Longbuyer Castle at 51 Miles, and Furley a small Village at 51’3. all successively on the Right; then by Belton and Crook both small Villages on the Left, come at 52’2. to cross the small River Pol∣trose and enter Cumberland, where you ascend an Hill of 5 Furlongs and touch upon a Part of the Picts Wall on the Right; thence by Dearington a little Village conti∣guous on the Right, * 1.17 pass through a small Wood, and through Chapelbourn a Vil∣lage at 54’6. and cross a large Vale; at 58’7. you descend a small Hill, where you cross a Wooden-Bridg and Brook, and leave Milton a Village a little on the Right.

At 60’2. * 1.18 you ascend 4 Furlongs, and presently descend a Mile, where you have a Park accompanying your Road on the Right; whence crossing some small Wa∣ters or Rills, * 1.19 you come at 64’2. to Corbey a Village of 3 Furlongs Extent; at the End whereof you cross Warwick Bridg of Stone over the River Eden, and ascend∣ing an Hill, * 1.20 pass through Warwick a small Village; then leaving Eglionbury a little Village on the Right, * 1.21 through Wheelborough-Hall, a small Village so call'd at 56’6. and crossing the Petterel at 68’1. you fall in with the Road from LONDON, and arrive at Bother-street a Suburb of the City of CARLISLE at 68’7. and four Furlongs after enter the City of CARLISLE it self, * 1.22 a Place of great An∣tiquity and Strength, Fortify'd with a Castle, Wall and Bulwarks; is well Built and well Water'd, and much resorted unto by reason of its nearness to Scotland, by which means it enjoys ample Immunities and Privileges; [the Account whereof We have given you in LONDON to CARLISLE, pag. 75. and succeeding Plates.]

Backward Turnings to be avoided.

• 1. 2 Furlongs from CARLISLE the Right to Penrith, Lancaster, &c.
• 2. 2 Furlongs short of Stow House, the Left to Narford.
• 3. 7 Furlongs beyond Hadon Bridg, the Left acute.
• 4. 1’5. Short of Chillington, the Right to Shields.

Notes

• * 1.1

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

  Acute Turnings to be avoided.
• * 1.3

  Tinmouth, W. by N.
• * 1.4

  Chillington, 2’1. [4 Miles W. by S.]
• * 1.5

  Ʋseburn, 8 Miles. New-Castle, 9’2.
• * 1.6

  [11’2. W. N. W.] West Denton, 13’2. W. S. W. Pigshal, 13’6. Newborn, 14’6.
• * 1.7

  Wilam, 19 Miles W.
• * 1.8

  Ovingham, 21’1.
• * 1.9

  Ovington, 22’4.
• * 1.10

  Gorebridg, 27’5.
• * 1.11

  Hexham, 31’5.
• * 1.12

  [36’6. W. by S.]
• * 1.13

  Hadon, 37’7.
• * 1.14

  Sapwood, 39 Miles. Mellis, 41’4. Stow-house, 42’5.
• * 1.15

  Haltwesel, 46’4.
• * 1.16

  [48’2. W. N. W.]
• * 1.17

  Chapelbourn, 54’6.
• * 1.18

  [60’6. W.S. by W.]
• * 1.19

  Corbey, 64’2.
• * 1.20

  Warwick, 65’1. W.
• * 1.21

  Wheelborough-hall, 56’6.
• * 1.22

  CARLISLE, 69’5.