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 YORK to LANCASTER By JOHN OGJLBY Esq.^r his Ma^ties Cosmograph^r. Containing 88 Miles. 6 Furlongs (viz^t.) From the City of YORK to Alerton 13.1. to Knasbrough 4.7. to Ripley 5.0. to Boulton 15.6. to Skipton 6.2. to Coniston 7.0. to Settle 8.2. to Clapham 7.3. to Hornby 11.1. and to LANCASTER 10. m.

The Road from York to Lancaster.

• 1. THe Point of Bearing W. N. W.
• 2. The Direct Horizontal Distance 68 M.
• 3. The Vulgar Computation 68 M.
• 4. The Dimensuration 88’7.

From YORK	Comp.	Measure.
to Allerton	10	10	13’1	13’1
Knaresburgh	04	14	04’7	18’0
Ripley	04	18	05’0	23’0
Boulton	12	30	15’7	38’7
Skipton	05	35	06’1	45’0
to Coniston	05	40	07’0	52’0
Settle	06	46	08’2	60’2
Greenby	07	53	08’6	69’0
Hornby	08	61	10’0	79’0
Lancaster	07	68	09’7	88’7

Yorkshire and Lancashire include the whole Road; and the Owse, Nyd, Wharf, Are, Wenning and Hartlebeck, are the principal Rivers crost over; the Road in ge∣neral is but bad, yet it is in part recompenc'd by the Goodness of the Towns and Entertainment you meet with in most Places.

Forward Turnings to be avoided.

• At the End of YORK the Left to LON∣DON.
• At 9’4. The Right to Boroughbriggs.
• At 13’2. The Right forward.
• At 13’7. The Right to Boroughbriggs.
• At 23’0. In Ripley the Right to Rippon.
• At 25’4. The Left to Leeds.
• At 42’0. The Right to Eastby.
• At 76’4. The Right acute.

SEtting forward from YORK, you omit the direct Way to LONDON, and bearing to the Right, pass by Ackham, Knapton, Rufford, Heslow, and Moor-Monkton, Villages, and Woolstrap Hall on the Left, Popleton, Overton, Nun-Monk∣ton Chapel and Hall on the Right; and at 8’4. over Skip Bridg cross the River Nyd; and then pass by Kirk-Hamerton, Cuthall and Hopperton on the Left, and Green Hamer∣ton on the Right, where you omit the Road on the Right to Boroughbriggs, &c. and come at 13’1. to Allerton, a Village of some Accomodation; where you fall in with the LONDON Road to Barwick, &c. and bearing to the Left, you pass through Flaskey a little Village at 14’4. and leave Goulsburgh Church and Hall on the Left, and at 17’5. arrive at Knaresburgh vulgo Knasbrough, of above 3 Furlongs Extent, Seated on the River Nyd and on a Rock; It is strengthned with a Castle, Is a Corporation sending Burgesses to Parliament, and hath a good Market for Corn, &c. on Wednsdays.

From Knasbrough, you have the River Nyd accompanying you near the Road on the Left, for several Miles together, and passing by Beeton Hall on the Left, Skooton a Village, and Nid Church and Hall on the Right, and by some Lime-pits, are brought at 22’6. to Ripley, of 3 Furlongs Extent and good Accomodation, Seated likewise on the Nyd, and enjoys a Market on Fridays.

Leaving Ripley, you pass by Clynte a Village on the Right, and at 24’6. over Hansworth Bridg cross the aforesaid Nyd, and 2 Furlongs farther enter Hempsthwate or Hamsworth, a long disperst Village; at the End whereof you come upon Grafes Plain Moor, having several discontinued Houses on the Right and Left, and passing over Keskin Moor, you leave East-End Houses and Straling both Villages on the Left, and two long Posts on the Right.

Hence, descending and ascending, you pass by Foyston Church, Swinsley Hall, and Bluborrow Houses on the Left, come at 32’1. to cross the River Washburn, your Road continuing over Keskin Moor, little offering it self but an Hilly Way, and and a Pole on the Left, till at 36’4. you pass through Somer-Scales, and 7 Fur∣longs farther, Hessel, both small Villages, your Way continuing Hilly, you pass by Sturry a Village, and some Alms-Houses on the Right, Derriston a Village, Beamsley

Hall and Hoober Hill Beacon on the Left, are brought at 38’6. to Boulton a small Village, yet affording Entertainment to Travellers; where you cross the River Wharf; then ascending some Hills, you leave Haughton a Village on the Right, and at 42’5. pass through Skybeden a discontinued Village; where ascending an Hill, you have Haugh Park the Countess of Pembrokes, accompanying your Road for a Mile toge∣ther on the Right, and at 44’6. enter Skipton in Craven, a Market-Town, [as in LONDON to Oakham, pag. 97.]

At the End of Skipton you ascend an Hill, and presently cross a Vale, and then descend 4 Furlongs; at the Bottom whereof you pass through Sturton, and 2 Fur∣longs farther, Tholby, both small Villages; an indifferent straight Way conveying you by Elston-Cragg Hill on the Right, and Gargrave Church on the Left, over an Ascent and Descent, at 52 Miles to Coniston a Village of 4 Furlongs Extent, in which, over a Stone-Bridg you cross the River Are; thence ascending and descend∣ing, you pass through Hellifield Pele at 55’2. and a Chapel and 8 Alms-Houses on the Right at 56’5. and 3 Furlongs farther, crossing a Stone-Bridg and Brook, you enter Long Preston, a Village of 5 Furlongs Extent and some Entertainment; at the End whereof you enter a Moor, and ascend an Hill of 10 Furlongs height, and presently descend again 8 Furlongs, at the Bottom of which you enter Settle, a Town of good Accomodation, enjoying a Market on Tuesdays. At the End where∣of, over a Stone-Bridg you cross the Ribble, and enter Gigleswick, a Village of 5 Furlongs Extent and some Entertainment; of Note formerly for several small Springs here found, that Ebb and Flow almost every quarter of an Hour.

Leaving Gigleswick, you ascend an Hill of 8 Furlongs, and descend again 4 Furl. and pass by a Village, and Lakeland Hall on the Left, Yokeland and Austwick, Villages on the Right, and crossing a Brook, you ascend and descend, and at 67’5. pass through Clapham a small Village, where crossing a Brook and Rill, you ascend an Hill, and at 69 Miles leave Greenby a Village contiguous on the Right, and enter on a Moor; Hence, at 75 Miles you descend an Hill and enter Lancashire, and pass through Wennington and Tatham, both Villages; leaving Tatham Hall on the Left, and the Church on the Right, and pass through the Lord Morley's Park, and enter Hornby, a Town of 4 Furlongs, Seated on the Wenning, a Branch of the Lune: It hath the Ruines of a decay'd Castle, and an indifferent good Market on Mondays.

Leaving Hornby, you pass through Farlton a small Village, and ascending and des∣cending enter Claughton a Village of 5 Furlongs Extent, leaving the Hall on the Left; then you pass by a part of Caton, and descending an Hill, leave the Church on the Left, and over a Stone-Bridg crossing the Hartlebek, pass through another Part of Caton, and by a Wood on the Left, ascend and descend, and pass through a small Park, and by Book a Village on the Right, are convey'd at 88’4. to Lancaster, a Corporation, Market and Shire-Town, [as in LONDON to CARLISLE, pag. 73.]

Backward Turnings to be avoided.

• 1. At the End of Hornby the Left to Kirby Launsdale.
• 2. A Furlong from Hellifield Pele the Left acute.
• 3. 2 Furlongs from Skipton, the Left forward.
• 4. Against Bluborrow Houses the forward to Pateley Briggs.
• 5. 2 Furlongs from Ripley, the Right to Leeds.
• 6. At the End of Allerton, the Right forward to Wetherby.

Notes

• Counties past through. Rivers crost over. The quality of the Way.
• Acute Turnings to be avoided.
• YORK, W. b. N. [1’5. N. W.] [12’4. N. b. W.]
• Allerton, 13’1. [13’7. W.] Flasky, 14’4.
• Knaresburgh, 18 M. N. W.
• Ripley, 23 M. S.W.b.W.
• Hamsworth, 25’2.
• [27’6. W.]
• Somerscales, 36’4. Hessel, 37’3.
• Boulton, 38’7.
• Skybden, 42’5.
• Skipton, 45 M. N. W.
• Sturton, 46’5. Tholby, 47 Miles.
• Conyston, 52 M.W.b.N.
• Hellifield-Pele, 55’2. N.W.b.N.
• Long Preston, 57’4.
• Settle, 60’2.
• Gigleswick, 61 M.
• Clapham, 67’5. W.b.N Greenby, 69 Miles.
• [75 M. W. S. W.] Wennington, 75’5. Tatham, 76 Miles.
• Hornby, 79 Miles.
• Farlton, 80’2. Claughton, 81 M. Caton, 83’4.
• [85’6. S. b. W.]
• Book, 86’2. Lancaster, 88’7.