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 FERRYBRIDGE to BOROVGHBRIDGE Continued to BARNARD CASTLE in Com̄ Ebor By JOHN OGJLBY Esq.^r his Ma.^ties Cosmographer — Containing 76 Miles o. Furlongs (viz) From Ferrybridge to Abyforth 20.3. to Wetherby 7.5. To Boroughbridge 12.3. to Rippon 6.••. to Lemyng 13.4. To RICHMOND 12.4. and to Baznard casale 13.9. Compleated with the branch from Fexeybridge to Wakesield. n.••.

The Road from Ferrybridg to Boroughbridg Continued to Barnard Castle in Yorkshire.

• 1. THE Point of Bearing N.N.W.
• 2. The direct Horizontal Distance 56 M.
• 3. The Vulgar Computation 57 M.
• 4. The Dimensuration. 75’2.

From Ferrybridg	Comp.	Measure.
to Aberford	08	08	10’3	10’3
Wetherby	05	13	07’3	17’6
Boroughbridg	09	22	12’3	30’1
Rippon	05	27	06’7	36’2
to Lemyng	10	37	13’4	49’6
Richmond	10	47	12’4	62’2
Barnard Castle	10	57	13’0	75’2
	57		75’2

	Comp.	Measure.
With the Branch from Ferrybridg to Wakefield	8	11’5.

Yorkshire and the Bishoprick of Durham Contain the whole Road, and the Are, Warf, Myd, Your and Swail are the Principal Rivers crost over; affording in general an indiffe∣rent good Road, and every where Accomodated with good Towns of Entertainment.

Forward Turnings to be Avoided.

• At 3’5. the Left to Leeds.
• At 31’6. the Right to Lemyng.
• At 36’6. the Left to Castleton.
• At 68’4. the Left to Dolston.
• At 69’7. the Left to Newsham.
• At 72’3. the Left acute.

FRom Ferrybridg you first cross the River Are over a Stone-bridg, which accompanies you on the Left about 2 Miles, and leave Ferryfarnton Church and Village both on the Left, and on the other side of the River, where you pass through Brotherton at 1’4. and Farbourn at 2’6. both Villages of about 3 Furlongs Extent; at 5’4. you ascend 5 Furlongs and pass by Ledstone Hall 1 Furlong on the Left; and at 6’5. by a Beacon of like distance on the same hand, then crossing a Vale you enter Michelfield a Village of near 4 Furlongs Extent; and passing between some Hills you at 9 Miles ascend gently, and presently descend 5 Furlongs at the bottom whereof you enter Aberford or Abyforth of a Miles Ex∣tent, a Town indifferent well built, affording good Accomodation; enjoys a Market on Wednsdays and 2 Fairs annually, viz. St. George's Eve's Eve, and St. Mathew's Eve's Eve.

Leaving the Town you ascend and enter Bramum Moor, and at 13’4. cross a Vale and leave the Moor, then you descend 4 Furlongs, and on the descent pass through Bramum a Village of 3 Furlongs Extent; whence passing over Clifford Moor, you by a Wood on the Right are convey'd to Wetherby at 17’4. of 4 Furlongs Extent and good Accomo∣dation, seated on the River Warf or Wherfe; It enjoys a Market on Thursdays, and a Fair each St. Jame's Day.

Proceeding from Wetherby, at 19’3. you pass by South-Dighton on the Left, then passing a Moor you cross the River Myd over a Stone-bridg, and a Furlong farther pass through Welsford a Village of 2 Furlongs Extent, where you enter a Moor which you leave at 23’6. and pass by an Inn on the Left; and at 25’0. you have Alerton Park Accompany∣ing your Road on the Right near a Mile, and at 28’6. descending 4 Furlongs, a straight Road convey's you at 30 Miles to the Entrance of Boroughbridg of 3 Furlongs Extent and more transverse, a Corporation Market and Post-Town, [As in LONDON to Barwick pag. 13.

Leaving the Town you pass by a Mill on the Left, and over a Stone-bridg cross the Your, and 4 Furlongs farther ascend a Hill of 4 Furlongs, and at the Top enter Kirby on the Hill of 4 Furlongs Extent; at the end of the Town you omit the forward Way on the Right that leads to Lemyng Lane a different Way, and bearing to the Left pass through open Arable, and at 34’2. by Hewick a Vill. contiguous on the Right, and 4 Furl. farther over a Wooden-bridg repass the Your, which afore accompany'd your Road on the Left

as it doth now on the Right; whence at 36 Miles you enter Rippon, a large Town Cor∣porate of 6 Furlongs Extent and good Entertainment; is seated on the River Your afore∣said, a place of good Antiquity, and of much Fame for its Religious Houses: It is at pre∣sent a well-built and well Inhabited Town, Govern'd by a Mayor, Aldermen, &c. sends Burgesses to Parliament, is Beautifi'd with a very fine Cathedral Church which hath 3 lofty Spires, the Town enjoying a well furnisht Market on Thursdays.

Leaving Rippon you pass over a Stone-bridg of a Furl. long and again cross the Your, which now keeps on your Left for some Miles, at 37’2. you ascend 2 Furlongs and pass through a Village call'd Huton at 38’6. then by North-Hall on the Left come to Wath of 4 Furlongs Extent; whence over a Wood-bridg you cross a Brook, at 42 Miles you pass by Middleton on the Left a Village almost contiguous, then by Kinthinton 2 Furlongs on the same hand, and Pickhal 3 Furlongs on the Right, cross a Stone-bridg and small Brook, and pass by Burniston 4 Furlongs on the Left, and at 47’4. by the Bull Inn on the Right, are brought to Lemyng at 49’4. of 4 Furlongs Extent and some Accomodation.

Leaving the Town you cross a Stone-bridg and Brook, whence a straight Way for the most part conveys you by Fencote a Village on the Right at 52’3. and cross a Wood-bridg and Brook at 56’5. where you enter Catterick a Village of 2 Furlongs Length; then a di∣rect Way brings you at 58’1. to Catterick Bridg of Stone over the River Swail, which ac∣companies you on the Left, at 58’7. you pass through Brunton upon Swail a Village of 2 Furlongs Length, and after cross a Brook over a Stone-bridg and passing by Sandbeck a Village on the Right, are convey'd after a little ascent to re-cross the River Swail and enter Richmond of 7 Furlongs Extent; a well-built Corporation and Market-Town, [As in LONDON to Oakham pag. 97.]

At the end of Richmond you ascend 4 Furlongs and cross 2 Vales, your Road being somewhat Woody, at 65’7. you ascend 5 Furlongs, and on the Top leave Weston a Vil∣lage a Furlong on the Right, and Ravenworth Castle 3 Furlongs on the same hand; whence you pass through Kirby on the Hill a small Village, and descend 5 Furlongs leav∣ing Gailes a Village close on the Left, and Dolston a Village at 69’2. 1 Furlong on the same hand; crossing several Brooks or Rills you pass through Greatabridg at 72 Miles of 2 Furlongs Extent; then by Roughby a Village close on the Right at 72’5. and Eaglestonby on the Left at 73’7. whence the Tees accompanies you on the Right till at 75’6. you cross it, and at once enter the Bishoprick of Durham and Barnard Castle, an indifferent good Town driving a great Trade in Stockings, and enjoys a small Market on Wednsdays.

The Branch from Ferrybridg to Wakefield.

FRom Ferrybridg an open way conveys you at 2 Miles to Pontfret or Pontfract vulgo Pomfret q. d. Pons-Fractus, seated in a dry Tract of Ground and on a Branch of the Are: It is a large and well-built Town Corporate Extending a Mile on the Road, had once a strong and stately Castle Ruin'd in the Late Wars; It is Govern'd by a Mayor, Re∣corder, Aldermen, &c. sends Burgesses to Parliament, and has a well-furnisht Market on Saturdays for Corn, Cattel, &c.

Whence little occurs but passing by Warnfield a Village about a Mile distance on the Right, till at 9’2. you pass by Horse-Race End a Village contiguous on the Left, and de∣scend a Hill of 5 Furlongs, where you leave Sr. William Doddlestone's House on the Right, and at the bottom cross a Stone-bridg and Brook; then by Sandal 4 Furlongs on the Left, are convey'd at 10’7. over a Stone-bridg to cross the Colder and enter Wakefield, a large and well-built Town, where King Edward the 4th. Built a Splendid Chapel in Re∣membrance of those who lost their Lives in Battel; It is a Town well known for its Clothing, and hath two good Markets on Thursdays and Fridays.

Backward Turnings to be avoided.

• 1. In Roughby the Left acute.
• 2. 12 Furl. beyond Greatabridg the Left to Cartrack-bridg
• 3. 4 Furl. farther the Right to Newsham.
• 4. 2 Miles short of Fencote the Right to Bedol.
• 5. 3 Furl. beyond the white Lyon Inn the Left to Boroughbridg a different way.
• 6. In Rippon the Right forward.
• 7. 7 Furlongs beyond Wetherby the Right to Tadcaster.
• 8. In Abyforth the Right to Leeds.

Notes

• Counties past through. Rivers crost over. The quality of the Way.
• Acute Turnings to be avoided.
• Ferrybridg N.
• Brotherton 1’4. Farbourn 2’6.
• Micklefield 8 m. N. N. W.
• Aberford 10’3. N. by E.
• [13’4. N. W. b N.] Bramum 14’2.
• [16’6. N. N. E.]
• Wetherby 17’6.
• [20’6. N. N. W.]
• [25’4. N.]
• Boroughbridg 30’1.
• Kirby on the Hill 31’4 W. N. W.
• Hewick 34’2.
• Rippon 36’2. N. b E.
• Huton 38’6. Witham 41 m.
• [43’3. N. b W.]
• Lemyng 49’6. N. W. b W.
• Fencote 52’3. Catterick 56’6.
• Brunton 58’7.
• Richmond N. N. W.
• Kirkby 66’5. Gailes 67’5. [68’3. N. b E.] [70’3. N. W.] Greatabridg 72 m.
• Barnard Castle 72’2.
• Ferrybridg W. S. W. Pontfract 2’5. N. W. b W.
• [6 m. W. S. W.] Horse-Race End 9’2 N. W. b W.
• Wakefield 11’5.