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 ...

In the Road to Scarborough.

From YORK to New Malton, as in YORK to Whitby, where crossing a Stone∣bridg over the Derwent, you pass through Norton a Village of 3 Furlongs Ex∣tent, in which is the Seat of Esq Ellet on the Right; then leaving Old Malton on the Left, you cross 2 Rills, and at 23’2. have Scaklethorp a Village contiguous on the Left, thence you cross a Rill, and have the Wold or great high Hills accompanying your Road several Miles on the Right, and pass through Rollington at 24’5. a Vil∣lage of near 2 Furlongs length; where you leave Thorp Basset Chapel on the Right and Wintringham Church on the same hand.

At 26 Miles you cross 2 Rills, and leave Kaneston and Knapton 2 little Villages both on the Left; and at 29’5. pass through East Haselton a Village of 2 Furlongs Extent, and come to Sherborn at 31’3. a Village Extending most on the Left; then you cross a Brook and leave Browlton a little Village on the Right, and arrive at Garton at 33’5. and at Staxton at 35’7. leaving Willorby Church on the Left, where you likewise leave the Hills or Wolds and Flixton a Village on the Right; then you cross Great and Little Harford Bridges over the River Harford, and at 38’4. enter Semere a Village of 4 Furlongss Extent and some Entertainment; descending a Hill at 40’2. you pass by a Lake on the Right call'd Byards Water and enter Scarborough at 42’6. by the Saxons Scearburgh, a strong well-built and well-inhabited Town Corporate, Encompast almost with the Sea, it sends Burgesses to Parliament; Is Govern'd by 2 Bailiffs, Common-Council, &c. hath 2 Markets Weekly on Thursdays and Saturdays, Drives a good Trade, and is much resorted unto for its Famous Spaw.

Backward Turnings to be avoided between Scarborough and YORK.

• 1. 4 Furl. from Scarborough the Right to Falsgrave.
• 2. At the end of Staxton the Left to Beverley.
• 3. Against Knapton the Left to Wintringham.

Between Whitby and YORK.

• 1. 6 Furl. short of Pickering the Left to Kinthorp.
• 2. In New Malton the Right to Newcastle.

Notes

• New Malton, E. b. N.
• Old Malton, 20 M.
• Scaklethorp, 23’2. N. E. b. E.
• Rollington, 24’5.
• Knapton, 26’5. East Haselton, 29’5. Sherborn, 31’3.
• Garton, 33’5. Staxton, 35’7.
• Semere, 38’6.
• Scarborough, 43’1.