Map Group FORDHAM 1924
Fordham, Herbert George, Sir: 1924: Road Books and Itineraries of Great Britain 1570 to 1850: Cambridge University Press (Cambridgeshire)Notes relevant to roads in Hampshire have been made from many of his catalogue entries.
Grafton, Richard: 1572: Abridgement of the Chronicles of Englande ...: (London)in which:-
The Contentes of this booke ... The high ways also from one towne to an other muche larger then before set forthe ...There are 10 pages of tabulated itineraries which are not included in earlier editions of the book. The highways are the same as those selected for:-
Grafton, Richard: 1571: Litle Treatise, A ...: (London)whose contents includes:-
... conteyning many proper Tables and rules ... ... The High wayes also from one towne to an other moche larger than before hath bet set forthe.This has 19 pages of roads arranged in single column tables, headed:-
The high wayes from any noteable towne in England to the Citie of London. And lykewise from one noteable towne to an other, newly collected & set forth in a more larger & better maner then heretofore it hath ben.There are 15 main routes and 23 branch or cross or alternative routes. The main routes include:- St Burien to Exeter and London; and Helford to Southampton and London. Both these routes from Cornwall cross Hampshire.
In the 1572 edition the roads are on 10 pages. There were editions up to 1611.
From Grafton's Abridgement:-
The high wayes from any notable towne in England to the Citie of London. And lykewise from one notable towne to an other, newly collected & set forth in a more larger & better maner then heretofore it hath ben. From S. Buryen in Cornewal to Excester. ... From Exceter to London. ... From Salisbury to Andover xv.mi From Andover to Basingstoke xvi.mile From Basingstoke to Hertlerow viij.m From Hertlerow to Bagshot viij.mi ... ... to London ... ...
Stowe, John: 1575: Summarie of the Chronicles of England ...: (London)includes tables of roads:-
How a man may journey from any notable towne in Englande, to the Citye of London, or from London to any notable towne in the Realme.amongst which is the road from St Burien to London.
Earlier editions have no roads; there were editions to 1604.
Holinshead, Raphael: 1577: Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande ...: (London)includes tables of roads:-
How a man may journey from any notable towne in England, to the Citie of London, or from London to any notable towne in the Realme.This follows John Stow, and includes the road from St Burien to London. There was an edition in 1587, and 1807-08.
: 1579: Itinerarium Orbis Christiani ...is an atlas with 37 maps of the Christian world, including England and Scotland. England is drawn with a few roads, including the road from London to Salisbury.
Adams, Frank: 1581: Writing Tables with a Kalendar for xxiiii yeres ...: (London)includes:-
All ye high wayes fro~ any towne or citie, in Engla~d, to the citie of London, & the nu~ber of ye myles ...This has the road from St Burien to Exeter and London.
There were editions to 1611.
In the BM collection is a manuscript:-
The Particular Description of England, with the Portatures of Certaine of the Chieffest Citties & Townes.edited and published:-
Wheatley, H B & Ashbee, E W: 1879: Particular Description of England (?): LondonThe manuscript includes:-
The High Waies, from any notable towne in England to the Cittie of London, & Lykewyse from one notabel towne to another.There are 12 main roads plus 29 cross roads or variations.
Gray, Walter: 1589: Almanacke and Prognostication ...: (London)includes:-
A perfect direction of the best and rediest high wayes, from any notable Towne in England, to the citie of London, & from the citie of London , to any notable Towne; & lykewise from any one notabe Towne to another.These are the same roads as in the Litle Treatise by Richard Grafton, though in a different order.
: 1610 (about) Table of the chieffest Cities and Townes of England ...: Dight, Walter (London)is a single squarish sheet showing 13 roads radiating from London; including the roads to Southampton and to Exeter. Stages are give along each route.
Norden, John: 1625: Intended Guyde, for English Travailers: (London)
... Shewing in generall, how far one Citie, & many Shire_Townes in England, are Distant from other ...
: 1635: Direction for the English Traviller: (London) ... by which he Shal be inabled to Coast about all England & Wales. And also to know how farre any Market or noteable Towne in any Shire lyeth one from an other, & Whether the same be East, West, North, or South from ye Shire Towne. As also the distance betweene London & any other Shire or great towne: with the scituation thereof East, West, North, or South from London. By the help of this worke one may know (in what Parish, Village, or Mansion house soever he be in) What Shires, he is to passe thorough & which way he is to travell, till he come to his Journies End.There are editions up to 1680. But is also continued by:-
: 1657: Book of the Names of all Parishes, Market Towns, Villages, Hamlets, ...: (London)
Porter, Thomas: 1655: New Booke of Mapps ...: (London) ... Being a ready Guide or Direction for any Stranger, or other, who is to Travel in any part of the Common-wealth of England, Scotland, & Ireland ...this includes tables of towns giving their latitude and longitude, and tables of highways.
Riders, Schardanus & Riders, Cardanus (from 1672) & Rider, Cardanus (from 1727): 1656: British Merlin ...: (London)and published up to 1841!
... With many necessary Tables, containing directions for such as use Marts & Fairs; also for Travellers that coast about the Common-wealth.including:-
A true and plain Description of the Highways in England & Wales
Ogilby, John: 1675: Britannia: (London): vol 1 (road maps)Described elsewhere in detail. Editions to at least 1698.
Speed, John: 1676 (a late edition): Theatre of the Empire of Great Britainhas 5 added double page tables of:-
The Principal Roads, & their Branches leading to the Cities and chief Townes in England & Wales; with their computed distances. In a new and accurate method. ...Including roads:- London to Lands End; and a SW road from London (perhaps into Hampshire?).
: 1676: English Travellers Companion ...: Chiswel, Richard & Barrett, Thomas (London) ... Containing all the Grand Roads with their several branches, & the Towns & Villages you pass through: To which is affixed the computed distances from one Town to another. Exhibited in Five Tables in a new & accurate Method ...This has 5 large road maps 'as in Speed 1676'. It is not clear whether Speed has tables or maps (Or both) and what this book has.
Ogilby, John: 1676: Mr Ogilby's Tables of his Measur'd Roads: (London)has:-
...fifteen great Roads from London to the Extent of England & Walesincluding roads:- London to Lands End; London to Poole; London to Portsmouth.
Playford, John: 1679: Vade Mecum & Necessary Companion: (London)Includes lists of post stages, length of stages, distances of post towns from London, etc, for 10 roads.
The 5th edition, 1692:-
... Containing ... The Principal Roads in England, shewing the Distance of one Town from another in measured & computed Miles, & the Distance of each from London; ...and now has 12 roads plus branches. There were editions to 1772.
Berry, William: 1679: Grand Roads of England ...: (London) ... shewing all the Towns you passe through & in what Shire they are in with the Reputed Distance between Town & Town in figures with a Marke for the Post-towns and Market-towns ...This is a single sheet diagramatic map of Engalnd and Wales, with the principal roads.
Morgan, William: 1680 (3rd edn): Mr Ogilby's and William Morgan's Pocket Book of the Roads ...: (London) ... Roads, with their Computed & Measured Distances, & the Distinction of Market and Post-Towns. ... With a Table for the ready finding any Road, City, or Market-Town, & their Distance from London. And a sheet map of England fitted to bind with the Book.There were editions to 1752, and then continues as:-
: 1759: Traveller's Pocket Book & Ogilby and Morgan's Book of the Roads: (London)which has editions up to 1794; additions as you go.
WH: 1682: Infallible Guide to Travellers ...: Gent, W H (London) ... Giving a most Exact Account of the four Principal Post Roads of England, beginning at the standard in Cornhill, & extending to the Sea-Shore, & branching to most of the Cities, Corporations, & Market-Towns in England & Wales, with their distances in Miles & Furlings, according to Mr. Ogilby's Dimensurations.
: 1687: City and Countrey Chapman's Almanack for the Year of our Lord 1687 ... : (London) ... wherein ... Also the Post Roads, & their Several Branches throughout England & Wales, with their Distances described in a New Method ...has 6 post roads, including:-
..., West Road, South Road, ...which may or may not have parts in Hampshire.
The almanack was published from 1687 to 1692; continues as Chapman's and Traveller's Almanack, 1693 to 1695; and as the English Chapman's and Traveller's Almanack 1696 to 1712.
: 1699: Traveller's Guide and Description of the Roads of England and Wales: (London) ... Being Mr. Ogilby's Actual Survey, & Mensuration by the Wheel, of the Great Roads to all the Considerable Cities and Towns in England & Wales, together with the Cross-Roads from one City or Eminent Town to another. Wherein is shewn the Distance from Place to Place, & plain Directions given to find the Way, by setting down every Town, Village, River, Brook, Bridge, Common, Forest, Wood, Copse, Heath, Moor, Etc. that occur in passing the Roads. And for the better Illustration thereof, there are added Tables, wherein the Names of the Places with their Distances are set down in a Column, in so plain a manner that a meer Stranger may Travel all over England with any other Guide.A further edition 1712.
