Old Hampshire Mapped
Cobbett's Hampshire
Transcription (60)Easton
I INTENDED to go from UPHUSBAND to STONEHENGE, thence to OLD SARUM, and thence, through the New Forest, to Southampton and Botley, and thence across into Sussex, to see Up-Park and Cowdry House. But, then, there must be no loss of time: I must adhere to a certain route as strictly as a regiment on a march. I had written the route; and Laverstock, after seeing Stonehenge and Old Sarum, was to be the resting place of yesterday (Tuesday); but when it came, it brought rain with it after a white frost on Monday. It was likely to rain again today. It became necessary to change the route, as I must get to London by a certain day; and as the first day, on the new route, brought us here [Easton near Winchester].
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