Morden's Hampshire 1695, roads

	roads Morden's Hampshire 1695

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Roads	Morden's 'Pocket Book of all the Counties of England and Wales' 1680, using the maps published on a set of playing cards 1676, has a Hampshire map with roads, but is too small to be useful, the roads are too indistinct. Morden's 1695 map is one of the earlier maps of Hampshire to show roads. A few principle routes are shown; all correspond, roughly, to one of the routes in Ogilby's Britannia, published 1675; not all of Ogilby's choices of routes are marked. The road routes do not correspond exactly to Ogilby's routes. For example: Yately is north of the Ogilby road in his plate 25, ie on the right travelling west; on Morden's map Yateley is on the east of the road, ie on the left travelling west. It is quite difficult to know whether Morden's road goes through or near places: it misses too many places! Cochrane's book makes a suggestion about this (which we don't believe and won't repeat!).
Route diagrams	The following diagrams - which are not to any regular scale - indicate which places on Morden's map are on or close to the Morden road line; listed under Ogilby plate numbers for convenience. The layout of the diagrams follows the layout of Ogilby's road maps, ie you travel up the page, generally going away from London: this is rather disorientating when up is southwards, normally down on a modern map! Places are shown to right and left of the diagram as they would appear to a traveller going up the page, away from London.
	Route 25	Yately to Andover
	Route 26	Andover to Wiltshire border, Nether Wallop
	Route 30	Surrey border, Bramshott, to Portsea
	Route 32	Andover to Wiltshire border, Grately
	Route 39	Petersfield to Winchester
	Route 51	Surrey border, Bentley, to Southampton

Route 25	From the Surrey border near Yately to Andover. It enters the county too far NW. From Hertfordbridge this is close to Ogilby's route, plate 25, part of the road from London to the Lands End; it misses Hurstbourne Priors. 'up' on the page is WSW.
	map square SU34		continues, see roads 26x, 32
			Andover		Andover (SU3645)


	map square SU44
				Swampto~	Swampton (SU4150)
		Husborn			Hurstbourne Priors (SU4346)
			Bourne Rivulet


	map square SU45
			Whitchurch		Whitchurch (SU4647)
			River Test
		Charlecote			(SU4849)
				Frifalke	Freefolk (SU4948)

	map square SU55
				Southamton	Southington (SU5049)
				Overton	Overton (SU5149)
				Polhamto~	Polhampton Farm (SU5250)
			River Test
				Ash	Ashe (SU5350)
		Deane			Deane (SU5450)
		Churchockly			Oakley (SU5650)
				Hannington	Hannington (SU5355)


	map square SU65
		N Okely			North Oakley (SU5354)
				Wotton	Wootton St Lawrence (SU5953)
				Preuet pa	(SU6655)
			Basingstoke		Basingstoke (SU6351)
			River Loddon
				Basing	Old Basing (SU6652)


	map square SU75
				Skewres	Nately Scures (SU7053)
			River Lyde
			Newnham		Newnham (SU7054)
				Rother wick	Rotherwick (SU7156)
		Winchfield			Winchfield (SU7654)
			River Whiteadder

	map square SU85
		Hertley			Hartley Wintney (SU7656)
			Hertley row		Hartley Row (SU7756)
			River Hart
		Herfordbridg			Hartfordbridge (SU7757)

	map square SU86
				Eversley	Eversley (SU7861)
		Yateley			Yately (SU8160)
			River Blackwater		(SU8161)

			(Surrey)

Route 26	From Andover to the Wiltshire border near Nether Wallop. This route is similar to Ogilby's road, plate 26, but goes further south. 'up' on the page is SW
			(Wiltshire)

	map square SU23
			Wallop Brook
				Upwallop	Over Wallop (SU2838)
			Neitherwallop		Nether Wallop (SU3036)


	map square SU33
				Dunbury hill	Danebury Hill (SU3237)


	map square SU34
		Goodworth Clatford			Goodworth Clatford (SU3642)
				Abbotsanne	Abbotts Ann (SU3342)
			Platford		Upper Clatford (SU3543)
			Pillhill Brook
			Andover		Andover (SU3645)
			junction, roads 25, 32

Route 32	From Andover to the Wiltshire border near Grately. This route is equivalent to Ogilby's plate 32, part of the Road from London to Barnstable; but after Monxton it goes too far south. 'up' on the page is WSW.
			(Wiltshire)

	map square SU23
				Quarley	Quarley (SU2743)
			Gratley		Grately (SU2741)


	map square SU24
				Mankeston	Monxton (SU3144)


	map square SU34
		Platford			Upper Clatford (SU3543)
			Andover		Andover (SU3645)
			junction, roads 25, 26

Route 30	From the Surrey border near Bramshott to Portsea, with a slight digression into Sussex. This agrees closely with Ogilby's road, plate 30, part of the route from London to Portsmouth. Morden ends the road at Portsea, whereas Ogilby goes to Portsmouth itself. 'up' on the page is SW until Petersfield, then S thro to Portsea.
	map square SZ69
			Portsea		Portsea (SU6300)


	map square SU60
			Catcomb		(SU6403)
			Halsey		Hilsea (SU6604)
			estuary
		Drayton			Drayton (SU6705)
		Bemond			(SU6503)
			Cosham		Cosham (SU6404)
				Wimering	Wymering (SU6506)
		Walsworth			(SU6407)
		Widley			Widley Farm (SU6606)
				Southwike	Southwick (SU6208)


	map square SU61
		Blendworth			Blendworth (SU7113)
			Horndean		Horndean (SU7013)
				Katherington	Catherington (SU6914)
		Chalton			Chalton (SU7315)


	map square SU72
		Beriton			Buriton (SU7320)
				Mapledurham	(SU7024)
			Cridell Stream
			Petersfielde		Petersfield (SU7423)
			junction, road 39
		Sheate			Sheet (SU7524)
				Steepe	Steep (SU7525)
			River Rother

			(Sussex)
	map square SU83		(Sussex)

			Lippock		Liphook (SU8331)
				Bramshott	Bramshott (SU8432)

			(Surrey)

Route 39	From Petersfield to Winchester. This roughly agrees with Ogilby's road, plate 39, part of the route from London to Chichester, continued to Winchester; however Morden's road misses Bramdean. 'up' on the page is S.
	map square SU42		Winehester		Winchester (SU4729)
		Chilcomb			Chilcomb (SU5028)


	map square SU43
			Magdalen		Magdalen Hill Down (SU5029)


	map square SU53
				Titchborn	Tichborne (SU5730)
			cross roads, road 51
				Cheriton	Cheriton (SU5828)


	map square SU52
			Itchin headstream
		Hinton ampton			Hinton Ampner (SU5927)
			Itchin headstream


	map square SU62
				Bramsdean	Bramdean (SU6127)
		Oxenborn			(SU6524)
		Langridg			Langrish (SU7023)
				Froxfield	Froxfield (SU7027)


	map square SU72
			Petersfielde		Petersfield (SU7423)

Route 51	From the Surrey border near Bentley to Southampton. This is equivalent to Ogilby's road, plate 51, part of the Road from London to Southampton. Until New Alresford it agrees pretty well, but then loops too far south, missing Morestead. After crossing the river Itchin it is not clear whether it stays on Ogilby's route close to the river or joins the route further west, Ogilby's route 97 between Southampton and Winchester. 'up' on the page is SW till Twyford when the road turns S.
	map square SU40		South hampton		Southampton (SU4313)
		St Maries			St Mary's Church (SU4313)


	map square SU41
		St Stoneham			North Stoneham (SU4317)
		N Stonham			North Stoneham (SU4317)
				Eastley	Eastleigh (SU4421)
			River Itchin
		Bishopstok			Bishopstoke (SU4718)


	map square SU42
				Otterburn	Otterbourne (SU4623)
			Twiford		Twyford (SU4824)
		Marwell			Marwell House (SU5121)
		Owselbury			Owslebury (SU5123)


	map square SU52
		Preshow			(SU5427)


	map square SU53
			cross roads, road 39
		Cheriton			Cheriton (SU5828)
			Titchborn		Tichborne (SU5730)
				Ouington	Ovington (SU5631)
			River Itchin
			Alresford		New Alresford (SU5832)
				Old Alresford	Old Alresford (SU5833)


	map square SU63
		Sutton			Bishops Sutton (SU6031)
			Bighton		Bighton (SU6134)
		Ropley			Ropley (SU6431)


	map square SU74
		Chawton			Chawton (SU7037)
			Alton		Alton (SU7139)
			a brook
				Milcourt	Mill Court (SU7541)
				Froyle	Froyle (SU7443)
			Ryebridge Stream
				Coldre	Coldrey (SU7743)
				Bentley	Bentley (SU7844)


	map square SU84

			(Surrey)

	Hampshire from Morden's map of England (and Wales), 1695, which includes more roads than on the county map.
	Road diagrams from maps of 1675 onwards.
	Ogilby's influence on Morden's roads.

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