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  SURVEY
  OF
  THE HIGH ROADS
  OF
  England and Wales.

  PART THE FIRST.

  COMPRISING THE COUNTIES OF
  KENT, SURREY, SUSSEX, HANTS, WILTS, DORSET, SOMERSET,
  DEVON, AND CORNWALL;
  WITH
  PART OF BUCKINGHAM AND MIDDLESEX.

  _PLANNED ON A SCALE OF ONE INCH TO A MILE._

  EXHIBITING AT ONE VIEW
  THE SEATS OF THE NOBILITY AND GENTRY,
  WHETHER SITUATED ON, OR CONTIGUOUS TO, THE ROAD.

  The various Branches of Roads and Towns to which they lead.

  TOGETHER WITH
  THE ACTUAL DISTANCE OF THE SAME FROM THE MAIN ROAD, RIVERS, NAVIGABLE
  CANALS, RAILWAYS, TURNPIKE GATES, &c. &c.

  ACCOMPANIED BY
  INDEXES,
  _TOPOGRAPHIC AND DESCRIPTIVE_.

  THE WHOLE
  ENRICHED WITH A VARIETY OF VALUABLE AND ORIGINAL INFORMATION.

  ARRANGED BY, AND UNDER THE DIRECTION OF,
  EDWARD MOGG.

  _LONDON:_
  PUBLISHED BY EDWARD MOGG, No. 51, CHARING CROSS.
  1817.




  TO
  HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS
  THE PRINCE REGENT.


=Sir=,

Your Royal Highness having graciously condescended to extend your august
patronage and protection to this work, I cannot present it to the
public, without testifying how deeply sensible I am of this most
gracious mark of your Royal Highness’s approbation.

I am perfectly aware that no merit of the performance can give it
pretensions to so exalted a patronage; yet to whom can this publication
with so much propriety be addressed, as to that illustrious and
magnanimous Prince, who, by his wisdom and councils, during the most
arduous contest in which any nation was ever engaged, preserved us in
the quiet enjoyment of that land, and, under whose auspicious guidance
and government, has been raised to the highest pinnacle of glory that
country, the topography and picturesque beauties of which it is the
principal design of the following pages to illustrate.

That your Royal Highness may long live to be the ornament of society,
the delight and boast of a grateful and admiring nation, is the ardent
wish of,

  Sir,

  Your Royal Highness’s

  most grateful,

  most dutiful,

  and most devoted servant,

  EDWARD MOGG.




ADVERTISEMENT.


In presenting to the Public the first part of this comprehensive work,
embracing the southern division of the Kingdom, the Proprietor indulges
a hope, that while conveying information, he will be found in some
degree to have contributed to the amusement of the traveller.

The gratification derived from an excursion of pleasure does not always
terminate with its performance, but is often produced by reflections
which naturally arise on a subsequent review of past occurrences or
remarkable objects; and which the peculiar construction of this work is
eminently calculated to assist.

In contemplating a new Road, we feel enlivened by anticipation; in the
recollection of an old one, we are led to reflections that equally
interest; and a recurrence to these pages will immediately present to
the reader’s imagination the identical spot, or well known inn, which
from a variety of incidents that occur in the prosecution of a journey,
whether the remembrance be attended with pleasure or accompanied by a
feeling of regret, never fail to leave an indelible impression on the
mind.

It has been justly remarked by an eminent Geographer[1], that the Rivers
of England have never yet been delineated; the same observation may be
applied with equal truth, though still greater regret, with respect to
its Roads, which (on a large scale) yet remain to be illustrated; how
far the present work is likely to succeed in supplying the latter
deficiency, it will remain for the public to decide. It is an object the
Proprietor has long had in contemplation, and has thence been brought to
greater perfection from an attentive observation of circumstances
peculiarly connected with the subject, both in regard to the alteration
of old, and the formation of new Roads, which, by avoiding hills and
shortening distance, will be found to afford such facilities to
travelling as are alone to be experienced on this island: accurately to
delineate improvements so extensive, and which will in vain be sought in
any other publication, are the pages of this work devoted.

  [1] Pinkerton.

To comment on the superiority of the method of delineation here adopted
were superfluous at the present time, when the Proprietor’s pretensions
may be decided by comparison with the performances of predecessors in a
similar course, and when indeed he feels confident of having thus far
accomplished an undertaking, which, whether as referring to originality
or execution, is considerably more entitled to attention than any known
production of its kind; combining means so ample and illustrative, the
Traveller is in possession of information nearly equal to a bird’s-eye
view of the country. The Seats of the Nobility and Gentry are faithfully
described, the names of their several Proprietors have been carefully
attended to, and the arrangement of the whole so constructed as to
render the work at once clear and comprehensive. Simplicity, joined to a
strict accuracy, has been his chief aim, and he is unconscious of having
omitted any thing which could have contributed to render the whole
complete.




TABLE OF ROUTES.


To simplify as much as possible, and to facilitate the understanding of
this work, the following =Table of Routes= is given; describing the page
at which the commencement of each Road will be found, and which, where
the same is not continued in a regular succession, will conduct, by
reference to the pages, the eye of the reader with the most perfect ease
to every place of consequence contained in the work.

  LONDON to DOVER,--_pages_ 1 _to_ 10.

  LONDON to MARGATE,--_pages_ 1 _to_ 8, _to_ =Canterbury=; thence to
  Margate, _pages_ 11 _and_ 12.

  LONDON to RAMSGATE,--_pages_ 1 _to_ 8, _to_ =Canterbury=; thence to
  =Monkton=, where the Road turns off, _pages_ 11 _and_ 12; thence to
  =Ramsgate=, _page_ 13.

  LONDON to HASTINGS,--_pages_ 15 _to_ 22.

  LONDON to CANTERBURY,--_pages_ 1 _to_ 8.

  LONDON to TUNBRIDGE WELLS,--_pages_ 15 _to_ 18, _to_ =Tunbridge=;
  thence to =Tunbridge Wells=, _page_ 14.

  LONDON to PORTSMOUTH,--_pages_ 23 _to_ 32.

  LONDON to CHICHESTER, by =Midhurst=,--_pages_ 23 _to_ 27, _to_
  =Milford=; thence to =Chichester=, _pages_ 33 _to_ 36.

  LONDON to CHICHESTER, by =Petworth=,--_pages_ 23 _to_ 27, _to_
  =Milford=; thence to =Chichester=, _pages_ 37 _to_ 40.

  LONDON to BOGNOR, by =Chichester=, (_to_ =Chichester= _as
  above_)--thence to =Bognor=, _page_ 41.

  LONDON to BOGNOR, by =Eartham=,--_to_ =Milford=, _pages_ 23 _to_ 27;
  thence to =Benges Wood=, where the Road divides, _pages_ 37 _to_ 40;
  thence to =Bognor=, by =Eartham=, _page_ 42.

  LONDON to ARUNDEL,--_pages_ 23 _to_ 27, _to_ =Milford=; thence to
  =Petworth=, _pages_ 37 _to_ 38; thence to =Arundel=, _pages_ 43 _and_
  44.

  LONDON to BRIGHTON, through =Sutton= and =Ryegate=,--_pages_ 45 _to_
  51.

  LONDON to BRIGHTON, through =Croydon=,--_pages_ 52 _to_ 54, to
  =Ryegate=; thence to =Brighton=, _pages_ 47 _to_ 51.

  LONDON to BRIGHTON, by =Lewes=,--to _Purley House_, _pages_ 52 _and_
  53; thence to =Brighton=, _pages_ 55 _to_ 60.

  LONDON to WORTHING,--_to_ =Tooting=, _page_ 45; thence to =Worthing=,
  _pages_ 61 _to_ 67.

  LONDON to SOUTHAMPTON, by =Basingstoke=,--_pages_ 69 _to_ 79.

  LONDON to SOUTHAMPTON, through =Farnham=,--to the _Golden Farmer_,
  _pages_ 69 _to_ 72; thence to =Winchester=, _pages_ 80 _to_ 84; thence
  to =Southampton=, _pages_ 78 _and_ 79.

  LONDON to POOLE, through =Romsey=,--_pages_ 69 _to_ 77, to
  =Winchester=; thence to =Poole=, _pages_ 85 _to_ 90.

  LONDON to POOLE, by =Southampton=, (_to_ =Southampton= _as
  above_)--thence to the 82nd _Milestone_, _page_ 91; thence to =Poole=,
  _page_ 87 _to_ 90.

  LONDON to LYMINGTON, (_to_ =Southampton= _as above_)--thence to
  =Totton=, _page_ 91; thence to =Lymington=, _pages_ 92 _and_ 93.

  LONDON to CHRISTCHURCH,--_to_ =Winchester=, _pages_ 69 _to_ 77; thence
  to =Ringwood=, _pages_ 85 _to_ 88; thence to =Christchurch=, _page_
  94.

  LONDON to GOSPORT,--_pages_ 69 _to_ 72, to the _Golden Farmer_; thence
  to =Alton=, _pages_ 80 _to_ 82; thence to =Gosport=, _pages_ 95 _to_
  98.

  LONDON to EXETER, through =Andover=, =Salisbury=, =Blandford=, and
  =Dorchester=,--_to_ =Basingstoke=, _pages_ 69 _to_ 75; thence to
  =Exeter=, _pages_ 99 _to_ 116.

  LONDON to PLYMOUTH and FALMOUTH, (_to_ =Exeter= _as above_)--thence to
  =Plymouth=, _pages_ 117 _to_ 122; thence to =Falmouth=, _pages_ 123
  _to_ 130.

  LONDON to EXETER, through =Stockbridge=, =Salisbury=, and
  =Shaftesbury=,--_to_ =Basingstoke=, _pages_ 69 _to_ 75; thence to
  =Axminster=, _pages_ 131 _to_ 144; thence to =Exeter=, _pages_ 113
  _to_ 116.

  LONDON to FALMOUTH, through =Launceston=, (_to_ =Exeter= _as
  above_)--thence to =Truro=, _pages_ 147 _to_ 158; thence to
  =Falmouth=, _pages_ 129 _and_ 130.

  LONDON to EXETER, through =Andover=, commonly called the New
  Road,--_to_ =Basingstoke=, _pages_ 69 _to_ 75; thence to =Andover=,
  _pages_ 99 _to_ 101; thence to =Honiton=, _pages_ 159 _to_ 170; thence
  to =Exeter=, _pages_ 114 _to_ 116.

  LONDON to WEYMOUTH,--_to_ =Basingstoke=, _pages_ 69 _to_ 75; thence to
  =Dorchester=, _pages_ 99 _to_ 109; thence to =Weymouth=, _page_ 171.

  LONDON to BRUTON,--_to_ =Basingstoke=, _pages_ 69 _to_ 75; thence to
  =Andover=, _pages_ 99 _to_ 101; thence to the 98th _Milestone_ on the
  Exeter Road, _pages_ 159 _to_ 163; thence to =Bruton=, _pages_ 172
  _and_ 173.

  LONDON to BATH and EXETER, by =Calne= and =Chippenham=,--_to_
  =Hounslow=, _pages_ 69 _and_ 70; thence to =Bath= and =Exeter=,
  _pages_ 174 _to_ 197.

  LONDON to BATH and BRISTOL, by =Devizes=,--_to_ =Hounslow=, _pages_ 69
  _and_ 70; thence to _Beckhampton Inn_, _pages_ 174 _to_ 184; thence to
  =Bath= and =Bristol=, _pages_ 198 _to_ 203.

  BATH to BRIGHTON, through =Warminster=, =Salisbury=, and
  =Romsey=,--_pages_ 204 _to_ 219.

  BATH to BRIGHTON, through =Salisbury= and =Southampton=,--_pages_ 204
  _to_ 211, to =Romsey=; thence through =Southampton= to =Cosham=,
  _pages_ 220 _to_ 223; thence to =Brighton=, _pages_ 214 _to_ 219.

       *       *       *       *       *

_For the finding of any Place not contained in this Table see =General
Index= at the end._


[Illustration: 1 2

_Published by E. Mogg June 1^{st}. 1814._

_=London to Dover=_

measured from London Bridge.]

[Illustration: 3 4

_Published by E. Mogg June 1^{st}. 1814._

_=London to Dover=_

measured from London Bridge]

[Illustration: 5 6

_Published by E. Mogg June 1^{st} 1814._

_=London to Dover=_

measured from London Bridge]

[Illustration: 7 8

_Published by E. Mogg June 1^{st} 1814._

_=London to Dover=_

measured from London Bridge]

[Illustration: 9 10

_=London to Dover=_

measured from London Bridge]

[Illustration: 11 12

{N.B. _For the continuation of the Road from_ Canterbury _to_ London
_see Page 8_.}

_=London to Margate=_

measured from London Bridge]

[Illustration: 13 14

{N.B. _For the continuation of this Road to_ London _see Page 12_.}

London to Ramsgate

London to Tunbridge Wells

measured from London Bridge]

[Illustration: 15 16

_=London to Hastings=_

measured from London Bridge]

[Illustration: 17 18

_=London to Hastings=_

measured from London Bridge]

[Illustration: 19 20

_=London to Hastings=_

measured from London Bridge]

[Illustration: 21 22

_=London to Hastings=_

measured from London Bridge]

[Illustration: 23 24

_=London to Portsmouth=_]

[Illustration: 25 26

_=London to Portsmouth=_]

[Illustration: 27 28

_=London to Portsmouth=_]

[Illustration: 29 30

_=London to Portsmouth=_]

[Illustration: 31 32

_=London to Portsmouth=_]

[Illustration: 33 34

{_For the continuation of this Road to_ London _see Page 27_.}

London to Chichester by Midhurst.]

[Illustration: 35 36

London to Chichester by Midhurst.]

[Illustration: 37 38

{_For the continuation of this Road to_ London _see Page 27_.}

London to Chichester by Petworth.]

[Illustration: 39 40

London to Chichester by Petworth.]

[Illustration: 41 42

{_For the continuation of this Road to_ London _see Page 40_.}

London to Bognor by Chichester and by Eartham.]

[Illustration: 43 44

{_For the continuation of this Road to_ London _see Page 38_.}

_=London to Arundel=_]

[Illustration: 45 46

_=London to Brighton=_

measured from Westminster Bridge]

[Illustration: 47 48

_=London to Brighton=_

measured from Westminster Bridge]

[Illustration: 49 50

_=London to Brighton=_

measured from Westminster Bridge]

[Illustration: 51 52

_=London to Brighton=_

measured from Westminster Bridge

measur’d from the Standard in Cornhill]

[Illustration: 53 54

_=London to Brighton=_

measured from the Standard in Cornhill]

[Illustration: 55 56

_For the continuation of this Road to_ London _see Pa. 53_.

_=London to Brighton=_

measured from the Standard in Cornhill.]

[Illustration: 57 58

_=London to Brighton=_

measured from the Standard in Cornhill.]

[Illustration: 59 60

_=London to Brighton=_

measured from the Standard in Cornhill.]

[Illustration: 61 62

_For the continuation of this Road to_ London, _see Pa. 45_.

_=London to Worthing=_

measured from Westminster Bridge]

[Illustration: 63 64

_=London to Worthing=_

measured from Westminster Bridge]

[Illustration: 65 66

_=London to Worthing=_

measured from Westminster Bridge.]

[Illustration: 67 68

_=London to Worthing=_

measured from Westminster Bridge.]

[Illustration: 69 70

_=London to Southampton=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner]

[Illustration: 71 72

_=London to Southampton=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner]

[Illustration: 73 74

_=London to Southampton=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner]

[Illustration: 75 76

_=London to Southampton=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner]

[Illustration: 77 78

_=London to Southampton=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner]

[Illustration: 79 80

{_For the continuation of this Road to London, see page 72_.}

_=London to Southampton=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner]

[Illustration: 81 82

_=London to Southampton=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner]

[Illustration: 83 84

_=London to Southampton=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner]

[Illustration: 85 86

{_For the continuation of this Road to_ London, _see pa. 77. or 84._}

_=London to Poole=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner.]

[Illustration: 87 88

_=London to Poole=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner.]

[Illustration: 89 90

_=London to Poole=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner.]

[Illustration: 91 92

{_For the continuation of this Road to_ London, _see Pa. 79_.}

{_For the continuation of this Road to_ London, _see Pa. 91_.}

London to Poole, _contin^{d}._ Pa. 87.

London to Lymington.

measured from Hyde Park Corner.]

[Illustration: 93 94

London to Lymington.

{_For the continuation of this Road to_ London, _see Pa. 88_.}

Ringwood to Christchurch.

measured from Hyde Park Corner.]

[Illustration: 95 96

_For the continuation of this Road to_ London, _see pa. 82_.

_=London to Gosport=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner]

[Illustration: 97 98

_=London to Gosport=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner]

[Illustration: 99 100

_For the continuation of this Road to_ London, _see pa. 75_.

_=London to Exeter=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner.]

[Illustration: 101 102

_=London to Exeter=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner.]

[Illustration: 103 104

_=London to Exeter=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner.]

[Illustration: 105 106

_=London to Exeter=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner.]

[Illustration: 107 108

_=London to Exeter=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner.]

[Illustration: 109 110

_=London to Exeter=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner.]

[Illustration: 111 112

_=London to Exeter=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner.]

[Illustration: 113 114

_=London to Exeter=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner.]

[Illustration: 115 116

_=London to Exeter=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner.]

[Illustration: 117 118

_=London to Plymouth=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner.]

[Illustration: 119 120

_=London to Plymouth=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner.]

[Illustration: 121 122

_=London to Plymouth=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner.]

[Illustration: 123 124

_=London to Falmouth=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner.]

[Illustration: 125 126

_=London to Falmouth=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner]

[Illustration: 127 128

_=London to Falmouth=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner]

[Illustration: 129 130

_=London to Falmouth=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner]

[Illustration: 131 132

_For the continuation of this Road to_ London _see pa. 75_.

_=London to Exeter=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner.]

[Illustration: 133 134

_=London to Exeter=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner.]

[Illustration: 135 136

_=London to Exeter=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner.]

[Illustration: 137 138

_=London to Exeter=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner.]

[Illustration: 139 140

_=London to Exeter=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner]

[Illustration: 141 142

_=London to Exeter=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner]

[Illustration: 143 144

_=London to Exeter=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner]

[Illustration: 145 146

_=London to Exeter=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner]

[Illustration: 147 148

_For the continuation of this Road to_ London _see Pa. 116_.

_=London to Falmouth=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner.]

[Illustration: 149 150

_=London to Falmouth=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner.]

[Illustration: 151 152

_=London to Falmouth=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner.]

[Illustration: 153 154

_=London to Falmouth=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner.]

[Illustration: 155 156

_=London to Falmouth=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner]

[Illustration: 157 158

_=London to Falmouth=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner]

[Illustration: 159 160

_For the continuation of this Road to_ London _see Pa. 101_.

_=London to Exeter=_

measured from Hyde park Corner]

[Illustration: 161 162

_=London to Exeter=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner]

[Illustration: 163

_=London to Exeter=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner]

[Illustration: 164 165

_=London to Exeter=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner]

[Illustration: 166 167

_=London to Exeter=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner]

[Illustration: 168 169

_=London to Exeter=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner]

[Illustration: 170 171

_=London to Exeter=_

_=London to Weymouth=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner]

[Illustration: 172 173

_For the continuation of this Road to_ London _see Pa. 163_.

_=London to Bruton=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner]

[Illustration: 174 175

_For the continuation of this Road to_ London _see Pa. 70_.

_=London to Bath=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner]

[Illustration: 176 177

_=London to Bath=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner]

[Illustration: 178 179

_=London to Bath=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner]

[Illustration: 180 181

_=London to Bath=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner]

[Illustration: 182 183

_=London to Bath=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner]

[Illustration: 184 185

_=London to Bath=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner]

[Illustration: 186 187

_=London to Bath and Exeter=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner]

[Illustration: 188 189

_=London to Exeter=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner]

[Illustration: 190 191

_=London to Exeter=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner]

[Illustration: 192 193

_=London to Exeter=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner]

[Illustration: 194 195

_=London to Exeter=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner]

[Illustration: 196 197

_=London to Exeter=_

measured from Hyde Park Corner]

[Illustration: 198 199

_For the continuation of this Road to_ London _see Pa. 184_.

_=London to Bath