The traveller's pocket-book; or, Ogilby and Morgan's book of the roads, improved and amended, in a method never before attempted. Containing, I. An alphabetical list of all the cities, Towns, and remarkable Villages, showing in what Road they are situated. II. The Distances in measured Miles from London to all the Cities, Towns, and remarkable Villages, in England and Wales, according to the new erected Mile Stones: And an Account of such Noblemen's and Gentlemen's Seats as lie near the Road Side. III. The Cross Roads in England and Wales. IV. A new whole Sheet Map of the Roads in England and Wales, as also those in Scotland, fitted to bind with the Book. V. The High Roads in Scotland, measured from Edinburgh, with the principal Cross Roads, in English Miles. VI. The Circuits of the Judges. Vii. The Post Master-General's Account of the Nights that Post-Letters are dispatched to the several trading Towns. Viii. A list of the fairs in England and Wales, regulated according to the New Stile.

  • Ogilby, John, 1600-1676.
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1788
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London : printed for J. Buckland, J. F. and C. Rivington, B. Law, C. Bowles, J. Johnson, S. Bladon, E. Newbery, J. Sewell, W. Domville, J. Bew, J. Debrett, W. Lowndes, G. and T. Wilkie, and R. Baldwin, 1788.

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[7], iv-xlviii, 180 p., plate : map ; 160.

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The twenty-third edition, corrected, and considerably improved.

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ESTC T134017
Roscoe, A392 (3)

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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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