The traveller's pocket-book [electronic resource] : 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, shewing 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 Noblemens and Gentlemens 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.
1775
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The traveller's pocket-book [electronic resource] : 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, shewing 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 Noblemens and Gentlemens 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.
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The seventeenth edition, corrected. With great improvements and additions, particularly of cross roads and gentlemens seats. By Mr Potter, ..
Publication Details
London : printed for Brotherton and Sewell, J. Buckland, C. Bowles, J. Rivington, S. Crowder, E. Stevens, B. Law, C. Corbet, T. Caslon, R. Horsfield, J. Almon, R. Baldwin, and W. Domville, MDCCLXXV. [1775]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
Description
vi,34,191,[1]p.,plate : map ; 16⁰.
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An abridgment, largely reworked, of Ogilby's 'Britannia', first published in 1776 as 'Mr. Ogilby's Tables', then as 'Mr. Ogilby's Pocket book of roads', then as 'Ogilby's and Morgan's Pocket book of the roads, then as 'The traveller's pocket-book'.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, T134014.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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