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. 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. II. The cross-roads in England and Wales. III. An alphabetical list of all the cities, towns, and remarkable villages, shewing in what road they are situated. IV. A whole sheet map of the roads in England and Wales, fitted to bind with the book. V. The post-master-genera's account of the nights that post-letters are dispatched to the several trading towns; and the expence of sending a letter or packet by express to any part of the Kingdom. VI. A list of the fairs in England and Wales, regulated according to the new style

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  • 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. 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. II. The cross-roads in England and Wales. III. An alphabetical list of all the cities, towns, and remarkable villages, shewing in what road they are situated. IV. A whole sheet map of the roads in England and Wales, fitted to bind with the book. V. The post-master-genera's account of the nights that post-letters are dispatched to the several trading towns; and the expence of sending a letter or packet by express to any part of the Kingdom. VI. A list of the fairs in England and Wales, regulated according to the new style
  • Pocket book of the roads
  • Ogilby and Morgan's Book of the roads; Book of the roads
People / Organizations
Imprint
London : printed for W. Meadows, T. Astley, J. Rivington and J. Fletcher, J. Buckland, J. Brotherton, R. Baldwin, S. Crowder, M. Cooper, and C. Ware, [1760?]
Added name
Morgan, William, -1690, author.; Meadows, William, -1760, bookseller.; Astley, Thomas, -1759, bookseller.; Buckland, James, 1710 or 1711-1790, bookseller.; Brotherton, John, active 1716-1753, bookseller.; Baldwin, Richard, 1724-1770, bookseller.; Crowder, Stanley, -1798, bookseller.; Cooper, Mary, -1761, bookseller.; Ware, C. (Catherine), bookseller. ; Rivington and Fletcher (London, England), bookseller.
Publication year
1760
ESTC No.
T133997
Grub Street ID
182696
Description
vii, [1], 192 columns, 193-286 p., [1] leaf of plates : map ; 16°.
Note
An abridgment, largely reworked, of Ogilby's 'Britannia', first published in 1676 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'

Price from imprint: price 1 s. 6 d. bound

Signatures: A]4] B]8(-B8) C-N]8.
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Map called for on T/p