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Preface, 6 unnumbered pages:-
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ADVERTISEMENT.
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accuracy
authority
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AS Accuracy must be considered the grand Object with Books
which are published as a Guide to Travellers, the Proprietor
of this Work thinks it incumbent upon him to state the
Authorities under which this Itinerary was first published.
It might, perhaps, be sufficient to say, that it was brought
forward under the Sanction of His Majesty's Postmaster
General; but he cannot avail himself of such an
Indulgence without noticing the Circumstance which procured
him that very honourable Patronage.
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surveying
mail coach routes
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Having had it in Command from the Postmaster General
to make a Survey, under the Direction of Mr. Hasker,
Surveyor and Superintendant of the Mail Coaches, of the
whole of the Mail Coach Routs, and other principal
Roads, throughout the Kingdom, for official Purposes,
amounting in Admeasurement to upwards of Nine Thousand
Miles, the Accuracy of which (as required by an Act
of Queen Anne, for all Roads measured on Account of the
GENERAL POST OFFICE) being attested on the Oaths of the
several Surveyors employed, it was deemed to be a Work of
such Utility to the Public, that it ought not to be
withheld; as, from the Precision with which it was executed,
much Benefit might accrue to the Traveller; and as the
Distances on those Roads were planned from one stationary
Object to another, it would enable him to determine, beyond
Dispute, the exact Length of his Stages.
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seats
inns
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Extensive as this Survey might be deemed, yet it is not
considered to embrace the whole of those Roads to which the
Traveller might wish occasionally to refer; therefore the
Proprietor has, with great Industry and Care, selected from
the County Surveys such other Roads as appeared to him
essential, the Distances on which, although not regulated by
his own Survey, and, of course, not calculated from one
stationary Mark to another, yet he has every Reason to
believe are faithful, as the Manuscript Copy, previous to
printing, was regularly sent to the Postmasters of all the
principal Towns in the Kingdom for Inspection, and to report
Errors where any might occur; by which Means the Proprietor
was also enabled to authenticate the numerous Seats and
Residences which are inserted in this Work. Through the same
Channel he also received a List of such Inns as supply Post
Horses and Carriages, which are added at the End of each
Route, and a Variety of other useful Particulars.
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preface, 2nd edn
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SECOND EDITION.
The very extensive and rapid Sale which the first Impression
has obtained, cannot but be highly flattering to its Author,
who, in offering this Second Edition, with peculiar Pleasure
avails himself of the Opportunity which it affords him, of
returning to his Friends, and the Public in general, his
most sincere Thanks for their liberal Patronage.
Anxiously solicitous of preserving that Confidence with
which he has been honoured, he has, in this NEW EDITION,
carefully attended to every Circumstance connected with the
Work, which he conceived might have any Tendency to render
it more useful to the Traveller. With this View the
following Alterations and Additions have been
introduced.
To an Actual Survey of Nine Thousand Miles, made by Order of
the Right Hon. the Postmaster General, and which is
described in the first Edition, is now added an Actual
Admeasurement of One Thousand more.
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direct roads
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DIRECT ROADS.
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distances
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That the Distances might correspond as nearly as possible
with the Milestones on these Roads, they are reckoned from
the customary Standards.
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return route
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At the Conclusion of each Route, where the Length is such as
to render it useful, a Return Route is added,
exhibiting, at one View, the immediate Distance from Stage
to Stage, with the Trouble of subtracting; to which Method
of Calculation the Traveller would otherwise find it
necessary to resort. The Reckoning on this Back Route is
also continued to the General Post Office, for the
purpose of preserving the Plan of the First Edition to those
who may consider it essential.
Example.- Page 1.
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towns
post offices
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In Addition to the Market Towns, as before described
on each Road, all those Places which have Post
Offices for the Receipt and Delivery of Letters, are
also, for the Accommodation of the Traveller, distinguished
by a characteristic Mark.
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Likewise is added a full and complete Index,
containing a Reference to every Place, however small, which
is passed through on these Roads; preceded by a General
Map, on which are delineated the whole of the Roads that
are described throughout the Work, particularly
distinguishing the Mail from others, and the
Direct from the Cross Roads. In laying down
this Map, particular Attention has been paid to render it
useful; and although on a small Scale(as being best
adapted for folding), it is hoped it will fully answer
the Purpose intended.
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cross roads
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CROSS ROADS.
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road map
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To these, a NEW MAP is added, for the express
Purpose of exhibiting the whole of them SEPARATE,
and UNCONNECTED with the Direct Roads.
The MAP is so delineated as to show the several Routes
distinct from each other: it also possesses the Advantage
of an Index; each Road, as far as it extends as a Route,
being varied in Design, and the Number of the Page added, so
as to afford an immediate Reference to that Part of the Work
where the Route is given.
The Roads described on the Cross Roads Map are likewise
delineated on the General Map which precedes the Work,
thereby exhibiting their Connexion with the Direct Roads,
and affording the Traveller the Means of extending his
Journey at Pleasure.
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SEATS.
The whole of these have been carefully revised; and the
Author has to acknowledge the Liberality of the Right Hon.
the Postmaster General in permitting him to carry on a
Correspondence on this Subject with all the Postmasters
throughout the Kingdom; which has enabled him to correct
many Errors in the former Edition, and to add to his List
many Gentlemen's Seats in the present.
His Acknowledgements are also due to many Individuals for
their valuable Communications; and he earnestly entreats
those who may do him the Honour of making this Book their
travelling Companion, that they will have the Goodness
to transmit any additional Information for the Improvement
of this Work; and their Communications shall be carefully
attended to and gratefully acknowledged.- A full and
complete Index to the Seats is given at the End of the Work,
with particular Reference to the Page where they are
noticed.
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surveyors
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Surveyors employed in measuring the Roads described in
this Work.
GEORGE GRETTON, Liverpool.
RICHARD WOLLAMS, Shirleywich.
JOHN BURTON, Lancaster.
JOSEPH SINGER, Littletown, Devon.
L. HERBERT, Strand.
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distances
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The Measurements, which are taken in Miles and Furlongs, are
arranged in Columns; the first and second giving the
Distance fro one City, Town, or Village, to the next; the
third and fourth, the Number of Miles from the Commencement
of the Road.
Example.- Page 2.
Thus, the Distance is given for Shooter's Hill in the third
and fourth Columns, eight Miles three Furlongs; and in the
Continuation of the Road to Dartford you find the
Measurement to that Place from London to be fifteen Miles.
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tracing a road
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General Directions for tracing the Roads.
Suppose you want the Road from London to York - look for the
Name of that Place in the Index to the Direct Roads from
London, and the Figure opposite to it refers to the Page
in which is that Part of the Road containing York, though
the Description of the Road in which it is situated (being
that from London to Edinburgh and Aberdeen) begins in Page
361, and ends in Page 372.
In describing the lesser Roads branching from the greater,
the last remarkable Place on the great Road, or the Spot
where the lesser turns off, is first given, with a Reference
to the Place in which you will find the Road so far as to
that Place; and afterwards the Branch is continued: as, for
Instance, to find the Road from London to Weymouth, the
Index refers you for Weymouth to Page 74, where you find it
in the following form, viz.
By which it appears you are referred to Page 41 for this
Road as far as Dorchester (the last remarkable Place on the
great Road);
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and the Remainder of the Road to Weymouth is given after the
above form in Page 74, as directed by the Index. These
References are made use of in order to prevent the
numberless Repetitions, which would otherwise unavoidably
occur, and thereby swell the Book to an inconvenient Size.
The Index to the Cross Roads, it is conceived, is so copious
and explicit, as to require no farther Explanation than what
is given at the Beginning of it.
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price
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The Proprietor of this Work, desirous of selling it at as
low a Rate as possible, cannot but regret the Necessity of
making the smallest Advance in its Price; but when he
states, that, since the Publication of his First Edition,
Paper of the same Quality has become full 50 per Cent.
dearer, that the Printing has cost him nearly in the same
Proportion, that he has added fifty-six Columns of Roads to
this, more than the former contained; and that he has also
greatly enlarged the Work by giving two additional Lines to
the Length of its Pages; besides an entire New Map,
for the Purpose of describing more minutely the Cross
Roads; he presumes he shall not be considered
unreasonable in adding Sixpence more to his Charge.
It may here be necessary to observe, that the First Edition
was published with two different Indexes to the
Direct Roads, upon which the Price of the Book was varied -
with the General Index it was sold at Six Shillings in
Boards; with the full or particular Index, which
contained every Place described on the Direct Roads, it was
sold at Seven Shillings; and from the universal Preference
which the latter obtained, it has been adopted wholly in
this Second Edition, the Price of which, for the Reasons
above stated, is now charged at Seven Shillings and Sixpence
in Boards.
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errors
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Having before observed ow much he should feel himself
obliged to those Travellers who would do him the Favour to
communicate any Error which they may occasionally detect in
this Work, it may appear intrusive again to solicit their
Attention; but he hopes his Anxiety will be excused, in
Consideration of the Advantage which the Public must feel,
in having a Work of this Nature correct in all its Parts,
and that to make it so exceeds the Possibility of individual
Exertion -- In the Performance of this Task, he has used his
utmost Endeavours to make his Book complete, and flatters
himself, that in the Delineation of the Roads, few Errors
will be found; but it scarcely needs Remark, that in giving
the numerous Seats which this Work describes, some Mistakes
must occur, to rectify which, he takes the liberty of
observing, that nothing can so effectually contribute, as
the Information of the intelligent Traveller, whose
Assistance he most particularly requests; as also that of
Gentlemen of local Information, to whom he would consider
himself highly indebted for their Communication, to which
the utmost Attention will be paid.
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At the foot of the first preface page is:-
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colophon
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S. GOSNELL, Printer
Little Queen Street, Holborn.
There is one further page in the prelims, about
plagiarism and copyright, which leads the reader to an
appendix. It states:-
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copyright
plagiarism
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TO THE PUBLIC.
It having been unwarrantably asserted, and without any
Regard to Truth, in the Twelfth Edition of Paterson's
Roads (now supposed), that my former Edition (I
transcribe the Words themselves) "is made up almost
entirely from Paterson, and the Plagiarism is so manifest,
that in the Cross Roads, which form nearly Half the Book,
the Piracy may be traced Page after Page, and with even its
Errors uncorrected: Gentlemen who are in Possession of the
New Itinerary, and the late Editions of Paterson, may be
convinced of this by a Comparison:" - It becomes a Duty on
my Part to undeceive the abused Public; to which End I have
subjoined a short Extract of the Trial, and a Motion since
made by my Opponents for a new one ☆. It will there be
seen on what feeble Grounds I was held up as the Pirator of
another Work, and on what strong Grounds the Copy-right of
my New Itinerary was fully and completely established by the
Verdict of a Special Jury; subsequently confirmed by the
solemn and unanimous Decision of the Court of King's Bench.
It is presumed that Candour itself, under the Influence of
such Authority, will not hesitate to recommend the
following Correction of the above erroneous Statement: viz.
"This Twelfth Edition of PATERSON is made up
almost entirely from CARY'S NEW ITINERARY; and the
Plagiarism is so manifest, that in the Cross Roads, as well
as the Direct, the Piracy may be traced Page after Page, and
those Gentlemen who are in possession of Cary's Itinerary
and Paterson's Twelfth Edition may be convinced of
this by a Comparison'"
J. CARY.
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These will be found at the End of this Work.
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