High Roads of England and Wales

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	map type:- Mogg 1814
	Road strip maps, High Roads of England and Wales, advertised with sections in Westmorland, Cumberland, etc, scales about 1 inch to 1 mile, probably published by Edward Mogg, London, 1814; published 1814 to 1833. Part 1 included the very south of England; it is thought that the survey never reached the north. Published with a title page 'A SURVEY OF The High Roads of England and Wales Planned on a Scale one Inch to a Mile. Including the Seats of the Nobility and Gentry and every object worthy of remark, whether situated on or contiguous to the Road. BY EDWARD MOGG, Vol.1. LONDON Published Septr. 1st. 1816 by Edward Mogg, No.51 Charing Cross.'. Published with a title page '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.'. Published in another edition 'A SURVEY OF the High Roads of England and Wales. Planned on a Scale of one Inch to a Mile, Including the Seats of the Nobility and Gentry and every object worthy of remark, whether situated on, or contiguous to the Road. BY EDWARD MOGG ... LONDON Published Jany. 2nd. 1822 by Edward Mogg, No.51, Charing Cross.' The strip maps are printed on one side only, each map has two page numbers for left and right parts of the sheet. The 1808 book had 56 maps; this road book, 1814, has 162; 1816 has 223; further editions in 1817, 1822, 1828, 1833. Different editions had alterations to the names of gentlemen's seats.
	sources:-	HMCMS Map Collection Webb 2000 Fordham 1924

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