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map type:- Ogilby
1675
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Road maps, strip maps, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile,
including 4 plates with routes in Westmorland, Cumberland
etc, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
Plates with roads in Westmorland, Cumberland etc are:-
plate 38, the continuation of the 'Road from London to
Carlisle' includes from Garstang through Lancaster, Boulton,
and Carnforth, Lancashire; then Burton, Kendal, Shap,
Westmorland, and Penrith to Carlisle, Cumberland.
plate 96, the 'Road from Kendal to Cockermouth' includes
from Kendal through Stanley ie Staveley, Ambleside,
Westmorland; then Keswick to Cockermouth, Cumberland; AND
the 'Road from Egremond to Carlisle' from Egremond ie
Egremont through Cockermouth to Carlisle, Cumberland.
Plate 62, the road from 'Carlisle ... to Barwick ...'
includes from Carlisle; through Jedbrough ie Jedburgh,
Kelso, Scotland; to Barwick ie Berwick, Northumberland.
Plate 86, the 'Road from Tinmouth ... to Carlisle ...'
includes from Tinmouth ie Tynemouth, through Newcastle,
Corbridg, Hexham, and Haltwesell ie Haltwhistle,
Northumberland; then via Corbey to Carlisle, Cumberland.
There is also a general map of England and Wales.
Published in 'Britannia, Volume the First: or, an
Illustration of the Kingdom of England and Dominion of
Wales: By a Geographical and Historical Description of the
Principal Roads thereof. Actually Admeasured and Delineated
in a Century of Whole-sheet Copper Sculps. Accomodated With
the Ichnography of the several Cities and Capital Towns; and
Compleated By an Accurate Account of the more Remarkable
Passages of Antiquity, Together with a Novel Discourse on
the Present State. By John Ogilby Esq; His Majesty's
Cosmographer, and Master of His Majesty's Revels in the
Kingdom of Ireland. London, Printed by the Author at his
House in White-Fryers. MDCLXXV.' 1675.
The first edition has a map of England showing the routes,
there is an illustrated title page, a dedication to Charles
II whose coat of arms is on each map, preface, list of post
roads etc; each route is described in text pages; the atlas
size is 11 x 17 ins; the maps are strip maps of roads at a
scale 1 inch to 1 mile, accurately measured.
Published in a ?second edition in 1675, with plate
numbers.
Published again in 1675 in 'Itinerarium Angliae: or, A
Book of Roads, Wherein are Contain'd The Principal Road Ways
of His Majesty's Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales:
Actuall Admeasured and Delineated in a Century of
Whole-sheet Copper Sculps, and Illustrated with the
Ichnography of the several Cities and Capital Towns. By John
Ogilby Esq ... London, Printed by the Author at his House in
White-Fryers. M.D.C.LXXV.'
The 3rd edition is a reprint without the text pages, with
different general text (see Chubb).
Published in a reprint 1698, 'Britannia: or, the Kingdom
of England and Dominion of Wales, actually survey'd with a
Geographical and Historical Description of the Principal
Roads ... By John Ogilby, Esq., Cosmographer to Charles the
Second. London: Printed for Abel Swall at the Unicorn in
Pater-noster-row, and Robert Morden, at the Atlas in
Cornhill, MDCXCVIII.' 1698.
The 1698 reprint has the original plates with reduced text.
There are series of closely derived versions of these maps
published in the early 18th century, by Gardner, Senex,
Bowen, etc
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(map example JandMN (21))
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map feature:-
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title cartouche & baroque cartouche (?) & compass
rose & up is destination & rivers & bridges
& relief & hillocks & parks & county &
settlements & roads & road distances & distances
from London
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inscription:-
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printed title cartouche, top centre
The continuation of the Road from / LONDON to CARLISLE
com~ Cumbr~ / By JOHN OGILBY Esqr. His Maties. Cosmographer
/ Containing 78 Mile 1 Furlong (vizt) / ...
table of distances
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scale:-
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1 to 63360 ? (nominal)
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wxh, sheet:-
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51x42cm
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wxh, plate:-
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429x345mm
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wxh, map:-
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415x329mm
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references:-
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Ogilby, John: 1675: Britannia & Illustration of the Kingdom
of England and Dominion of Wales: (London)
Ogilby, John: 1675: Itinerarium Angliae & Book of Roads:
(London)
Ogilby, John: 1698: Britannia: Abel Swall & Robert Morden
(London)
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sources:-
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Chubb 1927 (C)
JandMN Collection
David Webb Collection
Armitt Library
HMCMS Map Collection
Kendal Library Maps
Carlisle Library Maps
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items seen (illustrated items in bold, * have map segments etc):- |
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Armitt Library :
ALMC2008.14.103
-- strip map (pl.96) -- Road from Kendal to Cockermouth --
Road from Egremond to Carlisle
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Carlisle Library : Map 26
-- strip map (pl.86) -- Road from Tinmouth ... to Carlisle
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Carlisle Library : Map 29
-- strip map (pl.38) -- Road from London to Carlisle
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Carlisle Library : Map 254
-- strip map (pl.96) -- Road from Kendal to Cockermouth --
Road from Egremond to Carlisle
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Carlisle Library : Map 255
-- strip map (pl.96) -- Road from Kendal to Cockermouth --
Road from Egremond to Carlisle
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Carlisle Library : Map 335
-- strip map (pl.62) -- Road from Carlisle to Barwick
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Dove Cottage : 2007.38.18
-- strip map (pl.96) -- Road from Kendal to Cockermouth --
Road from Egremond to Carlisle
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Hampshire Museums : FA2002.77
-- print -- Britannia
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JandMN (21)
-- strip map (pl.38) -- Road from London to Carlisle *
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JandMN (22)
-- strip map (pl.96) -- Road from Kendal to Cockermouth --
Road from Egremond to Carlisle *
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JandMN (73)
-- strip map (pl.86) -- Road from Tinmouth ... to Carlisle *
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JandMN (83)
-- strip map (pl.62) -- Road from Carlisle to Barwick *
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JandMN (105)
-- map -- Ogilby in Cumbria
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Kendal Library : Map 90
-- strip map (pl.38) -- Road from London to Carlisle
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Kendal Library : Map 91
-- strip map (pl.38) -- Road from London to Carlisle
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Kendal Library : Map 117
-- strip map (pl.96) -- Road from Kendal to Cockermouth --
Road from Egremond to Carlisle
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Kendal Library : Map 118
-- strip map (pl.96) -- Road from Kendal to Cockermouth --
Road from Egremond to Carlisle
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private collection (4)
-- strip map (pl.38) -- Road from London to Carlisle
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private collection (5)
-- strip map (pl.96) -- Road from Kendal to Cockermouth --
Road from Egremond to Carlisle
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private collection (14)
-- road map -- New Map of the Kingdom of England and
Dominion of Wales -- England and Wales
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private collection (80)
-- road book -- Britannia
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