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First Reading

michael f vincent  •  Link

Maps by thomas gardner 1719
London, Waltham, Hoddesdon, Ware, Royston, Huntingdon
http://www.antiquemaps.com/uk/roa…

see the milestones to follow:

http://www.milestonesonline.co.uk…

see london to cambridge markers

for more info how miles were measured see john olilby at
http://www.biffvernon.freeserve.c…

how far was it london to huntinton 56 miles

from this url i got milage http://www.londonancestor.com/sto…

From London to Berwick 339 Miles, thus reckoned.
To Waltham 12, to Ware 9, to Royston 16, to Huntington 19, to Stilton 12, to Stamford 13, to Grantham 21, to Newark 14, to Tuxford 12, to Doncaster 24, to Wentbridge 10, to Tadcaster 17, to York 9, to Topcliff 23, to Norlhallerton? 13, to Darlington 14, to Durham 19, to Newcastle 14, to Morpeth 14, to Alnwick 19, to Belford 13, to Berwick 15, a Town in Northumberland, but 'tis not so eminent for Antiquity, as for being a Place of great Strength, having the Sea on the E. and S.E. and the River Tweed on the S.W. encompassed with a Wall, and fortified with a strong Castle; 'tis large, populous, and well built, on the N. side of the River Tweed, towards Scotland.

Grahamt  •  Link

The London to Berwick (pronounced Berrick) road is approximately what is now known as the A1 and was The Great North Road. See http://www.biffvernon.freeserve.c… for more information. It passes well to the west of Cambridge.
The road Pepys took to Hinchinbroke and Cambridge is:
"From London to Lynn 98 Miles, thus reckoned.
To Enfield Wash 10, to Hoddesdon 7, to Ware 4, to Puckeridge 6, to Barkway 8, to Fowlmere 7, to Cambridge 9, ...(chop)... to Lynn 5, an antient, large and well built Town in Norfolk, containing 3 Parish Churches; encompassed with a Wall and deep Trench; and otherwise called Lyn Regis, also Bishops Lyn, and Llyn by the Welsh, signifying a Lake, seated near the Mouth of Owse River. "
From http://www.londonancestor.com/sto…
Lynn is now known as Kings Lynn (Lyn Regis translated) and is a seaside resort.

Paul Miller  •  Link

John Speed
1552?-1629, English historian and cartographer. He abandoned his trade as a tailor to engage in mapmaking. Many of his maps of parts of England and Wales were published in The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain (1611). His major work, The History of Great Britain, and his Genealogies Recorded in Sacred Scripture were published c.1611.

These links provide good pictures of Speed

Todd Bernhardt  •  Link

Cool site combines aerial photos and street maps!

Not all of us are lucky enough to be able to visit Sam's sites; I've found that this resource helps me visualize things a little better:

http://www.multimap.com/

The programmers there have figured out how to overlay a street map on aerial views of various places in the world, including (of course) London, Brampton, etc.

Go to the site above, and click the appropriate map to zoom in on it. Once you get to a certain scale (1:200,000 or below), you can click the Aerial link at the top of the map. This will give you the aerial view with the street-map overlay. Pretty neat-o, eh?

Terry F  •  Link

Per Paul Miller: maps of John Speed 1552?-1629
English historian and cartographer. He abandoned his trade as a tailor to engage in mapmaking. Many of his maps of parts of England and Wales were published in The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain (1611). His major work, The History of Great Britain, and his Genealogies Recorded in Sacred Scripture were published c.1611. A link that works.
http://faculty.oxy.edu/horowitz/h…

Second Reading

San Diego Sarah  •  Link

Robert Hooke's work led to the creation of a 'waywiser' - probably invented and first constructed by Hooke.
This device resulted in the production of the most accurate maps of England during the period. The ones we use today basically use the same ideas.

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.u…

Third Reading

San Diego Sarah  •  Link

Map making and surveying were important and rare skills in the 17th century.

The world’s first road atlas, 'The Britannia' was a sumptuous collection of English and Welsh road maps, created by an ageing Scottish former-dancing-master-turned-secret agent, was published in 1675.

John Ogilby was cosmographer to Charles II, and 'The Britannia' featured a series of maps of routes depicted in a distinctive vertical scroll format by engraver Wenceslaus Hollar.

Ogilby made use of a standardized scale* to increase the usefulness of his maps. He also eliminated all but key details of the routes depicted, including, for example, bridges, rivers, ‘A Great Mountaine’, ferries, heath, ‘arrable’ and the most prominent buildings in a vicinity, among them churches and the seats of local gentry.

Pepys and annotators have told us of many people getting lost in what should have been quite well-travelled locations, so Ogilby's maps were much needed.

I have heard of soldiers in the Civil Wars using leather strips with highlights written/embossed on them as maps. Couriers must have needed something easy to hold and read as they took correspondence around on hoseback -- frequently in the rain, so paper and ink would be useless -- even if the armies involved had scouts and locals to guide them.

For a picture of Ogilby's maps, and a general history of map making, with lots of references to John Stow, see
https://www.countrylife.co.uk/lux…

* He had to make Parliament decide how long a mile was for starters.

Why did Charles II want to know about roads in Wales in 1675? For that story -- well worth your time! -- see:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C…

Extra tidbit: David Attenborough used Capt. Cook's maps of the coast of New South Wales while he was documenting the Great Barrier Reef.

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