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The Grand Roads of England,

Shewing All the Towns you Pass thorough and in what Shire they are in with the Reputed distance between Town & Town in Figures with a Mark for the Post-towns and Market-towns and what Day of the Week the market is.

[BERRY, William]
[London,
1679].
Engraved map.
515 by 440mm. (20.25 by 17.25 inches).
16361

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notes:

notes:

William Berry's striking diagrammatic map depicting the roads in England and Wales radiating outward from London, which is represented in a small roundel. The distances between towns and villages are indicated within the double lines of the roads based on Ogilby's surveys completed a few years prior. Market towns include a notation of the day of the week that the markets are held – for example Plymouth's markets were held on Mondays and Thursdays while Exeter held markets ...

bibliography:

bibliography:

Shirley, Berry 1 (variant).

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