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. etc.

A practical early nineteenth-century road guide that lays out routes across the southern counties, presenting one-inch-to-a-mile plans, sequential route tables, and topographic and descriptive indexes. It records measured distances from London and between milestones, notes turnpike gates, rivers, canals, and emerging railway lines, and describes notable country seats, inns, and road improvements. Organized for easy reference, the work aims to give travelers a near bird’s-eye view of main and branch roads, assist journey planning and recollection, and document alterations and conveniences introduced to facilitate travel.