GENERAL AND TOPOGRAPHICAL INDEX TO THE DIRECT AND CROSS ROADS _CONTAINED IN THIS WORK_. COMPREHENDING ALL THE CITIES, BOROUGHS, MARKET TOWNS, VILLAGES, POST STAGES, AND OTHER REMARKABLE OBJECTS, WHETHER SITUATED ON, OR CONTIGUOUS TO, THE ROAD, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF EACH, TOGETHER WITH THE DISTANCE OF THE SAME FROM LONDON. _The first Column contains the_ =Distance from London=; _then follows the Name of the_ =Place= _and_ =County= _in which it is situate, the Figures of the Page where it will be found, and a Description of the same, together with the Number of Houses and Inhabitants_. In stating the distances, the fractional parts are dropt, where they do not amount to three quarters of a mile; where they do the quarter is added: thus Bromley, which in the rout (page 16) appears to be nine miles and three quarters from London, is given in the Index as ten: where the same place occurs more than once, the difference of distance is not noted, the first distance only being set down; but it may be instantly seen by turning to the page. N. B. In this Index the Cities are printed in Capitals, as BATH; the Boroughs and Market Towns in small Capitals, as =Dorchester=; and every other Place, or object in print, as Bagshot. Dist.|A. | 66|=Abbots Ann=, Hants, 101, a parish and market town, containing 85 |houses, and 457 inhabitants. | 71|Abbots Wood, Hants, 85. | 72|Abbots Wood Common, Hants, 86. | 68|Acol, Kent, 12. | 176|Adderwater, Devon, 147. | 203|Alder, Devon, 151. | |Alderbury, Wilts, 209. This village is pleasantly situated on a |healthy hill, in a good sporting country. In 1777 a fire here |destroyed 100 houses. It now contains 78 houses, and 430 |inhabitants. | 104|Alfred’s Tower, Wilts, 172, a monument erected to Alfred the |Great, who, in 878, fixed his standard against the Danish invaders |on this spot. (_See Index of Seats, Stourhead House_) | 135|Allington, Dorset, 111. A parish containing 63 houses, and 716 |inhabitants. | 174|Alphington, Devon, 117. A parish containing 98 houses, and 845 |inhabitants. | 57|=Alresford=, Hants, 83. A parish and market town. The name |signifies the Ford of Alre. The river on which it is situated now |called the Itching, rises at no great distance. The church, a very |neat structure, with a beautiful tower, was taken down and rebuilt |in 1753. The parsonage house is a handsome edifice, rebuilt by the |late Chancellor Hoadley. Here is a large pond, covering near 200 |acres of ground, which being well stocked with swans, and other |water fowl, presents a pleasing appearance. It contains about 196 |houses, and 1132 inhabitants; and has a market on Thursday. | 220|Alternan, Cornwall, 153. | 47|=Alton=, Hants, 82, 95. A market town and parish, situated on the |river Wey.