Alton (Hampshire)

Alton is a Hampshire market town near the upper Wey, between the approaches from Surrey and the chalk country to the west an...

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Alton is a Hampshire market town near the upper Wey, between the approaches from Surrey and the chalk country to the west and south, and the coaching roads of the eighteenth century passed straight through it. The road maps follow the route from Bagshot through Farnham and Alton towards Alresford, Southampton and Salisbury, published by Senex and Gardner in 1719, by Kitchin in 1767, by Bowles in 1782 and by Paterson in 1785 and 1803. Other strips by Gardner, Kitchin and Paterson take the roads from Oxford towards Chichester and from Farringdon towards Fareham, Gosport and Portsmouth.

Alton is a Hampshire market town near the upper Wey, between the approaches from Surrey and the chalk country to the west and south, and the coaching roads of the eighteenth century passed straight through it. The road maps follow the route from Bagshot through Farnham and Alton towards Alresford, Southampton and Salisbury, published by Senex and Gardner in 1719, by Kitchin in 1767, by Bowles in 1782 and by Paterson in 1785 and 1803. Other strips by Gardner, Kitchin and Paterson take the roads from Oxford towards Chichester and from Farringdon towards Fareham, Gosport and Portsmouth.

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