ROADS

(A. Young, Northern Tour, Letter XLIII, p. 573)

[A few examples]

Turnpike:	To Stevenage	Good
	To Wooburn	Good
Bad:	To Newport Pagnell	Middling
	To Bedford	A vile narrow cut up lane
	To Castle Howard	Infamous. I was near being swallowed up in a slough
	To Darlington	is the great north road and execrably broke into holes, like an old pavement, sufficient to dislocate one’s bones
	To Wigan	rutts which I actually measured four feet deep and floating with mud only from a wet summer.... I actually passed three carts broken down in these eighteen miles
	To Newcastle	I was forced to employ two men at one place to support my chaise from overthrowing in turning out for a cart of goods overthrown and almost buried
Good:	To Choleford Bridge	Excellent. Much indebted is the country to Sir Walter Blacket for the many good roads which lead every way round him
	To Kirkleatham	Crossroad. This road is a rare instance of the public spirit of the gentlemen of Cleveland.... They are doing it by subscription