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Old and New London
… brick; its colour seemed to imitate the mud in the road, and as coach, or wagon, or mail-cart toiled or rattled … pavement, woe to your corns; if you sought to cross the road, you had to beware of the flying postmen or the … (says Pennant, writing in 1790), the remains of a Roman road were discovered, with numbers of coins, and several …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… Cambridge, is at the S. end of the parish near the Roman road from Arrington Bridge to Cambridge which probably ran to … ages on to the original or altered course of the Roman road can be inferred from the position and antiquity of Bird's Farm (Monument (9)); houses on or near the road now account for about half the village, which makes in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… A. and S.S. a(17). The Bank, house on the S. side of the road at Pooley Bridge 1 m. S.S.W. of the church, retains some …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… of the village through Hurtle Pool beside the Butleigh road and into the Brue. 8 The Cunleaze rhyne may be the old … from Butleigh, Baltonsborough, and the SomertonCastle Cary road. There are no through routes although a footpath … Blind Lane from Tootle Bridge to the SomertonCastle Cary road was important enough to be presented at the hundred …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… containing 219 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the road between Kettering and Higham-Ferrers, and comprises 1759 … of land left by Dorothy and Elizabeth Wright. A Roman road passed through the parish, and there are vestiges of a … the principal of them being New Basford, Carrington on the Mansfield road, Mapperley-place, and Sherwood. New Basford is …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… It is owned by the Duke of Newcastle, Dr. Brook of Mansfield, Mr. Wright, Banker of Nottingham, and others. …
A Dictionary of London
… Strete," 21 Ed. I. (Cal. Charter Rolls, II. 434). High Road called "Bassingeshawe," 7 Ed. I. 1280 (Cal. P.R. Ed. I. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and 45 (W. S. W.) from London, on the great western road; containing 4066 inhabitants. In the early part of the … This place is situated on the river Derwent, and on the road from Bakewell to Chesterfield. The inhabitants are … 30 inhabitants. The liberty is situated near the road from Leicester to Hinckley, about midway between the two …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Secular b(2) Batcombe Cross and Hand on the N. side of the road 1,430 yards E. of the church, is a monolithic crudely …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the Town of Stamford
… between the castle and the tail-race of King's Mill, this road takes its name from public baths which were first built …