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A History of the County of Sussex
… of the rape, having an area of 13,331 acres. The main road from Brighton to London runs up the western border of … the east. Three Bridges station is on this line, where a road comes east from Crawley, and is a junction for lines to … line to East Grinstead the stations of Rowfant and Grange Road are also in Worth parish. Woolborough Farm is in the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… and the eastern boundary runs along the line of the Roman road 1 from Winchester to Silchester, part of which, under … the edge of Wootton Copse. Worting village is on the road from Andover to Basingstoke, not far from the point at … and South Western Railway crosses both this and the Roman road. The great lime tree by the railway arch was planted in …
A History of the County of Surrey
… and Reading branch of the South Eastern Railway and the road from Dorking to Guildford pass through the north of it. … near London. The traveller, on foot or horseback (the road is not one for wheels), passing from the chalk country … northern side. Leaving Wotton House on the right a bridle road leads through a forest of beeches alongside a succession …
A History of the County of Bedford
… a block of four cottages in the village fronting the main road, let to four tenants and producing 22 a year, and 17 …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… the sand hills at the southern extremity of it; the high road from London through Farningham to Maidstone leads … suited to the income of it, and on the opposite side the road stands the church, and the small remains of the … account of which will be given hereafter. Hence the road divides, that to the right leads to Yaldham and Ightham, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… meet the ridge way west of it. 3 A more or less straight road formerly running from Swindon up to Smeathe's ridge and … boundary also follows the straight course of an ancient road leading to the downs and known in the 14th century as … way. 4 After c. 4 km., however, the boundary leaves that road to take an irregular course which has the effect of …
A History of the County of Warwick
… of Warwick and 14 miles south of Birmingham, the road between those towns running north to near the centre of … reached, and then bending to the north-west. At the bend a road leads north-east past Manor Farm, a typical … then turns east to Honiley. Just beyond the start of this road a small road branches off north and then west to Nunley …
A History of the County of Oxford
… not yet been possible to prove the existence of a Roman road, but there are slight traces of a Roman settlement. 4 The main road from Stratford-on-Avon to Banbury bisects the parish … suggest that there was considerable local traffic on this road. In the mid 18th century, when it was proposed to …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… the property of the Kempes, to Mr. Sawbridge. The high road from Canterbury to Ashford leads along this parish, … situated in the hamlet of Bilting, which lies on the high road from Canter bury to Ashford, partly in this parish, and … a mile and an half south-west from Bilting, on the Ashford road. It was so named from the family of Aldon, possessors of …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… boundary. The village is on the Scarborough and Malton road, which skirts the north of the park, and is connected by …