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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and cultivation. The town, which is intersected by the roads from Newcastle to Ashbourn, and from Leek to Uttoxeter, …
Old and New London
… night, to serve as beacons for travellers on the northern roads to London; but the idea was never carried out. By the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 6082 inhabitants. The township lies on the new and old roads to Bury; is beautifully situated on rising ground; and … There are quarries of stone, which is chiefly used for the roads. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the … It lies on the Knutsford and Macclesfield road, and five roads meet in the village. The Birtles and Henbury brooks …