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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… SHREWTON Shrewton 1 lies on Salisbury Plain 9 km. WNW. of Amesbury. The parish, which also contained the village or … the main road between London and Bridgwater (Som.), via Amesbury and Warminster, in 1675. 19 It was closed in Amesbury parish probably c. 1761, and soon after then a new …
A History of the County of Somerset
… In 1302 it was given to the king's daughter Mary, a nun at Amesbury (Wilts.), 'for the maintenance of her chamber'. 147 …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 1537, duke of Somerset 1547). Like the Earldom manor in Amesbury it was forfeited on Somerset's death and attainder … vi. 5056; xii (1), 5964; P.R.O., E 328/117; above, Amesbury, manors (Earldom). Wilts. Inq. p.m. 162549 (Index …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… road near the north-east boundary, was turnpiked between Amesbury and Mere in 1761 and disturnpiked in 1871. As part … a. of arable, and 131 a. of downland pasture. North of the Amesbury Mere road 81 a. of downland had been converted to …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… south-east corner of the parish. It was turnpiked between Amesbury and Willoughby Hedge in West Knoyle under an Act of … Little Langford and Boyton as a branch of the road from Amesbury to Willoughby Hedge. 13 That road has never been so …
A History of the County of Somerset
… king's order. 370 The mill was rebuilt by Abbot Michael of Amesbury (d. 1252) and during his time the abbey cook …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… from south-west to north-east. The road from Andover to Amesbury runs for about 2 miles along the southern border, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 1814 Tilshead lies on Salisbury Plain 13 km. WNW. of Amesbury at the head of the valley of the river Till. 1 Its … importance. The road from London to Bridgwater (Som.) via Amesbury and Warminster, a major route in the later 17th … between 200 and 300 a year. 238 Tilshead became part of Amesbury poor-law union in 1835, 239 and of Salisbury …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… some 9 miles from Devizes and Marlborough and 8 miles from Amesbury. 1 The parish is shaped roughly like a boomerang. … bridge, and made a right-angled turn into the old Avebury-Amesbury road which it followed for c. 1 mile towards East … turnpiked and improved on the west bank of the Avon to Amesbury. By-passed by the two main roads before 1762 Upavon …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 1760s and formed part of the main road from Devizes to Amesbury and Salisbury in 1969. The hundred courts met at …