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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Cambridge
… Church of Christ Church stands on the S. side of Newmarket Road near Maids' Causeway. The walls are of red brick with … St. Andrew the Less stands on the N. side of the Newmarket Road. The walls are of clunch rubble, extensively refaced … Parish Church of St. Paul stands on the E. side of Hills Road. The walls are of red brick with blue brick diapering …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Biren-cestre, connected with Dorchester by a small Roman road, is generally supposed to bear his name. There is also … had licence from the king to enclose two crofts in the forest. 70 A successor of his was Thomas Wylkys, hermit of … in the Close Rolls of 1228, that the forester of Shotover Forest was to take the hermitage of Finmere into the king's …
The Church in London, 1375-1392
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… one arch, erected in 1826, when, also, the course of the road was improved. There are several coal-mines, and quarries … Pale, or, as it was formerly called, the Chamber of the Forest, is an inclosure made more than two centuries ago; and … and from its situation within the limits of Inglewood Forest, the parish possesses much of the character of forest …
A History of the County of Warwick
… been settled mostly in scattered hamlets and farms in the forest clearings rather than in nucleated villages. … and 'lea' names, reflect the piecemeal clearance of the forest. 4 In Edgbaston there is little trace even of hamlets … well as moderately good corn. North of Birmingham, on the road to Sutton Coldfield he saw better woods than wheat, and …
A History of the County of Warwick
… as coinciding with a well-attested increase in interest in road transport. 75 Richard Baddeley of Old Square, who was … sand, clay, and coal had to be brought into the town by road, there was no advantage in making it there. As the … 'Portmanteau Saddle' to a number of impracticable road vehicles, some propelled by steam. In some cases the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Six were in Birmingham (Lion Works, Witton; Lodge Road; Holford Works, Perry Barr, acquired from Accles; … saw further changes at Kynoch's. The Eyre Street and Lodge Road works were closed down. The production of detonators, … power or of transport. It has furthermore seen the rise of road transport, enabling firms to move out of the town …
A History of the County of Warwick
… causeway but no doubt has an ancient origin as the road to Bromsgrove; it is tempting to suppost that New St. …
A History of the County of Warwick
… the south of the Tame above the bridge on the Old Walsall Road. It may have been the mill in Handsworth mentioned in … stood on the Hockley Brook where it is crossed by Factory Road. In 1757 Edward Ruston and John Eaves, toymakers, of … compared with 500-600 tons produced by furnaces in the Forest of Dean and the Welsh border, and 200 tons by Sussex …
A History of the County of Warwick
… opera house or 'concert booth' was opened in Moseley Road, but was soon destroyed by a fire. 65 The various …