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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the Town of Stamford
… churchyard part of which was removed in 1803 when the road was widened (NRO, C.C. Papers 19). It consists of a … and child; (14), of James Yorke, 1824, signed 'Hampd. Road, London'; (15), of John Lumby, 1842, and Catherine his … of the nave have pairs of lancets, only those facing the road being enriched with labels and shafts. Decoration to the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Cambridge
… St. Mary Magdalene, stands on the N. side of the Newmarket Road, N.E. of the railway bridge. The walls of the chancel … Augustinian canons, stood to the N. of the Newmarket Road, immediately N. of the church of St. Andrew the Less. … a single vaulted chamber standing at the corner of Priory Road and Beche Road. The walls are of clunch-rubble with …
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 …
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. …
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