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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Hill are the remains of an exploratory camp, near which passes the Roman Akemanstreet. Wootton (St. Lawrence) WOOTTON … the supply of the inhabitants. The Wilts and Berks canal passes within half a mile to the south of the town, and the … and the scenery diversified. The Kennet and Avon canal passes through the parish. The living is a rectory, valued in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Walter de Lacey, assembled a body of troops to guard the passes of the Severn, intercepted their progress, and … embankments, to a little beyond King's-Norton, where it passes through a tunnel upwards of a mile in length. Then, … it pursues a winding northern course to Dudley, and there passes through a tunnel under the limestone hills, nearly two …