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A History of the County of Somerset
… warden was chosen by the vicar, the other by the parish. Highway surveyors were appointed from 1757. A select vestry …
A History of the County of Essex
… and Three Wants Corner. In 1557 it was described as the highway from Wennington to London. 18 At the corner the road …
A History of the County of Stafford
… the parish and 'such poor of Handsworth as dwell along the highway near Sandwell'. For ten years after his death the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Roads. West Bromwich is crossed by the ancient highway from Birmingham to Wolverhampton. By the beginning of … Lane. 71 Spon Lane occurs by name in 1694. 72 The highway from Greets Green to Dudley that occurs in the 16th … C 5/96/5 (citing a deed of 1619 which refers to it as the highway leading from Wolverhampton towards Birmingham). …
A History of the County of Stafford
… by 1788. 50 By the early 17th century there were two highway surveyors, apparently appointed by the parish but …
A History of the County of Stafford
… number. 63 Early in 1790, as a result of the number of highway robberies and cases of housebreaking, the vestry set …
A History of the County of Stafford
… and surveyor. In 1867 his plans were approved by the highway committee of the improvement commissioners and Lord … The name Harvills Oak was used in W.B.L., West Bromwich Highway Book 1819-20 and West Bromwich Highways Collecting …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… king's high way, leading from Sco to Repps, and the King's highway leading from Sco to Martham. A family took their name …