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A History of the County of Oxford
… that travel from neighbouring villages was hazardous. The Mileways Act of that year bound inhabitants within 5 miles of … labour on roads and bridges within a mile of Oxford. The mileways were organized in four sections under a board of … that Oxford itself was almost exempt from charges. 26 The mileways were inadequately financed: in 1750 the northern …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of a network of carriers, road-improvements under the Mileways Act of 1576, and the re-opening of the river Thames … of Oxfordshire and Berkshire, with the university, or the Mileways commissioners. It was characteristic that the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wal. (fl. 1673), 18, 28; fam., 23, 28 Miles, Rob., 127 Mileways Acts, 259 Milham Ford, see Cowley Mill, Thos. s. of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to and from Oxf., Milburn Bros., Milcombe, Wm. of, mileways, see roads Milham Ford school, military incidents, … Cranmer; Latimer; Ridley Oxford Medical Dispensary, Oxford Mileways and Improvement Acts, Oxford parliament, see … E. J., John de, Rixon, Wm., roads, ancient, bypasses, mileways, commissioners, relief-road controversies, Roman …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Between 1772 and 1774, under the provisions of the Oxford Mileways and Improvement Act of 1771, a new covered market …
A History of the County of Oxford
… concerned at the inability or unwillingness of the mileways supervisors and the corporation to keep the roads in … MS. Top. Oxon. c 278, ff. 120, 125. Ibid. f. 120. Oxf. Mileways Act, 21 Geo. III, c. 47; City Arch. R.6.3, 6, 18 May … 1779; 17 Mar., 10 July 1780; Oxf. Jnl. 11 Mar. 1780. Oxf. Mileways Act, 52 Geo. III, c. 72. Confirmed in 1835 by 5 & 6 …