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A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… to 73, and then invested in the Shrewsbury and Holyhead turnpike trust. The interest, 3. 13., together with 13. 6. 8. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… a stamp-office, and a post-office; it is crossed by the turnpike-road between Banff and Huntly, and that between … at about 200. Facility of communication is afforded by the turnpike-road from Queensferry to Linlithgow; the Union canal …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Roads Acts, 9 Geo. III, c. 50; 20 Geo. II, c. 31. Annual Turnpike Acts Continuance Act, 43 & 44 Vic. c. 12. Atkyns, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… in the south of the parish, where cattle are sold. The turnpike-road from Fraserburgh to Banff touches the parish, … of the predatory era in which it was erected. The Auldbar turnpike-road, joining the railway station of the same name … to some extent, caused an increase in the population. The turnpike-road from Perth to Edinburgh passes through the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… is Merlin's Grove, a thick wood rising abruptly from the turnpike-road, celebrated as the abode of that renowned sage, … through the parish nearly in the direction of the present turnpike-road to Aberbrn. Near the margin of the Usk is an … streets are disposed with considerable regularity, and the turnpike roads leading to the town rank among the best in the …
The Environs of London
… Uxbridge road, at the distance of five miles from Tyburn turnpike. The parish is bounded by that of Ealing on the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 12 in 1808-9 Welsh navvies built new roads from the Ludlow turnpike up Castle Hill to Acton Scott village and thence … p. 27; 3925, maps of 1776, 1820. 3 Geo. IV, c. 49. Ann. Turnpike Acts Continuance Act, 1872, 35 & 36 Vic. c. 85. Ann. Turnpike Acts Continuance Act, 1877, 40 & 41 Vic. c. 64. …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… the hill. 13 The highway was turnpiked by the Uxbridge turnpike trust in the early 18th century, 14 with a tollgate … brook passed under the road, was built by the Uxbridge turnpike trustees in 1776. A bridge at Acton Bottom, west of …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Horse and Groom in East Acton and the King's Arms by the turnpike gate near East field. By 1801 the number had dropped …