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Journal of the House of Lords
… upon the scientific Principles he has introduced on Turnpike Roads, the Effect would be, in the first place, it …
Journal of the House of Lords
… Practice of employing Boys to break Stones on the Turnpike Roads. If Persons are out of Employment, it would be …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… were narrowed and gated in 1763 to prevent avoidance of Turnpike Tolls (C.R.O., Minutes of Newmarket Heath Turnpike Trust, 176377). Near the Cambridge Gap (TL 61446186) … once the site of a toll house on the Newmarket Heath Turnpike. The bank has also been pulled down for 15 yds. to …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… to have been anciently a royal burgh, is situated on the turnpike-road from Glasgow to Perth, and consists chiefly of … of communication is offered by the Dundee and Newtyle turnpike-road, running through the parish, from the southern … tutelary saint of the parish. The Aberdeen and Banff turnpike-road runs, for nearly three miles, along the eastern …
A History of the County of Sussex
… good. 75 In 1757 the London road in the parish was made a turnpike, as part of a route via Bury to Guildford; 76 the … of Hardham causeway and of the Storrington to Balls hut turnpike road, both of which improved northwards …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… merchandise, and in the first week in Aug. for wool. A new turnpike-road, in a more direct line than the old road, has …
A History of the County of Somerset
… were turnpiked in 1826 as part of the High Ham and Ashcott turnpike road, which continued through Ashcott village to … at Buscott. The lane north from the corner of the High Ham turnpike in Pedwell to the Bridgwater road was adopted in …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 34 Between 1802 and 1878 the HorshamWashington road was a turnpike; 35 its straight course across Ashington common was … 36 The SteyningWashington road through Buncton was a turnpike between 1810 and 1877. 37 After the Second World War …
A History of the County of Sussex
… it was an important route, 35 and in 1764 it was made a turnpike as the Horsham-Steyning road, 36 forming one means …
A History of the County of Oxford
… called the 'London highway' and in 1705 'Oxford Road'. 48 Turnpike and Inclosure Roads The main eastwest road was … ORO, MS Wills Oxon. 124/5/20. Crickley HillCampsfield Turnpike Act, 24 Geo. II, c. 28: copy in Bodl. AsthallBuckland Turnpike Act, 17 Geo. III, c. 105. Oxf. Jnl Synopsis, 2 Dec. …