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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… and Inverness, over the Cairn o' Mount and Grampians: the turnpike-road on the south side of the Dee, from Aberdeen to … there is a road from Blairgowrie to Cupar-Angus, made turnpike in 1832, which quits the parish about two miles … a flour and barley mill, and several meal-mills. The turnpike-road from Banff to Portsoy and Inverness runs …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… the route among those administered by the new Hackney turnpike trustees. 70 To the existing turnpike gate in Mile End, at the junction with Dog Row, they … 'heaps of filth . . . every 10 or 20 yards'. 74 A second turnpike trust was set up by Act in 1756 for the new …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… parish, which is situated within a short distance of the turnpike-road leading from Llandilo-Vawr to Swansea, is about … 1. 10. per annum is secured by a deed-poll on the Bridgend turnpike-trust: both sums are distributed at Christmas, among … part of the parish, which is also intersected by the turnpike-road from that town to Welshpool; another road from …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… also the meeting places of inclosure commissioners and turnpike trustees, and it was there that the gentlemen and … to bring all the local main roads under the control of turnpike trusts. The road linking Hull and Beverley was …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… down Awkward hill which then provided access from the turnpike to a bridge. That was a more important crossing than the ford and footbridge on the turnpike 36 where, however, a new bridge was built by subscription in 1770. 37 In 1790 the turnpike was diverted through the village, along the left …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… later with the setting-up of the Leicester to Uppingham Turnpike Trust in 1754 11 and the increase in main-road …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a. 29 p. of land, tithe-free: the village is on the old turnpike-road, equidistant from Hull and Hedon. The living is …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the Leeds and Halifax, and Dewsbury and Bradford turnpike-roads, in the heart of a district abounding with …