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A History of the County of Warwick
… north and Hampton-in-Arden on the south. The Old Chester Road from Warwick to Birmingham forms its eastern boundary, and from it a road runs westwards along the northern edge of the parish to … south-east corner of the parish by Middle Bickenhill. A road running west from Coventry to Birmingham passes slightly …
A History of the County of Somerset
… to the picturesque character of the village. The road pattern seems to have been of two parallel routes … was stopped at Thorncombe in 1830. 13 The lower road, which became the main route between Taunton and … opened in 1862, was cut through the parish and involved road alterations and new buildings at Woolston and Yard. 16 …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… but the whole of it is rather an unfertile soil. The high road from Tun bridge town towards the Wells, runs along the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… towards the southern part of the parish, on the high road from Tenterden to Ashford, which is here joined by that … OF STANDEN, in which is a hamlet of houses, on the high road; this has formerly been a place of some note, and now …
A History of the County of Bedford
… the land lies low and is liable to floods. The main road enters Biddenham from Bedford in the east, and, …
A History of the County of Warwick
… rise to 200 ft. on the east, between the Stratford road and Bidford Grange. The Roman Ryknield Street runs north … Saxon cemetery was discovered here in 1922. 1 The Roman road originally crossed the Avon by a ford just to the east … which crosses the High Street and continues as the main road to Alcester. The southern portion was deflected …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… lies about a mile and a half from Aylesbury, on the main road to Leighton Buzzard. A branch road turns off at the north end of the village to Hulcott. The village spreads along the road, and is composed of modern houses, with one or two of an …
A History of the County of Bedford
… and has a station in the town of Biggleswade. The Roman road to the north also traverses the parish, running … the south. In the north lies Biggleswade Common. The Roman road, leaving Bleak Hall to the south soon after it enters … Stratton, which takes its name from its position. A branch road on the north leads to Stratton Park, lying in 160 acres …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… of the parish, and is reached from New Alresford by a road which runs east from the main Alresford and Basing-stoke Road, between Old Alresford House on the north and Old … opening westward towards Alresford and partly along the road running down the middle of the valley. The church and …
A History of the County of Warwick
… a small parish on the north side of the Stratford-Alcester road. It appears to have been a place of some importance in … but it remained a separate parish in fact. From the main road a by-road runs past the Hall to Aston Cantlow, with a fork …