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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Castle northwards towards Snodshill. Part of the Roman road between Cirencester and Mildenhall, known for some of its course as 'Brokene Street', is now part of the main road between Swindon and Marlborough and runs right through … from north to south. 17 It probably only became the main road after 1819 when it was turnpiked. Until then the main …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the same as in the 17th and 18th centuries. The principal road runs southwards from Oxford and crosses the Thame by … 9 In 1664 John Doyley was licensed to inclose part of this road so as to enlarge his mansion provided he made another … 10 The inhabitants were bound to keep it in repair. 11 The road to Abingdon, 'Abingdon Lane', is also shown on the map …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… unfrequented part of the country, excepting where the high road from Canterbury to the Isle of Thanet runs through the … in which are the church, court-lodge, and vicarage on the road leading to Reculver. Eastward of which this parish … south wall of Reculver castle. It extends westward to the road from Sturry to Herne common, which it crosses, and takes …
A History of the County of Surrey
… regular. One side has been cut into by cottages near the road. A battery with embrasures for cannon, made in 1853, has … and an attic. The main front faces north towards the road, and has an ogee-shaped gable at its west portion, in … a timbered house still standing on the other side of the road, or Stanner's Hill Farm belonging to Mr. Baker of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the parish in the later 17th century, the OxfordSalisbury road via Hungerford (Berks.) across the west part, the London to Bridgwater (Som.) road via Andover (Hants) and Amesbury across the north part. … west of the parish had been adopted for the Hungerford road by 1773, and the old road through Cholderton parish …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… of which the chief runs north to Wallingford. The main road from Reading to Wallingford also crosses the parish, but … is in Cholsey parish near the Reading and Wallingford road. It stands in an estate of 80 acres and accommodates 750 …
A History of the County of Warwick
… lies to the west of the church between the river and the road leading west from Rugby, close to which the railway from …
A History of the County of Worcester
… south along the eastern side and the Evesham and Worcester road forms the boundary on the south. The parish covers an … on the summit of a slight hill on the east side of the road along which the cottages forming the village are … still be traced in its entirety. On the west side of the road, nearly opposite the church, is a two-storied L-shaped …
A History of the County of Worcester
… rather straggling street continued southward as a branch road joining the main road from Kidderminster to Halesowen near Blakedown. At the …