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A History of the County of Warwick
… some woodland. The village lies on the Birmingham-Alcester road, which here follows the line of the Roman Icknield Way. The road skirts the grounds of Coughton Court, which, with the … Along the south side of the grounds an old packhorse road known as Warwick Lane runs down to a ford across the …
A History of the County of Surrey
… the Chalk Downs 6 miles south of Croydon and 16 miles by road from London. It contains 4,313 acres. The subsoil is all … and South Eastern Companies' railway lines, the Brighton road, and formerly the horse railway from Croydon to … down the hill from a little wood on the left (east) to the road in Hooley Lane, and says that the banks on Riddlesdown …
A History of the County of Northampton
… outlying farms and cottages), stands a mile from the main road from London to Northampton. It has diminished in size … 20 issuing out of lands in Courteenhall, Quinton, Wootton Road, and Ashton to be employed to put out as apprentices …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… Coverham Vicarage in the middle. On the south side of the road and nearly opposite the vicarage is a farm known as the … to the north-west of the church on the south side of the road. The gateway, which measures internally about 16 ft. 9 … West Scrafton. Cover Bridge, on the Ripon and Middleham road, was damaged in 1609, when an order was given for its …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… Scottish Railway, which runs through the middle of it. The road from Higham Ferrers to Kimbolton forms the boundary … Dean (Beds), the Three Shire Stone being placed on this road where the county boundaries of Hunts, Beds and Northants … the north. The village lies a little to the north of the road to Kimbolton on a by-road to Keyston. At its western …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Chelsfield, and about a mile and a quarter from the high road from Farnborough to Sevenoke; the spire of it is a … to all the country on the northern side of it. The high road from Bromley to Westerham crosses the western part of …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… street, which continues westward through the parish as the road to Borrowby At the end of the 12th century Osmund de … manor, granted the monks of Rievaulx the free use of the road in Cowesby 'leading up the hill.' They had made it …
A History of the County of Oxford
… from Magdalen Bridge to the old Dorchester-Alchester Roman road, and north-eastwards to the far side of Bullingdon … south-eastern boundary lines branched off from the London Road beyond Magdalen Bridge at right angles. Similarly the … bends to exclude, first the land where the Cowley Road Hospital now stands, and secondly the site of St. …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… branch of the North Eastern railway, stands on the high road between those towns. It consists of one wide and … stone with tile or slate roofs. On the north side of the road, nearly at the top of the hill, is the 'Fauconberg … to it is a wych elm of great age. On the same side of the road, opposite to the church, is the old grammar school, now …