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A History of the County of Somerset
… parish. Crowcombe village is a linear settlement along a road known in the 18th century as Taunton street. 10 At a … 1820. 26 The ancient Quantock ridgeway and a parallel road running beneath the scarp linking several hillside … the Minehead trust in 1807, 28 then formed the principal road between Taunton and Watchet. There was a secondary route …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to east only one, the main WatlingtonPrinces Risborough road is still in use. The other two, the Icknield and Lower … of 1882 5 and were still so in 1958. In 1797 there was a road running southwards from the village up the hill to the … but since the early 19th century the hill part of this road has been no more than a track. 6 The houses on the hill …
A History of the County of Surrey
… part of the parish, but has no station within it. The road from Oxted to Limpsfield traverses it from north to … village consists of scattered farms and houses along the road from Oxted to Limpsfield, most of them being of brick or … antiquity. The church stands well above the level of the road, from which it is approached from the south by a small …
A History of the County of Worcester
… extends for about a quarter of a mile northwards along the road from Broughton Hackett. This road then joins that leading westwards to Worcester and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of the parish is crossed from west to east by the main road from St. Neots to Cambridge, which is crossed at right angles in the west by the minor Abbotsley-Toseland road. The Potton-Eltisley road runs along part of the eastern boundary of the parish. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… at the spring line, Croydon 1 km. west of the Old North Road, Clopton another 1 km. further west. At Clopton, where … of the medieval village 15 slopes downward from an ancient road just below the hill crest. The church and manor house … street, and c. 48 elsewhere, mostly by the new turnpike road. 35 Later the village shrank again. There were only c. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the western boundary remained the main BathCirencester road until a more westerly road through Tetbury (Glos.) was turnpiked in 1743. 13 The … to Malmesbury and Chippenham until 1778 when a new road was built to link Crudwell village and Five Lanes …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… three-quarters of a mile from Crundal, there is a hollow road, on each side of which there have been found many … of which was made in the year 1703, in the waggon road, where, by the descent of the hill, it was worn hollow, …
A History of the County of Worcester
… strong clay marl, and agriculture is the only industry. A road from Droitwich passes through Crutch on its way to … to the southwest of the present building and adjoining the road known as Crutch Lane. A considerable indentation of the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… in the north-east. The parish is intersected by the main road from Andover to Newbury, which enters it at the … on high ground a short distance to the east of the main road. A female skeleton with a Romano-British vessel was …