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A History of the County of Worcester
… is just within the boundaries of Dodderhill. The main road from Droitwich to Bromsgrove cuts across the parish in a … At Rashwood a branch from it connects it with the road from Bromsgrove to Alcester, and another branch from it … between Wychbold and Astwood and the lowest 144 ft. on the road from Droitwich to Crutch. There is no village of …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… part of it on the hills on the northern side of the high road leading from Faversham through Newnham valley over … much covered with slint stones. The village stands on the road in the valley, at the east end of it is a good house, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… boundaries are marked by streams, its western by a road. The regularity of the boundaries on the Quantocks … from below 76 m. to 138 m. on the Bridgwater-Minehead road, and then steeply to c. 305 m. below Dowsborough. Most … at the foot of the scarp between the village and the main road revealed sandstone, slate, and limestone, which yielded …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Stancomb as a path to Win Green. 13 The main London-Exeter road in 1675 entered the parish on White Sheet Hill, ran in a … down the hill, and followed the course of the present road to Shaftesbury. 14 From the bottom of the hill the road was turnpiked westwards in 1753 and disturnpiked in …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… very different: St. Mary's stands on a ridge near a Roman road, and St. Andrew's is on low ground beside the Nadder. … with Ashmore is marked by a short stretch of Roman road, that with Melbury Abbas is marked by a ridge, that with … crosses the summit of a hill, and that with Motcombe is a road which follows a ridge. The boundary with Semley, on high …
A History of the County of Oxford
… just north-west of Dorchester and close to the Oxford road. 5 The River Thames forms the parish boundary to the … of what had been the abbey's manor. 10 The oldest known road in the parish is the Roman one leading from Dorchester, … boundary of the county. 11 It is possible that this road continued across the Thame and crossed the Thames by a …
A History of the County of Surrey
… the southwest end into West Street and South Street, the road to Guildford passing out of the former, that to Horsham … for this purpose under parts of the present town. The road from London to Horsham passes through Dorking, and … had heard of in England. 5 The Act was for the making of a road from Epsom, through Letherhead, Dorking, and Capel, with …
A History of the County of Worcester
… small parish, which contains only 820 acres, lies on the road from Worcester to Alcester, which runs through it on the south. On a road branching north from this is the small and scattered …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Thames. The village, which lies on either side of the main road through the parish, contains a number of cottages, … brought from other houses. On the opposite side of the road is Dorney House, the residence of Lieut.-Col. William … Butler Ferris. At the eastern extremity of the village the road crosses Dorney Common, on the edges of which are Court …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Ombersley and Doverdale for some distance. The chief road is that from Hampton Lovett, on a branch of which to the …