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Magna Britannia
… lies about six miles north of Chesterfield, on the road to Sheffield. The parish contains the township of … deanery of Derby, lies about four miles from Derby, on the road to Chesterfield. The parish contains the townships of … High-edge, lies about five miles from Duffield, upon the road from Chesterfield to Derby. The manor, which had been …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… at a place called Hannington hill 5 on the StowGloucester road east of Andoversford; the hill was presumably the … the ford at Andoversford and followed the Stow-Gloucester road up to its junction with the main OxfordGloucester road at a place called by the late 18th century Kilkenny. 7 …
A History of the County of Worcester
… parish. It is crossed from north-west to south-east by the road from Bridgnorth to Bewdley, and is watered by Dowles … half-timbered cottages. One of these, on the main road near the church, was formerly the Boar's Head Inn. Its … distance round. Dowles Manor House, situated off the main road about half a mile north of the church, is the residence …
A History of the County of Somerset
… joined in the 19th century by Parke House, the road running a tortuous course in a sandy hollow way … 8 was formed at the junction of the main street with a road to Dowlish mills and beyond; and beside it stood the … or of an early deviation; 10 and the CrewkerneIlminster road through Kingstone, the north-eastern boundary, was …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… almost to the foot of Farnborough-hill, on the Sevenoke-road. The village is in the southern part of it; …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… by Downholme Bridge, near Downholme Park. From the main road in the Swale valley a branch striking south rises … Half-way the church lies among trees to the west of the road. Higher up, and still to the west of the road, the vicarage is placed nearer to the village, which is …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… streams flowing through Hamptworth to the Blackwater. The road from Morgan's Vale church to North Charford (Hants) … century, on the Bagshot Sands and Bracklesham Beds. The road from Salisbury west of the Avon to Fordingbridge and … Barford to Downton, could be seen in 1975, but the western road, in places unsuitable for wheeled vehicles, had been …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… was for long parkland. 11 The main SwindonChippenham road crosses the former parish: in 1727 it was turnpiked from Chippenham to the junction with the road from Draycot Cerne to Grittleton through Stanton St. … made south of the junction; west of it parts of the old road, which had several sharp bends, remain as a lane, a …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… boundary of the ancient parish is formed by the secondary road which runs from Chiseldon to Ogbourne St. George. In … which followed a semi-circular course to the west of the road from Chiseldon to Ogbourne St. George. The church stood … from the bend in the present lane towards the road from Chiseldon to Ogbourne. 17 In 1634 John Evered alias …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… its western side being formed by the Abingdon and Newbury road, while the High Street is a portion of a road leading west from Sutton Courtenay to the main road from Wantage to Oxford. At the crossing of these two …