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A History of the County of Oxford
… the western valley where Drayton village itself lies. The road from Banbury divides mile to the east of the village, … 1754 Drayton lane was being levelled for the turnpike road through Wroxton and Upton. 5 That economy was observed … fixed at Drayton Town's End: as his house stood near the road, it could be used and would save the expense of building …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… where there are fishponds and a homestead moat. A branch road leads south to Akeman Street, the Roman road, off which lies Drayton Lodge, a redbrick 18th-century …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… west. The village, which is small, lies to the east of the road from Wing to Mursley. The church with the adjacent …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was not the earlier curate's house, which stood on the road south of the church. 21 The oldest and most interesting …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… feet above sea level. The village is built along the main road from Fareham to Alton, which here runs parallel to the … in the middle of the village, a little to the east of the road, and at the bottom of a dip between two ridges; the … with church and school, lying on either side of a cross road in the fork formed by the branching of the Fareham road …
A History of the County of Worcester
… officers of the Dudley Union at the junction of St. James' Road and Parsons Street were erected in 1888. The town is … outwork, covering the approaches from that direction; a road seems to have approached the castle from the north, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… south-eastwards, from north-west of the CambridgeNewmarket road to the Suffolk boundary. The boundaries of the … 1806, it was futher straightened as far south-east as the road to Stetchworth, 48 a. being ceded to Stetchworth under … 1971. 25 The village stands in the middle of the parish. A road south from Newmarket towards Linton divides at the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… the ordnance datum in the east of the parish. The main road from Winchester to Basingstoke, leaving the high ground … Three-quarters of a mile north of the Wheat Sheaf Inn a road from North Waltham runs across the main road, and goes east to the village of Dummer, between banks …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Cawston, and Toft, is a large village situated on the main road from London to Coventry and Birmingham, where it is … the 18th century, but a short distance along the Rugby road there is a small group of timber-framed houses with … residences, formerly a Church School built in 1707. At the road junction there is a cross with a square tapered shaft …
A History of the County of Oxford
… with North Aston partly follows the Oxford-Banbury road (an ancient ridgeway) and a small stream known in the … North Aston, Middle Aston, and Steeple Barton. The road west was known in the 15th century and probably earlier … crossed the parish boundary at Ilbury Bridge. 6 The Barton road, also known as Woodway, was probably part of a way into …