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A History of the County of Oxford
… the hill-top, 350 ft. up, at the crossing of two ancient roads, the Roman road from Thame to Stanton St. John (in 1954 … The original village grew up where the Roman and Saxon roads meet, and derives its name not from the forest which …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… stands to the east. It was presumably the village cross-roads there that provided the surname borne by three of the … houses retain their thatched roofs. West of the cross-roads, in the area called the Bowling Alley in 1636 24 and … 29 The road running south-west from the village cross-roads has houses widely spaced along its southeast side; a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the RoystonNewmarket road. 18 Before inclosure many other roads and trackways ran across Fowlmere. 19 Ashwell Street, a … other tracks they were closed in 1845 and the pattern of roads was much simplified. After 1845 only the Shepreth road, cut in 1811, 23 the Melbourn, Chrishall, and Heydon roads, and the turnpikes remained. Thirty-six inhabitants …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… from 1773 or earlier was called Honey Lane. 15 Two other roads cross the parish, each on the course which it followed …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Baker's Lanes, were mostly stopped at inclosure; as were roads southward close to the Shepreth brook from the bridge …
A History of the County of Worcester
… as far as the Berwyn range, 70 miles away. The principal roads are a branch from Scotland Lane in Northfield, which … a quarter of a mile further west, where the two principal roads intersect. The National school was built in 1865 and …
A History of the County of Warwick
… church is a group of 18th-century red-brick houses. Minor roads connect the village with Stretton, Bourton, and …