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Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… the Vernometum of the Romans, and 2 from the Fosse-Road. In May, 1771, a farmer ploughing in the field, struck … laugh at his seeming folly, travelling the Watling-street-road, (another Roman labor) "purposely to seek out towns of … no such tokens of age and consequence have been found. The road from Newark to Thorp-bar, at the distance of about 4 …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… the great Roman high roads, was yet on an important cross-road connecting the Thames and the Icknield Way, 3 and … between Oxford and London, and commanded the important road to Marlow. According to one tradition 7 Wigod of … and its course is followed approximately by the main road from Oxford to London and by the Great Western and Great …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… PARISH is situated on the north side of the London high road, nearly opposite to Shorne. It lies low adjoining to the … parishes, which lie on the north side of the high London road as far as Canterbury, and thence again to the uplands of … round the yard. About a mile from the church, near the road to Cliff, is Lillechurch-house, where the priory or …
A History of the County of Bedford
… miles of flat open country. The church stands close to the road, adjoining the rectory on the east side. In the low … is about two miles east of the Bedford and Luton main road, on the further side of which there is a detached …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… of Penwood, Little Pen Wood being on the south side of the road which forms the southern boundary of Great Pen Wood. The …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… built. 42 Two fieldways, called in the 19th century Pen road and Wood road, led south from the village, and were crossed by Pampisford and Sawston ways. The road leading north from Hildersham forked into Newmarket way …
A History of the County of Worcester
… forms the eastern boundary of the parish and the main road from Pershore to Upton-on-Severn that on the north. The … Opposite the church, and separated from it by the by-road about which the few houses are grouped, is the house … known as the Court House, upon the west side of the road about a quarter of a mile to the north of the church, is …
A History of the County of Warwick
… and Lower Street. The former, which is part of the main road from Northampton to Coventry, throws off a branch to … very near its western boundary. On the Rugby-Northampton road, immediately east of the two railway bridges in the … a height of 7 ft. In the village on the south side of the road, slightly west of the cross, is a house (No. 88) with …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… thus obtained has been much used locally for building and road making. On its north-western side the ridge drops fairly … of a well-wooded landscape. A map of 1773 shows that the road from Calne in the south approached Hilmarton village on … than it does today. 12 The stretch of the present main road between Beversbrook and Hilmarton probably became the …