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A History of the County of Surrey
… place clustered round the church, east of the Brighton road and west of the Cuckfield road. East of it was an extensive common. This is now … is a Horley District Gas Company, established in 1886. The road through part of Horley parish from Crawley to Reigate …
A History of the County of Oxford
… turnpiked in 1744 and 1753 respectively. 4 A secondary road connects Horley with both; a road from Hornton to Balscott crosses the main Stratford road and another meets it at Wroxton. The hard-bottomed ford …
A History of the County of Rutland
… is about 300 ft. above the Ordnance datum. The Great North Road, leading south-east from Grantham to Stamford, enters …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… and Ainderby Myers with Holtby on the east. The Roman road forms the eastern boundary of the parish. The country … farms and an extension made towards Hackforth, while the road from Catterick to Bedale was diverted to pass through …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… boundary of the parish runs along the straight ancient road known as Wool Street. 2 The western boundary follows the road from Bartlow to West Wratting along a valley, and the … The church stands 350 yd. north of the Cambridge-Haverhill road, on a winding village street which runs on to Streetley …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… and in its broadest part not more than two miles. The high road from Maidstone through Yalding to Lamberhurst and … towards Goudhurst crosses this parish and the other road, at a small green called Horsemonden-heath, which is … singly over different parts of it. The soil, near the high road, is in general a sand intermixed with the rock or sand …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… 252 permanent pasture, and 9 acres of wood. 2 A cross road from the High Wycombe and Aylesbury road runs north through Horsenden parish and meets the Lower …
A History of the County of Oxford
… is now comparatively secluded. At one time the Roman road, now no more than a track, running north from Dorchester … was an important highway for traffic. Today a minor road goes through the parish connecting Wheatley with Horspath village and Cowley. In 1827 this road was considered insufficient for the needs of the farmers …
A History of the County of Northampton
… of Horton lies 6 miles south-east from Northampton on the road to Newport Pagnell, with a station on the Northampton … its own grounds of about 30 acres off the HortonBrafield road. In the early 18th century the parish was inclosed and …