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Magna Britannia
… of Honiton, lies about two miles from Axminster on the road to Honiton. There is a cattle-fair at this place on the … London, by the way of Totnes, but 220 by the mail-coach road. The market was confirmed 11, about the year 1461, to …
A History of the County of Hertford
… at Buckland. The main part of the village lies along the road to Buckland and the church occupies a commanding … lies north of the church and to the north-east of the road from Kelshall to Sandon. In 1797, when the Kelshall …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… along its main thoroughfare, the Tewkesbury-Overbury road. That road was, indeed, the focus of the village in the 19th … the late 18th century, 20 and until the diversion of the road in 1825 it stood on the same side of the road and in the …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Hatfield Brook. The village of Kempsey lies on the high road from Worcester to Tewkesbury. This road is mentioned in 1427 and 1448, when an indulgence was … was presented at the county court of Worcester that this road was in great decay, 2 and in 1640 it was still out of …
A History of the County of Bedford
… the eastern part of the parish. The village lies along the road leading from Bedford, and on the east side is a … and Bell End, where the urban parish ends. Between the road and the Midland railway lies a district which is … position at the west end of the village just north of the road to Wootton. The house is approached from the road by a …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Otford to Ightham, and from the chalk hills to the high road by Seal Chart. Near the centre of it is a water, called …
A History of the County of Warwick
… the course of the brook, and that to the south along the road, at right angles to the stream, to Castle End and the modern church of St. John at the point where the road forks to Warwick and to Leamington. Close to this fork … recent years there has been more development west of the road to Warwick and near the road to Stoneleigh, Kenilworth …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… a mile from Ashford, close to the west side of the high road from Canterbury, which is joined by that from Faversham, … on rising ground, at a small distance from the Canterbury road, with the church at the further end of it, close to the … note in this parish, are situated near the last-mentioned road; besides which, there is near Kennington-house, a small …
A History of the County of Hertford
… Dick Turpin. From this hamlet a long narrow beech-shaded road leads down to the Lynch, in the south-east. In the Lynch … by Mr. Palmer, which stands near the point where the Lynch Road branches off to meet the Watling Street. A few smaller … double line of houses on either side of the Dunstable high road. This hamlet is called Kensworth Common. It lies high, …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… and south; the latter built round Leaves-green, in the road leading to Westerham. There are several good houses in … Holwood-hill, for the accommodation of which the old broad road, which used to go at the eastern side of it has been … pales, and planted it round with trees. The late broad road across the camp, mentioned above, leading from Keston …