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A History of the County of Somerset
… village is sited about 1 mile from Crewkerne on the main road to Dorchester. It has an area of 1,361 a. and extends … route through the parish is the main Crewkerne-Dorchester road, turnpiked by the Crewkerne trust in 1765, which runs south as Station Road to Misterton cross roads, where it turns E. and then …
A History of the County of Surrey
… old village is north-east and south-west along the main road from London to Sutton. There are two distinct parts of … at the southern extremity of the settlement the Sutton road crosses the Wandle, where, on the east side of the … greens, the green of Lower Mitcham being divided by the road into Lower Green East and Lower Green West. The present …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Fulwell, one of the parish's two ancient hamlets. The main road from Buckingham to Banbury, which became a turnpike in … 4 bisects the parish; the village is linked to this high road and to the OxfordBrackley road by minor roads. Other small roads and foot-paths …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… to the brook. It stands a little to the north of the main road from Huntingdon to Thrapston, along a branch road to Oundle, which at the north end of the village has a return back to the main road. The church is at the west end of the village, with the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the valley of the Hanwell Brook. The Banbury-Southam road crosses the chapelry close to the east side of the village, which lies on both sides of a minor road running westwards from Cropredy to Warmington. Charles I led his army from Cropredy to Edge Hill by this road on 23 October 1642; 11 a map of 1725 locates 'Prince …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Sherborne St. John: it covers an area of 2,045 acres. The road from Kingsclere runs through the southern part of the … by an oak tree which stands a little to the south of the road. The village of Monk Sherborne stands close to the Monk … the two parts of Basing parish. It is crossed by the main road from Basingstoke to Reading: the farm itself stands at a …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… of situation it is in the whole esteemed healthy. The high road from Canterbury called Stone-street way, leads over …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Watling Street, meeting at High Cross, from which point a road runs west for a mile to the hamlet of Copston with its … on the edge of Newnham Paddox Park. From the village a road running south-west to Stretton is crossed by one … of St. Denis, built in 1884, and a Baptist chapel. A road leads south from Pailton and branches south-eastwards to …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… village and church stand on the west side of the main road, which runs along the foot of the slope of the Chiltern Hills, the church standing back from the road, with the modern vicarage to the south-east. In the … but the nearest station is at Princes Risborough. The main road from Aylesbury to High Wycombe passes through the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… reaching 122 m. at Birchanger and the Nettlecombe Park road. To the south the land is higher, reaching 281 m. at … outskirts of the parish at Beech Tree Cross. 17 The main road through the parish along the valley was turnpiked in … the Quantocks was followed in 1806 by the adoption of the road through Monksilver village as part of the Wiveliscombe …