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A History of the County of Worcester
… On the other side of the gate Sidbury becomes the London Road and leads on towards Battenhall. The hospital of St. … datum. In the north-east it rises to about 200 ft. The road to Tewkesbury runs south from Worcester through the parish on its western side, and the London road cuts through it in a south-easterly direction, leading …
A History of the County of Hertford
… from London to the north-west, and the Watford and Hitchin Road, cross within the town, and other good roads give … in the parish, and these lie chiefly about the Hatfield Road, especially on its northern side. In 1905 the total area … Its chief street, called St. Peter's Street, a part of the road to Hitchin and Luton, is very wide and lined with trees. …
Magna Britannia
… a peninsula, situated at the bottom of Fore street or road, in the borough of Saltash, on a rock, part of which … of Launceston, and is 223 from London. The road into Cornwall, by way of Stratton, was much frequented before the making of the Camelford turnpike-road, about the year 1760. The market, which appears to have …
A History of the County of Hertford
… means of communication with the north and south both by road and rail. The St. Albans branch of the London and North … the top of the hill known as St. Stephen's Hill, where the road to Watford crosses Watling Street. The church stands in … lies eastward along Watling Street and southward on the road to Watford. About a mile to the south-east is the hamlet …
A History of the County of Hertford
… which divides St. Andrew Rural from Hertingfordbury. The road from Bayford to Hertingfordbury, on which the village of … Thieves Lane, and a little further north adjoins the main road from Hertford to Welwyn. Sele Grange, now the residence …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Lane and followed the line of Gipsy Lane and Divinity Road to the Cowley Road. 5 Some outlying pieces of land in Cowley Fields appear … II made three grants of pavage for the repairs of the road from Cherwell Bridge to Headington Hill, 'no one being …
A History of the County of Somerset
… The roads from east and west then joined the north-south road from Watchet at separate points, each marked by a cross. … 1471, 138 was called High Street by 1621. 139 The eastern road was named Long Street in 14723 140 and the eastern limit … building along it was marked by White Cross. The western road was later named Priest Street because it passed beside …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… lies a mile to the north-west of Abingdon, on the high road to Fyfield. A farm called the Manor House is on the Fyfield road, the site of the ancient building known as Calcott's … Manor. To the east of Shippon, on the other side of the road leading north from Abingdon to Sunningwell, is the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… end of it, not far from the site of Port Way, an old Roman road from Sarum to Silchester, in a fairly central position … Hamlet is in the north and is reached by the Wadwick Road and Red Lane. Near it is Warwick (Wadewick, 1636) with … path within the churchyard boundary, here formed by the road. Plan of St. Mary Bourne Church Early in the 14th …