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A History of the County of Buckingham
… To the east of Stoke Court, on the other side of the main road to Slough, lies Sefton Park, the seat of Lord Decies, … which are applied in book prizes to children of Stoke Road School and books and money prizes to Stoke Poges School. …
A History of the County of Worcester
… The village lies on the Bromsgrove and Alcester high road, which passes through the parish from north to south, … on the southern boundary of the parish. A branch from this road at Stoke Heath leads north-east to Aston Fields and …
A History of the County of Somerset
… easily defined, though they follow a lane from the Yeovil road up Hedgecock hill. This boundary was marked at its … brook. 7 The main artery of the parish is the eastwest road from Yeovil and Montacute, which follows the 200-ft. … was so named in 1776. 11 Eastwards from the Vicarage the road divides, forming an island around which the settlement …
A History of the County of Oxford
… landscape. Along the ridge runs a secondary road that links the main roads from Stokenchurch and … 15th century was one of the main stages on the London road to the west. 6 Wallingford Way is conspicuous in … clustered round the church and lay entirely off the main road and along the branch road to Stoke Talmage and a …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Woods to 800 ft. near the Aston Rowant border on the main road from High Wycombe to Oxford. The soil generally is stiff … parish on a lofty spur of the Chiltern Hills on the main road from London to Oxford. It has encroached to a large … south-east of the village and just south of the London Road). These were probably built in the 17th century, but …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… and is a short distance to the north of the town on the road to Stockton. On a backwater of the Leven east of the … chapel. Monument to Captain Cook erected in 1827 On the road that runs north from Stokesley to Stockton stands the … hamlets of Great and Little Busby are reached by the high road to Thirsk. Great Busby is a group of farm-houses and …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… were cast up here which are still visible, and are now the road-way from Cliffend and Ebbsfleet to Sandwich; but these … antiently stood; about twenty rods from which, near the road, on a little rising bank, stood the church, of which … of which has already been given under Sandwich. The high road from Sandwich over this bridge, crosses this parish …
A History of the County of Worcester
… and Hartlebury, and on the Kidderminster and Bromsgrove road. From this road Cursley Lane branches off near Mustow Green, and forming … eastern boundary of Stone runs south and joins the main road from Kidderminster to Droitwich. The last road, which …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… 368 ft. above the sea-level, at a point where the high road from Thame to Aylesbury is crossed by a small road which runs from Eythorp to Bishopstone. The church is … large modern red-brick and stone buildings facing the main road. It was built in 1852, and has since been enlarged. …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… miles from London, and two from Dartford; the high London road crosses it. At a small distance northward from which is … county of Essex, are beautiful as you pass the high road, where is the hamlet of Horns-cross. The soil is a … northern boundary of these woods, runs the antient Roman road to Rochester, and not far from it the two small hamlets …