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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… valley running through the midst of it, along which is the road from Canterbury through Petham to Elmsted and … stones; at the eastern boundaries is the Stone-street road, and near it, among the woods, Wadnall. On the other …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Woolwich and Reading beds and London clay. No important road passes across the parish, but various cross-roads from … in the village. The Straight Mile is the name given to a road in the south of the parish. The Great Western railway … are mainly grouped round an open space at the fork of the road, with the church on the north in a churchyard inclosed …
A History of the County of Somerset
… and later as Ford stream or Peckmill rhyne: it crossed the road at Walton ford until the 17th century or later. 4 In the … included an ichthyosaurus. 13 Communications The main road south-west from Wells and Glastonbury to Bridgwater and … been rebuilt and the ford beside it abandoned. 17 The road was turnpiked by the Wells trust in 1753. 18 A gate was …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… north of the Tirle brook, between the stream and the main road running east from Tewkesbury, was transferred to … as earthworks in 1965. In 1419 it was agreed that one road in the village need no longer be maintained, and that … much altered and with a roof of corrugated iron. A minor road runs north from the village across the Tirle brook to …
A History of the County of Surrey
… Holly Lodge of Mrs. Dyer. At the northern end of the Manor Road is a redbrick house with brick pilasters forming a … Chertsey. Plan of Manor House, Walton on Thames The Manor Road, forming a loop from Walton village to the river, … also two small plots of land, on the south side of the road to Hersham and in Hersham respectively, the rents of …
A History of the County of Surrey
… a small part of Epsom Racecourse is in Walton parish. The road from Dorking to Croydon crosses the parish. The village … of Roman remains on Walton Heath, about a mile west of the road from Reigate to London, and half a mile east of the pool … gateways to the east or south-east. They are east of the road from Betchworth to Banstead. The third is west of the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… the area around Wortheal are well wooded. The principal road through Wambrook enters from Chard in the NE. along the … the SW. for Stockland and ultimately Honiton (Devon). This road was adopted by the Chard turnpike trust as the main route to Honiton in 1776. 6 Another road, also from Chard and known as Haselcombe Lane in 1509, 7 …
A History of the County of Surrey
… with a station opened in 1849. It is traversed by the high road from Guildford to Farnham along the Hog's Back, the via …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… which run along the line of the chalk downs. The 'Rogues Road', north of the 'Thieves Way', winds along the valley at … skirting the Marsh and thence entering Liddington. 18 The road running west from Little Hinton towards Swindon, passing … village lying along its route. The Cunetio (Mildenhall) road, branching from Ermine Street, near Covingham Farm, …
A History of the County of Surrey
… 1864, when an Act was passed to construct one and make a road from its extremity to join the Wandsworth road to London, 12 we must look for the old village not here … had a bridge built. 15 Here most of the village lay on the road to Kingston between the East and West Hills, and with …