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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… IS PLEASANTLY situated in a dry healthy country. The high road from Ashford to the town of Hythe crosses this parish; on this road is Lacton green, on which there is a pretty hamlet of … at Braborne and Hinxhill, and having crossed the high road at Swatfield bridge, goes on through this parish, and …
A History of the County of Warwick
… defined by the Watling Street and the Lutterworth-Hinckley road respectively, though where these two roads meet at … corner a small 'gore' is taken in south of the Hinckley road, on which the Rectory, 'a good substantial brick … crosses the Soar. The small village is built along a by-road joining the Watling Street to the Hinckley road, a short …
A History of the County of Hertford
… Way, and for some distance on the west by the main north road. The road between Hitchin and Baldock passes through the northern part of the parish, and this and another road parallel to it form the main streets of the village. The …
A History of the County of Bedford
… lies in the north-west of the parish, along a by-road some distance north of the main road from Bedford to Great Barford. At its extreme west end …
A History of the County of Warwick
… present time the village, from its situation on the high road from Daventry to Coventry and Rugby, and also with canal … to expand and prosper. East of the village, near the main road, there is a group of 17th-century houses built of … NICHOLAS is situated to the west of the DaventryCoventry road in a small churchyard on the western outskirts of the …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… has taken no notice. It intersects the Watlingstreet Road, near Claybrook, in Leicestershire, from whence it … scite of the Station, makes a little bend from the Foss-road (one of the signs of a Station) and as no place in the … is a situation like one. The Trent comes close to the road, which makes a bend (one of the marks of a Station) to …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… and wood, and 94 houses. It extends eastward beyond the road from Dartford and Farningham, which leads through this … side of this parish is an hollow way, formerly a high road, which has not been made use of for more than an hundred … or two belonging to Ruxley farm, towards the turnpike road from Farningham to Foots Cray, which it appears to have …
A History of the County of Warwick
… on the north and east. The strip between the Tame and the road parallel to it running north from Coventry to Tamworth … until transferred in 1894. Parallel and close to this road runs the L.M.S. Railway from Birmingham to Derby, with a …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 325 ft. A few hundred yards north of the Devizes-Pewsey road the River and Valley Gravel is succeeded by the Lower … the lane to the village, crossed the Devizes-Pewsey road at Townsend and ran south-eastwards over the downs for 2 … within the former tithing and extends along the secondary road from Gores (in North Newnton). It derives its name from …
A History of the County of Bedford
… of the parish. The main portion is in the west on the road from Bedford to Luton. Here in a shady churchyard stands … thatch. At the west end of the village to the north of the road is an early 17th-century uninhabited brick farm-house, while on the opposite side of the road is a modern saw-mill. Beyond this is the part called …