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A History of the County of Surrey
… 1856. 5 The Ridgeway is probably part of the primitive road from the ford at Kingston along the slopes on the … of the Thames Valley. The name and situation, like the road similarly named in Berkshire, indicate a pre-Roman … The town hall is in the Broadway. A free library in Hill Road was erected in 18867 and enlarged in 1902. Wimbledon …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Cambridge, east of Ermine Street, the former Great North Road, and contains 2,468 a. 1 Wimpole Hall, the finest … of Wimpole in part follow Roman roads, the Cambridge road on the south and Ermine Street on the west. The northern … crossed the parish from the Mare Way to the Cambridge road, then called Cowstread way. 9 The eastern road has …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… called Winchfield Station, at Shapley Heath. The high road from Odiham to Staines divides about a quarter of a mile … one branch leads to Winchfield station, rejoining the main road at Shapley Heath. Part of the Basingstoke Canal passes … the parish. The little village of Winchfield lies on the road from Pilcot, a hamlet in Dogmersfield, to Hartley Row; …
A History of the County of Surrey
… heaths extend beyond the parish. The great south-western road from London passes through the parish. The London and … is just inside the parish. It was opened in 1856. The old road had been the source of great prosperity in Bagshot till … There is a chapel of ease, St.Alban's, on the Bagshot Road. ST. ANNE'S, BAGSHOT, is red brick with Bath stone …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… at one time. On the west, south of the Cheltenham-Oxford road, which bisects the parish, there is an ancient … 9 Two roads connect the village with the CheltenhamOxford road, and other roads, dating from inclosure in 1777 at the … extended, also in the 17th and 18th centuries, along the road to Sherborne. In the 19th century a few cottages were …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… ridge overlooking the Vale of Aylesbury and on the main road between Oxford and Cambridge. A railed-in circular group … a tumulus at Ascott. Wing Mill stands on the Aylesbury road, which also passes the farms known as Lower and Upper … called Garden Pond covering about 1 acre, and a carriage road runs through the grounds, which are still inclosed. A …
A History of the County of Rutland
… within roads forming roughly a quadrilateral figure, the road at the summit being called Top Street. The church on the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… has a small and scattered population. The secondary road (B 3109) from Bradford-on-Avon to Rode (Som.) crosses the main road from Trowbridge to Farleigh Hungerford (A 366) … the parish, and most of the houses lie within mile of this road junction. 4 These roads were turnpiked in 1799. 5 Midway …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… one of which is the court-lodge, and is built on the road leading from Canterbury to Sandwich, at the west end of …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… The greater number of the cottages are at Niep End, on the road leading north-west past the disused corn-mill. The large … about a mile south-west by footpath from Wingrave on the road between Aylesbury and Leighton Buzzard. There are some …