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A History of the County of Gloucester
… performers. A new theatre was fitted up in 1823 in Oldbury Road, possibly in the barn used earlier for plays. 11 For a … 16601800, 144. The initials B.K.R. are presumably for Bartholomew and Katherine Read, who had a house in Church Street: G.D.R. will of Bartholomew Read, 1681. See p. 152. 'Old Houses of Tewkes.' …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of the Avon a little above the Long Bridge. From there a road may have crossed the Avon Ham and passed close by the … World War a memorial cross was placed at the centre of the road-junction. South-west from the cross the town was for … the Second World War. The assumption that the main road south out of the town in the Middle Ages went along St. …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… formerly possessed small quantities of land on Winterbrook Road and Hog Common and in St. Mary's Street, which were sold …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… and of works on castle-building, bridge-building and road-making. This charter was confirmed in 1267 by Henry III … on a new site in 16712, and the almshouses on the Reading road were built by private benefaction in 1681. 128 The …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… lanes to Winterbrook 6 was adapted to be made a turnpike road about the year 1800. The lines of the secondary streets … 16th-Century House in the High Street The high road to Gloucestershire and South Wales passed through … at Culhamford and Burford by Abingdon were built, and the road was diverted from a point near Nuffield in Oxfordshire, …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Warwick Heath, south-east of the Warwick to Whitnash road, and inclosed by the Earl of Warwick into his park. A …
A History of the County of Warwick
… room which he had built adjoining his works in Foundry Road, in the Cape district of the town. After the Second … smaller pinnacles between them. The arches spanning the road are pointed, as are the openings at the centre of each … general cemetery was opened in that year on the Birmingham road. It is 21 acres in extent and has two mortuary chapels. …
A History of the County of Warwick
… was in 1413 moved to the vigil, feast, and morrow of St. Bartholomew (23-25 Aug.), 23 but no new ones were established … to William de Beaumont (d. 1298); this stood near the road to Hampton on the Hill, on a small stream in the West … of the land was inclosed and lying between the old Banbury road and the river. Three closes of pasture contained …
A History of the County of Warwick
… consisting of many poor artificers, and is no common road to receive the benefits of travellers, and standing … betwixt Coventry and Stratford, both towns of common road, and their markets more abundant and populous . . .'. 5 … weavers, opened a factory in Oil Mill Lane (now Priory Road), employing 200 hands in 1815 and depending for raw …
A History of the County of Warwick
… the railways failed to provide. Not until the growth of road transport in the 20th century has Warwick been able to …