The Beauties of England and Wales: Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, Tom 21Verner & Hood, 1814 |
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... roads , then amounted to 120,470 acres . The commons and common field he placed at 57,000 acres . Since the period of this calculation many acts of enclosure have been obtained , and only a small portion now lies uncultivated . The ...
... roads , then amounted to 120,470 acres . The commons and common field he placed at 57,000 acres . Since the period of this calculation many acts of enclosure have been obtained , and only a small portion now lies uncultivated . The ...
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... Roads of the county have been far from experiencing neglect . The materials principally used are limestone and gravel ; and with these the high turnpike - ways are kept in good repair . This is a circum- stance of public accommodation ...
... Roads of the county have been far from experiencing neglect . The materials principally used are limestone and gravel ; and with these the high turnpike - ways are kept in good repair . This is a circum- stance of public accommodation ...
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... road , though distinctly marked and well known . It then forms the public way between Daventry and Lutterworth for a few miles ; when it again be- comes private , and so continues till it reaches High Cross . Here the turnpike - road ...
... road , though distinctly marked and well known . It then forms the public way between Daventry and Lutterworth for a few miles ; when it again be- comes private , and so continues till it reaches High Cross . Here the turnpike - road ...
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... road through a part of this county . It enters on the south , and is clearly distinguishable in the neighbourhood of Bidford . Between Wixford and Alcester there are , as we believe , no traces remaining ; but , to the north of the ...
... road through a part of this county . It enters on the south , and is clearly distinguishable in the neighbourhood of Bidford . Between Wixford and Alcester there are , as we believe , no traces remaining ; but , to the north of the ...
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... road termed the Watling Street . The Foss - way enters from the south - west , and intersects the Watling Street in the immediate neighbourhood of High Cross , where several antiquaries of leading reputation have agreed to place the ...
... road termed the Watling Street . The Foss - way enters from the south - west , and intersects the Watling Street in the immediate neighbourhood of High Cross , where several antiquaries of leading reputation have agreed to place the ...
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