Survey of the High Roads of England and Wales. Part the First.: Comprising the counties of Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hants, Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall. etc.Mogg, Edward S.
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Survey of the High Roads of England and Wales. Part the First.: Comprising the counties of Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hants, Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall. etc.
Mogg, Edward S.
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|by prescription; it has sent two members to parliament ever since
|the 4th of Edward the Third. The market is on Thursday.
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59|Mid Lavant, Sussex, 36. A parish containing 182 houses, and 1073
|inhabitants.
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59|Mid Lavant Common, Sussex, 36.
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112|=Milborne Port=, Somerset, 140. A borough and parish, containing
|198 houses, and 953 inhabitants, pleasantly situated on a branch
|of the river Parret. The church is a good building, with a square
|tower, containing six bells, and a set of chimes. It is a borough
|by prescription, and returns two members to parliament.
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112|Milbourne St. Andrews, Dorset, 108. A parish containing 44 houses,
|and 217 inhabitants.
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113|Milbourne Wood, Dorset, 108.
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180|Mile Stone Cross, Devon, 118.
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136|Miles Cross, Dorset, 112.
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35|Milford, Surrey, 27, 33, 37. (_Population included with
|Godalming_)
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245|Milham, Cornwall, 126.
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48|Milland Church, Sussex, 29.
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48|Milland Common, Sussex, 29.
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145|Millbrook, Devon, 144.
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76|Millbrook, Hants, 91, 220. A parish containing 250 houses, and
|1304 inhabitants.
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100|Mills Plat, Wilts, 186.
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39|=Milton=, Kent, 6. A market town and parish, containing 321
|houses, and 1746 inhabitants, situated at the head of a creek that
|runs into the Swale, which separates the Isle of Sheppey from the
|main land. It is a place of great antiquity, being once the
|residence of the kings of Kent.
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|The church is a neat building, situated at some distance from the
|town; and contains several curious monuments.
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|The town is tolerably well built, and has a port for barges: it is
|particularly noted for the produce of delicious oysters, called
|_Milton oysters_. The market is on Saturday.
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96|Minety, Wilts, 185.
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68|Minster Mills, Kent, 13.
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8|Mitcham, Surrey, 46. The little river Wandle winds through this
|parish, and is celebrated as a trout stream: on it are some snuff
|mills, spinning mills, and printed calico manufactories. A
|considerable quantity of medicinal plants are here propagated, and
|it has an extensive common.
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|The chancel of the church contains a monument to the memory of Sir
|Ambrose Crowley, Alderman of London, who died in 1713, and is
|celebrated in No. 75 of The Tatler, under the name of Sir Humphrey
|Greenhat. In 1637 the church was destroyed by lightning, and ten
|bells in part melted. Mitcham contains 604 houses, and 3466
|inhabitants.
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248|=Mitchell=, alias =St. Michael=, Cornwall, 157. A borough,
|containing 30 houses, and about 160 inhabitants. It was a place of
|note during the time of the Saxons, and was formerly called
|_Modishole_. It has sent two members to parliament ever since the
|6th of Edward the Sixth.
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