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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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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.

Name: 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.
Author: Mogg, Edward S.

Mogg, Edward S.

England -- Maps; Great Britain -- Maps; Roads -- Great Britain

|and 557 inhabitants.
     |
  101|Norwood, Wilts, 164.
     |
  126|Nottington, Dorset, 171. This place is famous for its medicinal
     |spring, which has been found extremely serviceable in cutaneous
     |and scorbutic disorders. It has a strong sulphurous smell, though
     |perfectly limpid, and greatly resembles the Moffatt water in
     |Scotland.
     |
   94|Notton, Wilts, 185.
     |
     |Nutbourn, Sussex, 215.
     |
   38|Nutley, Sussex, 58. (_Population included with Maresfield_)
     |
     |Nutshalling Street, Hants, 220.
     |
  107|Nyland, Somerset, 139.
     |
     |
     |O.
     |
  194|=Oakhampton=, Devon, 149. A borough, market town, and parish,
     |containing 227 houses, and 1440 inhabitants. It is pleasantly
     |situated in a valley near the source of the river Oak. The church
     |stands on a hill, one mile from the town; and in the market place
     |is an ancient chantry chapel. In the suburbs are the ruins of its
     |ancient castle, dismantled by Henry the Eighth, on the attainder
     |of Henry Courtney, Marquis of Exeter.
     |
     |It is a very ancient borough, and sends two members to parliament.
     |The market is on Saturday.
     |
   67|Oak Hill, Wilts, 182.
     |
  114|Oborne, Dorset, 140. A parish containing 26 houses, and 132
     |inhabitants.
     |
   20|Ockham Heath, Surrey, 25.
     |
  124|Odcomb, Somerset, 142. A parish containing 70 houses, and 428
     |inhabitants.
     |
  108|Odd Down, Somerset, 187.
     |
     |Offington, Sussex, 218.
     |
   84|Oldbury Camp, or Bratton Castle, Wilts, 184. This ancient
     |fortification is supposed to be of Roman origin, but there is
     |little doubt of its being subsequently occupied by the Danes and
     |Saxons. On two sides, where the acclivities of the hill are steep,
     |it is but slightly fortified, but on the other sides it is
     |defended by a double ditch and lofty valla.
     |
     |On the slope of the hill on which stands Oldbury Camp, is the
     |figure of a white horse in a trotting attitude, measuring 100 feet
     |from the hoof to the tip of the ear, and 100 feet from the nose to
     |the tail; it is formed by removing the turf from the surface of
     |the soil, which is chalk.
     |
     |This curious monument is asserted by Gough to be an undoubted
     |memorial of the victory obtained by Alfred over the Danes, near
     |Eddington, in the year 878, resembling that by which he
     |commemorated the victory he gained in Berkshire eight years
     |before, having then only acted as lieutenant to his brother
     |Ethelred.
     |
     |In the last battle he was not only commander in chief, but King of
     |England; his affairs were in a most critical situation, and the
     |Danes masters of a great part of his kingdom.
     |
     |This battle is supposed to have been fought near the village of
     |Eddingdon, or Eddington, where the Danish army was

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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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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.

England -- Maps; Great Britain -- Maps; Roads -- Great Britain

|and 557 inhabitants.
     |
  101|Norwood, Wilts, 164.
     |
  126|Nottington, Dorset, 171. This place is famous for its medicinal
     |spring, which has been found extremely serviceable in cutaneous
     |and scorbutic disorders. It has a strong sulphurous smell, though
     |perfectly limpid, and greatly resembles the Moffatt water in
     |Scotland.
     |
   94|Notton, Wilts, 185.
     |
     |Nutbourn, Sussex, 215.
     |
   38|Nutley, Sussex, 58. (_Population included with Maresfield_)
     |
     |Nutshalling Street, Hants, 220.
     |
  107|Nyland, Somerset, 139.
     |
     |
     |O.
     |
  194|=Oakhampton=, Devon, 149. A borough, market town, and parish,
     |containing 227 houses, and 1440 inhabitants. It is pleasantly
     |situated in a valley near the source of the river Oak. The church
     |stands on a hill, one mile from the town; and in the market place
     |is an ancient chantry chapel. In the suburbs are the ruins of its
     |ancient castle, dismantled by Henry the Eighth, on the attainder
     |of Henry Courtney, Marquis of Exeter.
     |
     |It is a very ancient borough, and sends two members to parliament.
     |The market is on Saturday.
     |
   67|Oak Hill, Wilts, 182.
     |
  114|Oborne, Dorset, 140. A parish containing 26 houses, and 132
     |inhabitants.
     |
   20|Ockham Heath, Surrey, 25.
     |
  124|Odcomb, Somerset, 142. A parish containing 70 houses, and 428
     |inhabitants.
     |
  108|Odd Down, Somerset, 187.
     |
     |Offington, Sussex, 218.
     |
   84|Oldbury Camp, or Bratton Castle, Wilts, 184. This ancient
     |fortification is supposed to be of Roman origin, but there is
     |little doubt of its being subsequently occupied by the Danes and
     |Saxons. On two sides, where the acclivities of the hill are steep,
     |it is but slightly fortified, but on the other sides it is
     |defended by a double ditch and lofty valla.
     |
     |On the slope of the hill on which stands Oldbury Camp, is the
     |figure of a white horse in a trotting attitude, measuring 100 feet
     |from the hoof to the tip of the ear, and 100 feet from the nose to
     |the tail; it is formed by removing the turf from the surface of
     |the soil, which is chalk.
     |
     |This curious monument is asserted by Gough to be an undoubted
     |memorial of the victory obtained by Alfred over the Danes, near
     |Eddington, in the year 878, resembling that by which he
     |commemorated the victory he gained in Berkshire eight years
     |before, having then only acted as lieutenant to his brother
     |Ethelred.
     |
     |In the last battle he was not only commander in chief, but King of
     |England; his affairs were in a most critical situation, and the
     |Danes masters of a great part of his kingdom.
     |
     |This battle is supposed to have been fought near the village of
     |Eddingdon, or Eddington, where the Danish army was

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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.

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.

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