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
|handsome market house: the church is an ancient building. It is a
|pleasant and healthy place, but standing on a dry stoney soil is
|not fertile, and its chief support is the woollen manufacture. The
|fields in the neighbourhood are in general inclosed with stone
|walls instead of hedges. It contains 458 houses, and 2402
|inhabitants. Market on Wednesday.
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67|Cosham, Hants, 32, 214, 223.
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141|Cossington, Somerset, 191. A parish containing 49 houses, and 237
|inhabitants.
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111|Coston, Somerset, 202.
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|Cotley Hill, Wilts, 206.
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108|Cottage Crescent, Somerset, 187.
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230|Council Barrow, Cornwall, 155.
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64|Court Week, Sussex, 44.
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88|Cowden Down, Wilts, 105.
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249|Cowland, Cornwall, 157.
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|Cowsfield Green, Wilts, 210.
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127|Coxley, Somerset, 190.
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127|Coxley Pound, Somerset, 190.
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212|Crab Tree, Devon, 122.
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181|Crab Tree, Devon, 196.
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113|Crackment Hill, Somerset, 140.
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223|Crafthole, Cornwall, 123.
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143|Crandon Bridge, Somerset, 192.
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12|Cranford Bridge, Middlesex, 174.
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30|Crawley, Sussex, 49. A parish containing 26 houses, and 210
|inhabitants.
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13|Crayford, Kent, 2. The name is derived from an ancient ford over
|the river Cray, or Crouch; which, a little below this town, falls
|into the Darent. Here are some considerable callico printing
|grounds, and a manufactory for slitting iron and rolling it into
|hoops. In this and the adjoining parishes are a number of deep
|caverns, artificially cut out of the chalk pits; concerning the
|origin of which various conjectures have been formed. The church
|stands on an eminence, and is ornamented with a beautiful
|altar-piece. The river produces excellent trout. It contains 187
|houses, and 1210 inhabitants.
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182|Crediton Lane End, Devon, 148.
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130|=Crewkerne=, Somerset, 142. A market town and parish, lying in a
|pleasant valley on the branches of the rivers Parret and Axe, and
|consists of five principal streets; the church is an elegant
|Gothic structure, richly ornamented. The market-house is roomy,
|and stands in the centre of the town; it is well supplied on
|Saturdays with provisions, corn, &c. It contains 489 houses, and
|2576 inhabitants.
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93|Cribbage Hutt, Wilts, 137.
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136|Cricket Wood, Somerset, 143.
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138|Crim Chard, Somerset, 145.
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|Crockerhill, Sussex, 216.
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184|Crockernwell, Devon, 148.
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63|Croix, St., Hants, 78, 84.
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77|Cromlech, The Devil’s Den, Wilts, 183. This ancient monument is
|formed of two upright stones, supporting a vast flat one as an
|impost; and, from the great breadth of the supporters, it has the
|appearance of a cave. Near it are two other stones lying on the
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