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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.

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56|Freefolk, Hants, 100. A hamlet containing 8 houses, and 54
     |inhabitants. Here is a paper mill, where the finer kinds of paper
     |are manufactured, particularly that sort used by the Bank of
     |England.
     |
   68|Friars’ Hill, Hants, 78.
     |
   45|Friars’ Oak, Sussex, 50.
     |
   44|Friday’s Hill, Sussex, 34.
     |
   30|Frimley, Surrey, 80. A hamlet containing 83 houses, and 532
     |inhabitants.
     |
   30|Frimley Bridge, Hants, 80.
     |
   27|Frimley Heath, Surrey, 72, 80.
     |
  102|Frog Lane, Wilts, 164.
     |
   67|Froxfield, Wilts, 182. A parish containing 128 houses, and 492
     |inhabitants. Here is a handsome and well-endowed almshouse,
     |founded by Sarah, Duchess Dowager of Somerset, for the maintenance
     |of 30 poor widows.
     |
   44|Froyle, Hants, 82. A parish containing 123 houses, and 744
     |inhabitants.
     |
   84|Fugglestone, Wilts, 136, 208. A parish containing 111 houses, and
     |590 inhabitants.
     |
  193|Fullaford, Devon, 149.
     |
   47|Furley Hill, Sussex, 34.
     |
   43|Furness, Old, Sussex, 65.
     |
  193|Furzely, Devon, 119.
     |
   77|Fyfield, Wilts, 183.
     |
     |
     |G.
     |
   26|Gad’s Hill, Kent, 4. This place has been rendered famous by
     |Shakspeare making it the scene of the frolics of Henry the Fifth,
     |when Prince of Wales, and his companion Falstaff. On the spot is a
     |public house, bearing the prince’s head on one side, and the fat
     |knight and his companion on the other.
     |
  192|Gaggs, Devon, 119.
     |
   19|Galley Hill, Kent, 3.
     |
   22|Gander’s Hole, Surrey, 47.
     |
  243|Gaverigon, Cornwall, 156.
     |
  239|Gelly Copse, Cornwall, 125.
     |
  226|=Germains, St.=, Cornwall, 124. A borough, town, and parish,
     |containing 350 houses, and 2030 inhabitants. The town is situated
     |on a rising ground near the river Tidi, a branch of the Lyhner. It
     |was a bishop’s see, gives title of Earl to the family of Eliot,
     |and sends two members to parliament. It owes its name to a bishop
     |of Auxene, who extirpated the Pelagian heresy from Britain, and to
     |whose memory King Athelstan here founded a priory of secular
     |canons. The see of Bodmin was translated hither in 981, and the
     |remains of the bishop’s palace may still be traced in a farm about
     |one mile distant from the town. The conventual church, which is
     |now used as the parish church, is a large and handsome building,
     |and still contains an episcopal choir, and the prebends’ stalls.
     |
     |The parish of St. Germains is the largest in the county, including
     |sixteen villages.
     |
   64|Giles’s, St., Hill, Hants, 84.
     |
  131|=Glastonbury=, Somerset, 190. A market town, consisting of two
     |parishes, containing 486 houses, and 2337 inhabitants. It derived
     |its celebrity from its abbey, which, during a period of six
     |hundred years, surpassed in value and authority every other in

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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

56|Freefolk, Hants, 100. A hamlet containing 8 houses, and 54
     |inhabitants. Here is a paper mill, where the finer kinds of paper
     |are manufactured, particularly that sort used by the Bank of
     |England.
     |
   68|Friars’ Hill, Hants, 78.
     |
   45|Friars’ Oak, Sussex, 50.
     |
   44|Friday’s Hill, Sussex, 34.
     |
   30|Frimley, Surrey, 80. A hamlet containing 83 houses, and 532
     |inhabitants.
     |
   30|Frimley Bridge, Hants, 80.
     |
   27|Frimley Heath, Surrey, 72, 80.
     |
  102|Frog Lane, Wilts, 164.
     |
   67|Froxfield, Wilts, 182. A parish containing 128 houses, and 492
     |inhabitants. Here is a handsome and well-endowed almshouse,
     |founded by Sarah, Duchess Dowager of Somerset, for the maintenance
     |of 30 poor widows.
     |
   44|Froyle, Hants, 82. A parish containing 123 houses, and 744
     |inhabitants.
     |
   84|Fugglestone, Wilts, 136, 208. A parish containing 111 houses, and
     |590 inhabitants.
     |
  193|Fullaford, Devon, 149.
     |
   47|Furley Hill, Sussex, 34.
     |
   43|Furness, Old, Sussex, 65.
     |
  193|Furzely, Devon, 119.
     |
   77|Fyfield, Wilts, 183.
     |
     |
     |G.
     |
   26|Gad’s Hill, Kent, 4. This place has been rendered famous by
     |Shakspeare making it the scene of the frolics of Henry the Fifth,
     |when Prince of Wales, and his companion Falstaff. On the spot is a
     |public house, bearing the prince’s head on one side, and the fat
     |knight and his companion on the other.
     |
  192|Gaggs, Devon, 119.
     |
   19|Galley Hill, Kent, 3.
     |
   22|Gander’s Hole, Surrey, 47.
     |
  243|Gaverigon, Cornwall, 156.
     |
  239|Gelly Copse, Cornwall, 125.
     |
  226|=Germains, St.=, Cornwall, 124. A borough, town, and parish,
     |containing 350 houses, and 2030 inhabitants. The town is situated
     |on a rising ground near the river Tidi, a branch of the Lyhner. It
     |was a bishop’s see, gives title of Earl to the family of Eliot,
     |and sends two members to parliament. It owes its name to a bishop
     |of Auxene, who extirpated the Pelagian heresy from Britain, and to
     |whose memory King Athelstan here founded a priory of secular
     |canons. The see of Bodmin was translated hither in 981, and the
     |remains of the bishop’s palace may still be traced in a farm about
     |one mile distant from the town. The conventual church, which is
     |now used as the parish church, is a large and handsome building,
     |and still contains an episcopal choir, and the prebends’ stalls.
     |
     |The parish of St. Germains is the largest in the county, including
     |sixteen villages.
     |
   64|Giles’s, St., Hill, Hants, 84.
     |
  131|=Glastonbury=, Somerset, 190. A market town, consisting of two
     |parishes, containing 486 houses, and 2337 inhabitants. It derived
     |its celebrity from its abbey, which, during a period of six
     |hundred years, surpassed in value and authority every other in

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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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