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The routes from Manchester to Oxford and Southampton

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Benchmarks from Long Compton to Stratford, Boundaries and Travel Bugs

And one on the ‘A34’ is shown as being in Gloucestershire – before various boundary changes?! John Nicholls comments: Between Alderminster and Stratford on Avon (why […]

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The Rollright Crossroads

by Mervyn Benford   The London-Aberystwyth route, with its connecting branch from Oxford/Woodstock joining at Kiddington, arrived at Little Rollright at a crossroads with a tollgate managing

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Measuring Milemarks ! A Discussion

Might something like this explain why the A361 Banbury to Chipping Norton distance gained an extra quarter at some time, though visible only on one post?

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Ogilby in Berkshire – Early Mapping

The Ogilby map of the road from Oxford to Newbury is the first road map of any quality for this section of the ‘A34’.  For more

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Mapping the A34 in Oxon, Berks and Hants

Peter Nelson has prepared a set of four  itinerary maps for the A34, for Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Hampshire. He has chosen four years which seem significant in

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Quiz Question !!

Who walked the seven miles from Woodstock to Oxford along the turnpike road on 21 March 1797 to avoid being recognised at Woodstock boarding the stage

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Milestone On Headington Hill, Oxford

This milestone is on Headington Road, Oxford, towards the top of Heading hill, and has the Milestone Society National ID OX_LW53.

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Escapes from Oxford Castle

by Peter Nelson, March 2014 Early view of Oxford Castle From the Oxford Journal, 18th October 1777 : OXFORD, October 18. On Saturday last Richard Latham

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Tollhouse, Folly Bridge, Oxford

This old tollhouse, now a local stores shop, on Folly Bridge, St Aldates, Oxford has the National ID OX.OXF02 in the Milestone Society’s records.

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The Coronation Balloonist

by Peter Nelson   From the Berkshire Chronicle, 5th May 1827 : ROYAL BALLOON, MR. C. GREEN, WHO HAD (BY ORDER OF GOVERNMENT) THE HONOUR TO

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A34 ROUTE

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