Finding the Way !
The half dozen unique mileposts on the Stratford to Long Compton Turnpike are being restored this Spring under the Milestone Society’s “Finding the Way!” project, supported by Heritage Lottery Fund. […]
The half dozen unique mileposts on the Stratford to Long Compton Turnpike are being restored this Spring under the Milestone Society’s “Finding the Way!” project, supported by Heritage Lottery Fund. […]
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 the history of the […]
By Keith Lawrence What was the Eighteenth Century route that was supposed to run from Manchester to Birmingham and Oxford (Rusholme & Victoria Park Archive – A Tour of […]
An A34 Church Crawl By Keith Lawrence A strange title perhaps – but if they were public houses! Travelling from the Lancashire border southwards we pass six churches and […]
The Crown Hotel, High Street, Stone; an C18 former coaching inn, which would have been familiar to travellers on the Rugeley & Stone; Stone, Lane End, Blythe Bridge, &tc; Stone, […]
Turnpikes, Tollhouses and Coaches On-line Resources for a Cheshire Researcher By Keith Lawrence While most of the on-line resources referred to in this article are free, some require a subscription, […]
Robert Caldicott writes: Two of the posts are listed by English Heritage. The first was north of Tredington at Grid Ref. SP2535 4536 but was damaged some years ago and […]
From: 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 it. It’s today a narrow […]
Talke o’ th’ Hill, Staffordshire By Keith Lawrence Talke o’ th’ Hill sits at the junction of the routes from Lancashire and the north-west of England (A50) and one […]
A splendid milestone at Henley in Arden, photographed by geocacher / milestoner Spencer (‘Spunky Spider’). Notice the Milestone Society’s TravelBug Six perched on the rim of its big brother… if […]
Ogilby in Berkshire 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 information […]
ESCAPE FROM THE CASTLE Early view of Oxford Castle From the Oxford Journal, 18th October 1777 : OXFORD, October 18. On Saturday last Richard Latham and Robert […]
THE CORONATION BALLOONIST From the Berkshire Chronicle, 5th May 1827 : ROYAL BALLOON, MR. C. GREEN, WHO HAD (BY ORDER OF GOVERNMENT) THE HONOUR TO MAKE HIS FIRST […]
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 did so […]
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 coach on her way […]
http://www.rusholmearchive.org/a-tour-of-wilmslow-road Click the link for some fascinating information and photographs from the Rusholme and Victoria Park Archive !