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... roads and canals , which were carried on as far as the most northern parts of the island ; the latter intended for the ... road and its two branches , one of which passes at a short distance to the east of Sleaford , Dr. Stukeley a Itin ...
... roads and canals , which were carried on as far as the most northern parts of the island ; the latter intended for the ... road and its two branches , one of which passes at a short distance to the east of Sleaford , Dr. Stukeley a Itin ...
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... roads given in " Universal His- tory , " the compilers of that work state the name of this northern road to be the " Ikenild Street ; " that " it led from Southampton to York , and from thence to Tinmouth . Ermine or Erminage Street ...
... roads given in " Universal His- tory , " the compilers of that work state the name of this northern road to be the " Ikenild Street ; " that " it led from Southampton to York , and from thence to Tinmouth . Ermine or Erminage Street ...
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... road itself , and upon that other great work which accompanies it , called the Cardike , equally to be ascribed to the same authors . This road is nearer the first intention of a meridian line than the other ; but , when they found it ...
... road itself , and upon that other great work which accompanies it , called the Cardike , equally to be ascribed to the same authors . This road is nearer the first intention of a meridian line than the other ; but , when they found it ...
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... road which we suppose the original stem of the Hermen Street , goes in a direct line , and full north and south from Durobrivæ , or Caster , to Sleaford ; and there , for aught I know , it terminates . It is manifest , that if it had ...
... road which we suppose the original stem of the Hermen Street , goes in a direct line , and full north and south from Durobrivæ , or Caster , to Sleaford ; and there , for aught I know , it terminates . It is manifest , that if it had ...
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... road , a mile or more south of Sleaford , an old work , square , ditched about , large , with an entry from the road ; the earth of the vallum thrown up on both sides.c " But it was not enough for the Romans thus to provide for commerce ...
... road , a mile or more south of Sleaford , an old work , square , ditched about , large , with an entry from the road ; the earth of the vallum thrown up on both sides.c " But it was not enough for the Romans thus to provide for commerce ...
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