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Peckfield
Peckfield was once a notable spot on the Great North Road, the point where the Leeds road branched off westward and followed by the 'Rockingham', ...
2.
Newark
The Romans probably bridged the Trent at or near Newark but this was more .... the villages to grazing land by Spittal Bridge sometimes stopping traffic on ...
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Alconbury
The Great North Road used to turn north-westward as it approached Alconbury, leaving the village and the Alconbury Brook to the east. ...
4.
Insulation
There has been much debate over the use of multifoil insulation, much of it ill informed .... Tithe Farm Bed & Breakfast. Lincolnshire. ©Biff Vernon 2006.
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Piercebridge
"The old antiquaries have always taken an interest in Piercebridge, and they have recorded the various discoveries made by chance in the neighbourhood, ...
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Royston
The eastern route, the Old North Road, ran through Royston following closely the line of the Roman Ermine Street. Approaching from the south, ...
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Ancaster
The next town it comes to is Ancaster, what was its roman name I know not, but it has been a very strong city entrenche'd and walled about. as may be seen ...
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Boroughbridge
Anyone who loves the sight of old English towns should not miss Boroughbridge, with its quaint inns, forlorn and desolate now that the coaching days are ...
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Sewstern Drift
"Sewstern Lane is pictured here some way south of Grantham, between Skillington and Sewtern village, from which it gets its name, with the spire of Stainby ...
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Samphire
Shakespeare's samphire grew half way down a cliff. This was the rock samphire, Crithmum maritimum, but here we have marsh samphire, Salicornia europaea, ...
