 There is such an instance of the benefit of a turnpikeroad at Horsham, as is very rarely to be met with : the present road to London was made in 1756 ; before that time it was so execrably bad, that whoever went on wheels, were forced to go round by Canterbury,...  General View of the Agriculture of the County of Sussex - Page 394by Board of Agriculture (Great Britain) - 1808 - 473 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Britton - Architecture - 1813 - 1036 pages
...such an instance of tlis benefit of a turnpike-road nt ffurshrtm as is very rarely tu be met with. Tho present road to London was made in 1756 ; before that time it was 10 execrably bad, that whoever went ou wheels was forced to go round by Canterbury , which it one of... | |
 | William Humphrey Marshall - 1817 - 750 pages
...metropolis, and the great cross road near the coast, which connects them together, are very good." P. 418. " There is such an instance of the benefit of a turnpike-road...with: the present road to London was made in 1756 j before that time it was so execrably bad, that whoever went on wheels, were forced to go round by... | |
 | Robert Southey - Anecdotes - 1849 - 610 pages
...trees might be turned to the sun, or removed from an unfavourable wind. " THE present road from Horsham to London was made in 1756. Before that time it was...most extraordinary circumstances that the history of non -communication in this kingdom can furnish. The making the road was opposed, for what measure of... | |
 | Robert Furley - Kent (England) - 1874 - 530 pages
...the Weald. t He records that the Turnpike Road from Horsham to London was made in 1750, and that " before that time it was so execrably bad that, whoever...went on wheels were forced to go round by Canterbury (sic j. which is one of the most extraordinary circumstances that the history of non-communication... | |
 | Robert Furley - Kent (England) - 1874 - 536 pages
...the Weald. t He records that the Turnpike Road from Horsham to London wai made in 1750, and that " before that time it was so execrably bad that, whoever went on wheels were forced to go round by < \mtorbury (tic). 660 Emd the tolls to be charged on them, devoted their time '•'"•"'• x.\":v.... | |
 | William Topley - Geology - 1875 - 542 pages
...undoubtedly were, this description , is surely overdrawn ; as is probably the following also : — " There is such an instance of the benefit of a turnpike-road...on wheels, were forced to go round by Canterbury." REV. A. YOUNG, Agriculture of Sussex, p. 418, of ed. 1808. for a packsaddlc, and, leaving his cart... | |
 | William Topley, Henry William Bristow - Geology - 1875 - 540 pages
...undoubtedly were, this description . is surely overdrawn ; as is probably the following also : — " There is such an instance of the benefit of a turnpike-road...with : the present road to London was made in 1756 j before that time it was so execrably bad, that whoever went on wheels, were forced to go round by... | |
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