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• A1 Road (England and Scotland)
• A5 Road (England and Wales)
• Bath Road (England)
• Brighton Road (London, England)
• Express highways -- England
• Highway law -- England
• Icknield Way (England)
• Roads -- England, South East
• Roads, Prehistoric -- England
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• Streets -- England
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• The Norwich Road: An East Anglian Highway (London: Chapman and Hall, 1901), by Charles G. Harper (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Travel and roads in England. (Folger Shakespeare Library, 1960), by Virginia A. LaMar (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Pilgrims' way from Winchester to Canterbury (Dutton, 1911), by Julia Mary Cartwright Ady (page images at HathiTrust)
• The topography of Stane street; a critical review of "The Stane street" by Hilaire Belloc (J.Long limited, 1922), by William Alexander Grant (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Considérations sur les principes de la police du roulage et sur les travaux d'entretien des routes; suivies d'un appendix contenant un extrait de diverses enquêtes parlementaires anglaises, ainsi que du nouveau traité des routes de Sir Henry Parnell, et l'instruction officielle pour la direction des travaux de la route de Londres à Holyhead. (Carilian-Goeury, 1835), by M. Navier (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report ... on the roads from London to Holyhead, and from London to Liverpool. : 1829 ... (Shaw, printer], 1829), by Thomas Telford (page images at HathiTrust)
• The road. (Printed & published for the British Reinforced Concrete Engineering Co. ltd., by C.W. Hobson, 1923), by Hilaire Belloc (page images at HathiTrust)
• The green roads of England. (Methuen & Co., 1927), by R. Hippisley Cox (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Ancient Epsom; the common fields and ancient roads (W. Pile, 1928), by Reginald White (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A topographical survey of the counties of Stafford, Chester, and Lancaster ... with a complete description of the great, direct, and cross roads; the situation, bearing, and distances of the seats of the nobility and gentry upon or near such roads ... Concluding with a directory of the principal merchants and manufactures, market towns, and days on which their markets are held ... &c. (Printed and sold by E. Snelson, 1787), by William Tunnicliff (page images at HathiTrust)
• A general itinerary of England and Wales, with part of Scotland; containing all the direct, and principal cross roads to every city and market town ... arranged on a new plan ... with three copious indexes ... To which are added several useful tables. The whole compiled and arranged by David Ogilvy, Jun. (Printed for G. & J. Robinson, W. Lowndes [and others], 1804), by David Ogilvy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Leigh's New pocket road-book of England and Wales : containing a description of every principal town and remarkable place ; to which are added pleasure tours to the most picturesque parts of the country. (Leigh, 1840), by Samuel Leigh (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Pilgrims' way from Winchester to Canterbury (H. Virtue and Co., Ltd., 1901), by Julia Mary Cartwright Ady (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• La vie nomade et les routes d'Angleterre au 14e siècle (in French), by J. J. Jusserand (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Pilgrims' Way from Winchester to Canterbury, by Julia Cartwright, illust. by A. H. Hallam Murray (Gutenberg ebook)
• Profit, conveniency, and pleasure, to the whole nation being a short rational discourse, lately presented to His Majesty, concerning the high-ways of England : their badness, the causes thereof, the reasons of those causes, the impossibility of ever having them well-mended according to the old way of mending, but may most certainly be done, and for ever so maintained (according to this new way) substantially, and with very much ease : and so that in the very depth of winter there shall not be much dirt, no deep-cart-rutts, or high-ridges, no holes, or vneven places, nor so much as a loose stone (the very worst of evils both to man and horse) in any of the horse-tracts, nor shall any person have cause to be once put out of his way in any hundred of miles riding. ([London : s.n.], Printed for a publick good in the year 1675), by Thomas Mace (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A guide to surveyors of the high-ways shewing the office and duty of such surveyors, with several cases and resolutions in law relating to the same : collected and gathered out of publick acts of Parliament now in force, and out of the year-books, and other books of the municipal laws of this kingdom : with an abridgment of the statute of 22 H. 8 Chap. 5 for the repairing of bridges, with cases relating thereunto : and likewise a summary of the statutes made for paving, cleansing, &c., streets, lanes, &c., in London and other towns and places, and an abstract of statutes made for the repairs of high-ways and bridges in particular places, methodiz'd into short chapters for the ready finding out any matter contain'd in the book / by G. Meriton, Gent. (London [etc.] : Printed by W. Rawlins and S. Roycroft, assigns of Rich. and Edw. Atkins, for A. and J. Churchill ..., and Fr. Hillyard ..., 1694), by George Meriton (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Britannia, volume the first, or, An illustration of the Kingdom of England and dominion of Wales by a geographical and historical description of the principal roads thereof, actually admeasured and delineated in a century of whole-sheet copper-sculps : accomodated with the ichnography of the several cities and capital towns, and compleated by an accurate account of the more remarkable passages of antiquity : together with a novel discourse of the present state / by John Ogilby ... (London : Printed by the author ..., 1675), by John Ogilby (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Ancient Cambridgeshire: or An attempt to trace Roman and other ancient roads that passed through the county of Cambridge (Printed for the Cambridge antiquarian society, 1883), by Charles Cardale Babington (page images at HathiTrust)

• By the King, a proclamation for suspending the prosecution upon that part of the late act of Parliament for enlarging and repairing of common high-ways, as concerneth the breadth of the tyre of wheels (London : Printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker ..., 1662), by England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II) and King Charles II of England (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• From trackway to turnpike; an illustration from East Devon (H. Milford, 1928), by Gilbert Sheldon (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• An ordinance of explanation of a former ordinance, entituled, An Ordinance for better amending and keeping in repair the common high-waies within this nation. (Ordered by his Highness the Lord Protector and his Council, 1654), by England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell), Henry Scobell, and England and Wales. Council of State (page images at HathiTrust)
• Proceedings. 1660-08-24. (London : printed for John Bill, printer to the King's most excellent Majesty [At the King's printing-house in Black-Friers], 1660. At the King's printing-house in Black-Friers), by England and Wales Parliament (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Vade mecum, or The necessary companion Containing, 1. Sir S. Morland's Perpetual almanack, in copper plates, with many useful tables proper thereto. 2. Christian and regal years compar'd from the Norman conquest. 3. The reduction of weights, measures. 4. The ready casting up any number of farthings, half-pence, pence, shillings, nobles, marks, and guinneys. 5. The interest, and rebate of money, the forebearance, discompt, and purchase of annuities. 6. The rates of post-letters, both inland and outland, with the post-stages. 7. The usual and authorized rates or fares for coach-men, carr-men, and water-men. (London : printed by A.G. and J.P. and are to be sold by T. Passinger, at the Three Bibles on London-Bridge, 1680), by John Playford, Samuel Morland, and John Mayne (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Of repairing and mending the highways in five sections; touching, I: Removing obstructions in the highways, and scouring the ditches next adjoining. II. Draining the highways, and repai[r]ing them. III. IV. V. Providing material. Labourers. Carriages. Published for the use and instruction of young surveyors. By William Mather, a late surveyor of the highways in Bedford. (London : printed for Samuel Clark, in the George-yard, in Lombard-street, 1696), by W. Mather (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The compleat book of knowledge: treating of the wisdom of the antients and shewing the various and wonderful operations of the signs and planets, and other celestial constellations, on the bodies of men, women and children; and the mighty influences they have upon those that are born under them. Compiled by the learned Albubetes, Benesaphan, Erra Pater, and other of the antients. To which is added, the country man's kalendar; with his daily practice, and perpetual prognostication for weather, according to Albumazar, Ptolomy, and others. Together with a catalogue of all the market-towns, fairs, and roads in England and Wales. All those who peruse this book, must own, that it the knowledge gives of things unknown. (London : printed by W. Onley; and are to be sold by H. Nelme, at the Leg and Star in Cornhil, 1698) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Orders in Council. 1654-05-16. ([London? : s.n., 1654]), by England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell) and England and Wales. Council of State (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Proclamations. 1555-10-21 ([Excusum Londini : In ædibus Iohannis Cavvodi typographi regiæ maiestatis, Anno.M.D.LV. [1555]]), by England and Wales. Sovereign (1553-1558 : Mary I) and Queen of England Mary I (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• By the Commissioners appointed by his Majesty, for the repairing the high-wayes and sewers, and for keeping clean of the streets, in, and about the city of London and Westminster, &c. ([London] : Printed for J. G[rismond] printer to the said Commissioners, 1662), by Maurice Newport (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The case of Richard Fielder, in relation to the petition of the waggoners. ([London : s.n., 1696]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Ancient highways of the parish of Halifax ([Halifax, Eng.?], 1924), by W. B. Crump (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Address on the streets & traffic of London (Barry, 1899), by John Wolfe Wolfe Barry (page images at HathiTrust)

• The traveller's guide through Ireland; being an accurate and complete companion to Captain Alexander Taylor's map of Ireland, giving the distance by the great roads from Dublin to every town in the kingdom, the cross roads, and description of the gentlemens seats near the roads ... To which are added the roads from London to Chester, Holyhead, &c. (Printed by P. Byrne, 1794), by George Tyner and Alexander Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Parliamentary documents : [relating to roads, etc.]. ([London, 1812), by Thomas Telford and Great Britain. Commissioners of the metropolis turnpike roads (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rudiments of the art of constructing and repairing common roads. (J. Weale, 1850), by Henry Law and Samuel Hughes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rudiments of the art of constructing and repairing common roads. (J. Weale, 1855), by Henry Law and Samuel Hughes (page images at HathiTrust)

• Maintenance of main roads / Talbot collection of British pamphlets. (Cornelius Buck, 22 Paternoster Row, E.C., 1882), by Edward William Harcourt (page images at HathiTrust)

• Murray's cyclist's roadbook : from London through Guildford, Chichester, Portsmouth, and Southampton to the New Forest and back by Romsey, Winchester, Guildford, Dorking, and Epsom (John Murray, 1897) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The "contour" road book of England (south-east division) : a series of elevation plans of the roads, with measurements and descriptive letterpress (Gall & Inglis, 1901), by Harry R. G. Inglis (page images at HathiTrust)

• Management of highways ... (Biggs, 1895), by E Purnell Hooley (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Great North Road, the Old Mail Road to Scotland: York to Edinburgh, by Charles G. Harper (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Great North Road, the Old Mail Road to Scotland: London to York, by Charles G. Harper (Gutenberg ebook)

• The Holyhead Road: The Mail-coach Road to Dublin. Vol. 2, by Charles G. Harper (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Holyhead Road: The Mail-coach Road to Dublin. Vol. 1, by Charles G. Harper (Gutenberg ebook)

• The Bath road; history, fashion, and frivolity on an old highway (E. V. Michell, 1923), by Charles G. Harper (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Bath Road: History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway, by Charles G. Harper (Gutenberg ebook)

• The Brighton Road: The Classic Highway to the South, by Charles G. Harper (Gutenberg ebook)

• Considérations sur les principes de la police du roulage et sur les travaux d'entretien des routes; suivies d'un appendix contenant un extrait de diverses enquêtes parlementaires anglaises, ainsi que du nouveau traité des routes de Sir Henry Parnell, et l'instruction officielle pour la direction des travaux de la route de Londres à Holyhead. (Carilian-Goeury, 1835), by M. Navier (page images at HathiTrust)
• By the King, a proclamation for suspending the prosecution upon that part of the late act of Parliament for enlarging and repairing of common high-ways, as concerneth the breadth of the tyre of wheels (London : Printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker ..., 1662), by England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II) and King Charles II of England (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A guide to surveyors of the high-ways shewing the office and duty of such surveyors, with several cases and resolutions in law relating to the same : collected and gathered out of publick acts of Parliament now in force, and out of the year-books, and other books of the municipal laws of this kingdom : with an abridgment of the statute of 22 H. 8 Chap. 5 for the repairing of bridges, with cases relating thereunto : and likewise a summary of the statutes made for paving, cleansing, &c., streets, lanes, &c., in London and other towns and places, and an abstract of statutes made for the repairs of high-ways and bridges in particular places, methodiz'd into short chapters for the ready finding out any matter contain'd in the book / by G. Meriton, Gent. (London [etc.] : Printed by W. Rawlins and S. Roycroft, assigns of Rich. and Edw. Atkins, for A. and J. Churchill ..., and Fr. Hillyard ..., 1694), by George Meriton (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• The Icknield Way (Constable, 1913), by Edward Thomas and A. L. Collins (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Icknield Way, by Edward Thomas, illust. by A. L. Collins (Gutenberg ebook)

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