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| Southampton Street, Faringdon did go to
Southampton for drovers, but not carriages Unfortunately Faringdon is at the bottom of the page. Note that Buscot seems to be listed as Musket. The route goes up Southampton Street, past the tennis courts and then go right to Rogers Concrete, Coles Pits, Fernham, Uffington, the Blowing Stone etc and on to Hungerford, where the coach roads started again. But the drovers did not like sharing roads with wheeled traffic, so beyond Hungerford they probably went on very minor roads or paths. The main Bristol service ran to Colnbrook, Maidehead, Henley, Dorchester, Abington, Faringdon, Margret. Kindly provided by John Gillman |
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| Lechlade (Gloucester route) and Highworth (Marlborough route) |
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| Faringdon is on a
Y Junction, right for Gloucester, straight on for Stratton (turn left for
Marlborough) with Marlborough Street basically linking London to Bristol.
Note that Radcot Road goes straight in to the Market Place from Faringdon House. Wadley Manor is called Waddy Farm meaning boggy ground farm. |
| Below is the1675
vintage map for Abington(Abingdon) to Monmouth. The coach road map shows the
importance of Faringdon on the strategic coach network. |
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