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An Introduction to the History of Twerton High Street

Background History of Twerton Village and Parish

Historical Development of Twerton High Street

Twerton High Street Site Descriptions
Contents
Historical Development of the High Street

Materials and Maintenance

Pavements and Crossings

Traffic Regulation

Cleaning

Drainage

Street Lighting

Other Street Amenities

Street Events

Source Maps

Further Reading

Author’s Acknowledgements
By Mike Chapman
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  • Thomas Thorpe, ‘Five Miles Around Bath’, published 1742, Bath Record Office [BRO]
  • C.Harcourt Masters, Bath Turnpike Trust road map, surveyed 1786, Somerset Record Office [SRO] D/T/ba 24
  • Jeremiah Cruse, Twerton parish map surveyed in 1807, BRO [with schedule 1825-1837 in SRO]
  • Kennet & Avon Canal Extension, Deposited Plan, 1810, SRO Q/RUp 31
  • I.K.Brunel, Deposited Plan of the Proposed Great Western Railway, 1833, SRO, RUp 120, with schedule. Note that the railway and new road, as built, takes a course several yards to the south of the proposed alignment shown on the deposited plan.
  • Tithe map of Twerton, 1840, SRO D/D/Rt 324, with schedule
  • OS 1:500 scale, Sheet XIII.8.15.Bath, surveyed 1884
  • OS 1:2,500 scale (County Series), Sheet XIII.8.; editions 1888 (surveyed 1884), 1903, 1932
  • OS ST7264 1:2,500 scale, 1952; OS ST7264NE 1:1,250 scale, 1973


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