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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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  • Nicholas von Behr, ‘The Cloth Industry of Twerton from the 1780s to the 1820s’, Bath History vol.VI, 1996, pp.88-107
  • Kenneth R.Clew, The Kennet & Avon Canal, 1968
  • Robert G.Naish, Twerton Vols I & II [Bath Central Library: a collection of newspaper cuttings containing a series of articles on the history of Twerton, published in the Bath & Wilts Chronicle and Herald in the 1930s]
  • W.J.Reader, Macadam - the McAdam Family and the Turnpike Roads, 1798-1861
  • D.M.M.Shorrocks ed.,‘Medieval Deeds from the Walker-Heneage MSS’, Medieval Deeds of Bath and District, Somerset Record Society, Vol.73, 1974


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