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Alder Row
Selwood used to be a village but is now part of the suburbs of Frome. It is a Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Mendip District, Mendip district of Somerset, England. The parish includes the villages of East and West Woodlands, Rodden and the hamlets of Alder Row and Blatchbridge. History Roddenbury Hillfort is a univallate Iron Age hill fort. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and on the Heritage at Risk Register. The ancient Selwood Forest stretched approximately between Gillingham, Dorset, Gillingham in Dorset and Chippenham in Wiltshire. Between the eighth and early eleventh centuries it was an important boundary between east and west Wessex, and in 705 the Bishop of Salisbury, bishopric of Sherborn was established for those "west of Selwood" Only a few fragments of the forest now survive. The parish was part of the Hundred (county subdivision), hundred of Frome (hundred), Frome. Governance The Parish councils of England, parish council has responsibility for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milestone At East Woodlands
A milestone is a numbered marker placed on a route such as a road, railway line, canal or boundary. They can indicate the distance to towns, cities, and other places or landmarks; or they can give their position on the route relative to some datum location. On roads they are typically located at the side or in a median or central reservation. They are alternatively known as mile markers, mileposts or mile posts (sometimes abbreviated MPs). A "kilometric point" is a term used in metricated areas, where distances are commonly measured in kilometres instead of miles. "Distance marker" is a generic unit-agnostic term. Milestones are installed to provide linear referencing points along the road. This can be used to reassure travellers that the proper path is being followed, and to indicate either distance travelled or the remaining distance to a destination. Such references are also used by maintenance engineers and emergency services to direct them to specific points w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
