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   botvolution (botvolution@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Saturday, 16-Nov-2024 18:02:06 JST botvolution

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   Routes like this through woodland would sometimes have the trees felled on both sides to some depth, to deny robbers & brigands cover; The area here to the right *might* be a remnant of that practice I suppose?
   (I read this in one of Oliver Rackham's books)

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     Broadfork (broadfork@mastodon.green)'s status on Saturday, 16-Nov-2024 18:02:07 JST Broadfork

     This is the old London road from Oxford at the top of Shotover Hill. The first coach started out on the route in 1669. Passengers had to get out of laden stagecoaches and walk up the steep Shotover hill to spare the horses.

     Highwaymen were rampant on this route outside Oxford in the 18th Century.

     https://www.headington.org.uk/history/misc/roads_to_london.htm

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