Half Mile Drove
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Half Mile Drove
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 8 Aug 2009
Small lane linking The Broyle, the B2192, with Laughton Road, the B2124. Formerly part of The Broyle, a medieval deer park and common, that was enclosed in 1767. Consequently, like every other road that ran through the former park it has been designed with a ruler and is dead straight for the entirety of its half mile length. Interestingly, the lane was marked on Yeakell & Gardner's map of 1783 but not the first OS map of 1813.
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Image Location
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50.900522
Longitude
0.086275