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APPENDIX C. 



MEASUREMENTS OF THE ROADS OUT OF LONDON. 



I. The Kent Roads (with the exception of the road to 

 Woolwich through Vauxhall) are measured from the Surrey side 

 of London Bridge through Great Dover Street. 



II. The Portsmouth Road, and those branching from it, 

 are measured from the Stones End in the Borough near the 

 Queen's Bench Prison, according to the milestones. 



III. The ISLE OF WIGHT ROADS are measured from Cowes. 



IV. The Croydon, Reigate, Epsom, and Brighton 

 Roads are measured from the Surrey side of Westminster Bridge 

 and from the ' Standard ' in Cornhill. The milestones are 

 generally numbered from both these places. 



V. The Winchester and Southampton, Dorsetshire, 

 Devonshire, Cornwall, Wiltshire, Somersetshire, and 

 all the roads in the south-west of the kingdom are measured 

 from Hyde Park Corner through Brentford. 



VI. The Uxbridge, Edgware, Birmingham, Shrews- 

 bury, and most of the roads in the north-western parts of the 

 kingdom are measured from where Tyburn turnpike formerly 

 stood, at the top of Oxford Street. 



The HlGHGATE and Hampstead Roads are measured 

 from Holborn Bars, near Gray's Inn Lane, and from the 

 bottom of Oxford Street, where St. Giles' Pound formerly- 

 stood. 



VII. The BARNET Road, and all the roads in the north 

 and some of the roads in the north-west of the kingdom, arc 

 measured from the place where Hick's Hall formerly stood, 



