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English Wayfaring Life in the Middle Ages (XIVth Century)

Note 40 — Chapter I · ROADS AND BRIDGES

Lucy Toulmin Smith translation

Yarm on the Tees, 44 miles north-north-west of York. The “king’s highway” in question is the highroad from Scotland, leading to the south, through York and London. The bridge was re-built in 1400 by Skirlaw, Bishop of Durham.

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