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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Gloucestershire => Topic started by: eac61 on Monday 29 November 10 13:39 GMT (UK)
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The story goes that a farmer worse for wear comes out of the Swan Inn, Stroud gets on his horse and takes the wrong turn - he ends up at the top of a building under construction (Stroud subscription rooms) - he survived the horse didnt !! Apparently they named a street after him something like Radcliff/or Ratcliffe Way (in actual fact the spelling should have been Ractliffe ........ ) There apparently is a childrens mural depicting this - see attached - trying to find a map that would show this street name on it ..... Apparently this happened about 1833
Many thanks
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Have you tried http://www.old-maps.co.uk/index.html where you can wander aboutvariously aged maps.
Good hunting
Chas