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Addison, Sir William, 1980 The Old Roads of England London: B.T.Batsford Introduction
Adeane, Lord, chariman, et.al., Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments & Constructions of England, 1977. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the Town of Stamford, HMSO. Stamford
Alabaster, C. & Straw, A. 1976. The Pleistocene context of faunal remains and artefacts discovered at Welton-le-Wold, Lincolnshire. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 41, 75-94. Welton-le-Wold
Albert, William, 1972 The Turnpike Road System in England 1663-1840 Cambridge University Press
Anderson, Iain F., 1935 A Scot Over the Border London: Herbert Jenkins. Mr. & Mrs. Anderson take a trip south from Edinburgh in their Morris Minor, 'Snippy'. Newcastle Morpeth Alnwick
Anderson, M.D., 1967 History by the Highway Faber and Faber. Scotch Corner
Anderson, R.M.C., 1932 The Roads of England, Ernest Brown. Introduction
Anon 1782 A Description of the Towns and Villages etc,. on and adjoining the Great North Road from London to Bawtry London. Road writers
Appleyard, Simon, & Shannon, Irene, 1965 Ermine Street, A Journey into History in Lincolnshire Life Vol. 5 Nos. 5 (part 1) & 6 (part 2), Nov/Dec 1965 & Jan/Feb 1966. North of Lincoln
Armstrong, Mostyyn John, 1776 An Actual Survey of the Great Post-Roads between London and Edinburgh. A road atlas of the Great North Road, comprising 44 map plates, at a scale of half inch to the mile, each with an accompanying page of notes giving distances, cross roads and names of 'gentlemen's seats'. A facsimile edition has been published by Old Hall Press. Map Makers Hatfield Bedfordshire Stamford RutlandScrooby Bawtry Roman Roads in Lincolnshire Yorkshire North from Doncaster Sherburn-in-Elmet Topcliffe Leeming Northallertn Alnwick to Berwick
Aston, John, 1639 The Journal of John Aston, British Museum, Additional MS 28566 and reprinted in The Publications of the Surtees Society Vol CXVIII, 1910. Road Writers
Atkinson, J. C., (ed) 1884 Quarter Sessions Records Vol 1 London: The North Riding Record Society York to Thirsk
Automobile Association,c.1926 The AA Road Book of England & Wales Cassell. The AA brings Patterson to the 20th century. Introduction Yorkshire Doncaster Durham Northumberland York to Thirsk
Baines, Edward 1823 History, Directory & Gazeteer, of the County of York Leeds: Baines York to Thirsk Available at GoogleBooks
Barley, M.W. 1953 Lincolnshire and the Fens London: Batsford. Sewstern Drift
Bedoyere, Guy de la, 1989 The Finds of Roman Britain London: B.T.Batsford
Belloc, Hilaire, 1904 The Old Road London: Archibald Constable. Mostly about The Pilgrim Way from Canterbury to Winchester. Hilaire Belloc
Belloc, Hilaire, 1923 The Road Manchester: Charles Hobson. The theory and history of road building, sponsored by The British Reinforced Concrete Engineering Company. Road Writers Hilaire Belloc Stamford North from Doncaster p61
Betjeman, John 1956 in The Spectator, reprinted in Betjeman's Britain 1999 London: Folio Society. Stamford
Bird, Anthony, 1969 Roads and Vehicles London: Longmans. Stamford
Bogg, Edmund, 1902 The Old Kingdom of Elmet London: John Heywood. There is also a facsimile edition published by Old Hall Press in 1998 Sherburn-in-Elmet
Bonser, K.J., Spas, Wells and Springs of Leeds Thoresby Society Transactions 28 Rudgate
Bonser, K.J., 1970 The Drovers London: Macmillan. Historical account of livestock journeymen; who they were and how they went. Illustrated with maps & photos.
Borrow, George, 1851 Lavengro: The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest 3 Volumes, London: John Murray. Norman Cross Medieval Routes
Bradley, Tom, 1889 The Old Coaching Days in Yorkshire Leeds: Yorkshire Conservative Newspaper. London Yorkshire Doncaster Ferrybridge Wetherby York to Thirsk
Bradley, Tom, 1900 Jackson's Cyclist's Guide To Yorkshire Leeds: Richard Jackson Cycling in Yorkshire York to Thirsk
Braithwaite, Richard, 1638 Drunken Barnaby’s Four Journeys to the North of England Comic verse in Latin and English, recounting Drunken Barnaby's travels. Writers
Brown, Cornelius, 1896 History of Nottinghamshire, London. Tuxford Newark
Brown, Cornelius, 1907 A History of Newark-on-Trent, Newark: S. Whiles. Newark Smeaton's Viaduct
Bruff, Barry R., 1990 The Village Atlas - The Growth of North and West Yorkshire 1840 - 1910, Edmonton, London: Village Atlas. Sherburn-in-Elmet
Bruning, Ted and Paulin, Keith, 1982 Historic English Inns David and Charles. A history of the English pub with a brief and selective gazetteer. Buckden Tadcaster
Burgess, Colin, 1995 Bronze Age Rapier, Catterick Bridge The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, Vol. 97 Catterick
Burke, Thomas, 1933 The Beauty of England London: Harrap. Road writers
Burke, Thomas, 1946 Travel in England London: Batsford. Road writers
Burl, Aubrey, 1991 The Devil's Arrows, Boroughbridge, The Archaeology of a Stone Row The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, Vol. 63. Boroughbridge
Byng, John, Viscount Torrington,c.1790 but published 1996 as Rides Round Britain London: Folio Society. Turnpike Roads Alconbury Wansford Water Newton Stamford
Camden, William, 1586 Britannia (English translations 1610 Holland, 1695 Gibson) London: George Bishop and John Norton (online version). Roman Roads in Lincolnshire Ancaster
Codrington, Thomas, 1903 Roman Roads in Britain London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. There is an online version here. Romans Littleborough Yorkshire Rudgate Catterick Northallerton
Collingwood, R. G. and Myers, R. N. L., 1936 Roman Britain and the English Settlements Oxford University Press. Water Newton p90, Romans p162.
Cossons, Arthur, 2003 The Turnpike Roads of Leicestershire and Rutland
Cook, A. Russell, c1950 The Historic Haycock A 16 page booklet about the Inn at Wansford.
Curtis, Myra, 1924 Classical Tripos, in The Victoria History of the Counties of England, Yorkshire, North Riding. Constable, reprinted 1968 London: University of London. Catterick
Davies, Hugh 2002 Roads in Roman Britain Tempus
Day, J. Wentworth c.1955 Rutland in The English Counties, Illustrated ed. C. E. M. Joad, c.1940 and New Edition ed. B.Webster Smith, pub. Odhams Rutland
Defoe, Daniel, 1724-6 A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain Originally published in three volumes from 1724 to 1726, reprinted in 1927 and then as an 'Everyman' edition by Dent, more easily available as a Penguin Classics Edition, 1986, or in an abridgment by Pat Rogers, pub. Webb & Bower, 1989, or in another abridgement by P.N. Furbank and W.R. Owens, pub. Yale Univ. Press, 1991. Road makers Turnpike Roads Towards Ware Water Newton Wansford Roman Roads in Lincolnshire Tuxford Newark Doncaster North from Doncaster Aberford Darlington Gateshead
Douglas, David C. (Ed) 1953 English Historical Documents London: Eyre & Spottiswoode The Post
Dunlop Guide to Great North Road c.1921
Evelyn, John. 1664 Sylvia, Or A Discourse of Forest-Trees, And The Propagation of Timber In His Majesties DominionsLondon: Folio. Evelyn's contemporary fame rested on his achievements as a gardener and afforester. Sylvia was the first official production of the Royal Society and contains a wealth of interesting information and practical instruction in the growth and management of trees. Doncaster
Fairhurst, Alison, 2000 Carlton-on-Trent A Village Life Carlton-on-Trent Publishing Group Newark
Fiennes, Celia, manu. c.1700, pub. 1888 Through England on a Side Saddle in the time of William and Mary , but more easily available as: Morris, Christopher. ed. 1947 The Journeys of Celia Fiennes London: Cresset Press, or Morris, Christopher. ed. 1982 The Illustrated Journeys of Celia Fiennes c1682-c1712 Exeter: Webb & Bower. Mapmakers Turnpike Roads Nottinghamshire Doncaster Ferrybridge Boroughbridge
Fletcher, Joseph Smith, 1899-1901 Picturesque History of Yorkshire, six volumes, Caxton Wentbridge Walshford Boroughbridge North from Doncaster
Fletcher, Joseph Smith, c.1900 Nooks & Corners of Yorkshire London: Eveleigh Nash. Yorkshire Doncaster Ferrybridge Wetherby
Fletcher, Joseph Smith, 1908 The Enchanting North, Boroughbridge
Fletcher, Joseph Smith, 1918 The Making of Modern Yorkshire 1750 - 1914 London: George Allen and Unwin.
Garfoot-Gardner, Bessie, 1949 Between Two Crowns Dolby Brothers, Stamford. 72pp and 4 b/w photos. Garfoot-Gardner describes places that take her fancy along the road. Her enthusiasm wanes as she moves northwards, Northumbria being dealt with in seven pages and the Scottish section meriting only seven lines. The “Two Crowns” of the title are those of England and Scotland, united by the road. Hatfield Norman Cross Water Newton p35, Scotch Corner Newcastle Alnwick to Berwick
Goddard, Frank, 2004 The Great North Road a Guide for the Curious Traveller London: Frances Lincoln. This new book is the closest yet to the book that I would have written if only I had the time. Curiously handwritten rather than typset in the manner of Wainright's Fell guides..
Gough, Richard, 1780 British Topograhy or an Historical Account of what has been done for illustrating the Topographical Antiquities of Great Britain & Ireland Vol. I London: T. Payne & J. Nichols. This is the mighty tome that contains the 'Gough Map' and the Paris maps. Mapmakers
Graham, Paul,1983 A1 The Great North Road. Bristol: Grey Editions. A collection of large colour photos of scenes on the road. You might have to pay £500 for a copy of this book.
Granville, A.B. 1841 The Spas of England - Northern Spas London: Henry Colburn. Reprinted 1971, Bath: Adams & Dent. Springs and Wells Croft-on-Tees
Grigson, Geoffrey, 1964 The Shell Book of Roads paintings by David Gentleman, Ebury Press. Stevenage Sewstern Drift Berwick-on-Tweed
Grose, Francis, Writers Catterick
Haines, Carol, 2000Marking the Miles, A History of English Milestones Norwich: Haines. This book is just what the title says it is. Alconbury Retford Northallerton Links
Hall, Ivan, 1979 Samuel Buck's Yorkshire Sketchbook circa 1720 Wakefield Historical Publications Boroughbridge
Harding, Jan, 2003 Henge Monuments of the British Isles Stroud: Tempus. Leeming
Harper, Charles G., 1st ed. 1901, 2nd & revised ed. 1922 The Great North Road In two volumes: London to York & York to Edinburgh London: Cecil Palmer. Places & DIstances Hatfield StevenageAlconbury Silton Water Newton Newark Retford North of Doncaster Ferrybridge Micklefield York York-to-Thirsk Northallertonp92, Darlington Durham Newton-on-the-Moor Morpeth Alnwick to Berwick Borders
Harris, Stanley, 1882 Old Coaching Days London: Richard Bentley and Son
Harris, Stanley, 1885 The Coaching Age London: Richard Bentley and Son
Harvey, P.D.A., 1991 Medieval Maps London: The British Library. Mapmakers
Hartley, Marie see Pontefract, Ella below.
Hartmann, Cyril Hughes, 1927 The Story of the Roads London: Routledge
Hepple, Leslie W., 1976 A History of Northumberland and Newcastle Upon Tyne Phillimore. Morpeth
Highways Agency 2003 The A46 Newark to Lincoln The results of Archaeological Excavations Highways Agency Newark
Hindle, Paul, 2001 Roads and Tracks for Historians Chichester: Phillimore. My favourite book of the 21st century. Medieval Routes
Hindle, Paul, 1998 Maps for Historians Chichester: Phillimore.
Hodgkin, J.E., 1913 Durham One of 'The Little Guides' of which there is one for each county, pub Methuen. Durham Croft-on-Tees Ferryhill
Home, Gordon, 1922 Through Yorkshire London: Dent Doncaster Tadcaster Thirsk
Honeybone, Michael, 1980 The Book of Grantham, Barracuda Books. Roman Roads in Lincolnshire map Grantham
Hope, W.H.St.John, 1907, Temple Bruerin Archaeologia Society of Antiquaries of London. Lincolnshire
Hughes, A.C., Adam, W.G. & China, F.J.E., 1938 Tar Roads London: Edward Arnold Black Stuff
Hughes, S., in Law, Henry, 1855 Rudiments of the Art of Constructing and Repairing Common Roads, London: John Weale, Reprinted 1970, Bath: Kingsmead Reprints. London p43.
Illingworth, John, L., 1938 Yorkshire's Ruined Castles London: J. Burrow, republished in 1970 by S. R. Publishers. Topcliffe
Inglis, Harry R. G., 1911-12 The 'Contour' Road Book of England (Northern Division) Gall and Inglis. "A Series of Elevation Plans of the Roads, with Measurements and Descriptive Letterpress. With 500 Diagrams and Maps." Mapmakers Alnwick Doncaster Durham Coldstream Road
Ingledew, C. J. Davison, 1858 History and Antiquities of Northallerton in the County of York London: Bell & Daldy Northallerton
Jackman, W.T., 1916 The Development of Transportation in Modern England Cambridge: C.U.P., 2nd edition 1962 London: Frank Cass. Introduction History Hertfordshire Cambridgeshire
Jackson, Allan, 1971 A History of Retford, Growth of a Nottinghamshire Borough, Retford: Eaton Hall College. Retford
Jackson G. Gibbard, 1935 From Track to Highway London: Ivor Nicholson and Watson.
Jackson, Richard, 1891 Handbook for Tourists in Yorkshire. Croft-on-Tees York to Thirsk
Jeffreys, Rees, 1949 The King's Highway London: Batchworth Black Stuff
Johnson W. Branch, 1970 The Industrial Archaeology of Hertfordshire, Newton Abbott: David and Charles. pre-tarmac Hertfordshire Buntingford
Jones, Barri & Mattingly, David, 1990 An Atlas of Roman Britain Blackwell. Romans
Jusserand, J.J., 1884 English Wayfaring Life in the Middle Ages London: Fisher Unwin. Introduction
Kandaouroff, Dimitry, 1973 Collecting Postal History Peter Lowe, Eurobook. Mapmakers
Keir, David, and Morgan, Bryan, eds., 1955 Golden Milestone 50 Years of the AA London: Automobile Association.
Kumar, Satish, 1992 No Destination Totnes, Green Books. The first edition in 1978 described Satish Kumar's departure from India and journey out of Asia and across Europe. The 1992 edition is greatly extended to include his later pilgrimage around Britain. Pilgrimage
Lang, R. T., 1937 The National Road Book London and Cheltenham, J. Burrow. Road writers Stamford
Langdale, Thomas, 1822 A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire North from Doncaster
Law, Henry, 1855 Rudiments of the Art of Constructing and Repairing Common Roads, London: John Weale, Reprinted 1970, Bath: Kingsmead Reprints. Pre-Tarmac p83.
Leary, R.S.,1978 Excavations at the Romano-British Settlement at Pasture Lodge Farm, Long Bennington 1975-77 Occ. Papers in Lincs.Hist.& Arch. 10. North from Grantham
Lewis, S., 1831 A Topographical Dictionary of England.Medieval Routes
MacLauchlan, H, 1852 Survey of the Watling Street
Margary, Ivan D., 1967 Roman Roads in Britain London: John Barker, 1955 in two volumes, revised in one volume.Towards Ware Welwyn Rutland King Street Bawtry Yorkshire Aberford Rudgate Leeming Northallerton Catterick Scorch Corner Chester-le-Street Gateshead Coldsteam Road
Mayhall, John, compiler, 1875 The Annals of Yorkshire from the Earliest Period to the Present Time London: Simpkin, Marshall. Doncaster Boroughbridge
McAdam, John Loudon, 1820 Remarks on the Present System of Road Making; With Observations, deduced from Practice and Experience, with a View to a Revision of the Existing Laws, and the Introduction of Improvement in the Method of Making, Repairing, and Preserved Roads, and defending the Road Funds from Misapplication. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown., which is a title almost as long as his roads. Pre-Tarmac
Morley, Frank, 1961The Great North Road, Hutchinson. Despite the title this book doesn’t have much about the Great North Road. It is a history of England with the theme of the spread of ideas up and down the road, running through the narrative. There is little evidence that Morley actually travelled much further north than The Angel, Islington.
Moryson, Fynes, 1617 An Itinerary Containing his Ten Yeers Travell, Published in 2 vols. (1907-8). Containing an early 17th C. description of Edinburgh. Road Writers
Mothersole, Jessie, 1927 Agricola's Road into Scotland: The Great Roman Road from York to the Tweed. London: John Lane Bodley Head. Roman roads Road Writers York to Aldborough Leeming Piercebridge Dere Street
Nelson, T., and Sons, publisher 1895 Souvenir of Scotland, its Cities, Lakes and Mountains. 120 chromo views but with no attributions to the artists. Edinburgh
Norway, Arthur N., 1899 Highways and Byways in Yorkshire Macmillan. Introduction
Ogilby, John, 1675 Britannia, London to Barwick Map Makers Bedfordshire Stamford Scrooby Retford North of Doncaster Sherburn-in-Elmet Boroughbridge Yorkshire Northallerton An atlas of 100 folio plates and 200 leaves of notes. The plates are worth about £150 each, making this a rather expensive book.
Oliver, Stephen, 1835 & 2nd ed 1974Rambles in Northumberland and on the Scottish Border Frank Graham. 'Stephen Oliver, The Younger' is the pseudonym of William A Chatto. Durham Morpeth Alnwick Alnwick to Berwick
Ordnance Survey and York Archaeological Trust 1988 Historical Map & Guide Roman and Anglian York. Yorkshire
Packington, Humphrey, 1934 English Villages and Hamlets London: Batsford Introduction Eleanor's Cross Great Casterton
Paterson, Daniel 1756 A New and Accurate Description of all the Direct and Principal Cross Roads in Great Britain London. Often known as Paterson's Roads this is the archetypal road book published and republished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. My 18th edition is dated 1829. Water Newton Tuxford Aberford Wetherby
Pevsner, Nikoloaus, 1966 The Buildings of England - Yorkshire, The North Riding. Harmondsworth: Penguin Thirsk Croft-on-Tees
Phillips, G., 1912 Rutland Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Stamford Rutland Stretton
Piercy, John S., 1828 History of Retford Retford: F Hodson. Nottinghamshire County Council published a 400 copy limited edition reprint in 1994 and there is an online version here. Retford
Pococke, Bishop Richard, c. 1760Letters, published in Surtees Society Diaries 1914. The original letters are held by the British Museum. Writers Caterick Darlington
Pontefract, Ella & Hartley, Marie, 1939 Yorkshire Tour London: Dent. Smith-Settle have republished some of Pontefract and Hartley's work from the 1930s including this book. Yorkshire Bawtry Leeming Topcliffe
Pratt, Edwin A., 1912 A History of Inland Transport and Communication in England Kegan Paul
Priestley, J.B.,1929The Good Companions London: William Heinemann. Road writers
Priestley, J.B., 1934 English Journey London: Heinemann. Durham Gateshead
R.A.C., c.1935 Routes to Scotland Cheltenham & London: Burrow. Road writers London Baldock Bedfordshire Water Newton
Ramm, Herman, 1984 in Addyman, P.V. & Black, V.E., Archaeological Papers from York Presented to M.W. Barley York: Archaeological Trust for Excavation and Research. York to Aldborough
Ramsden, Douglas M., 1947 Teesdale London: Museum Press. Piercebridge
Reynolds. Thomas, 1799 Iter Britanniarium, Itinerary of Antonius Cambridge. Romans Mapmakers
Roffe, David & Mahany, Christine, 1986, Stamford and the Norman Conquest, Lincolnshire History and Archaeology Vol. 21. Stamford
Room, Adrian, 1992 The Street Names of England Stamford: Paul Watkins. Introduction Towards Grantham
Samuels, John, (ed) Long Bennington Local History Group 1991 Aspects of Local History in Long Bennington. North of Grantham
Scott, Harry J., c.1948 The English Counties, Illustrated ed. C. E. M. Joad, and New Edition ed. B.Webster Smith, c.1955, pub. Odhams Yorkshire
Scott, Sir Walter, 1830 The Heart of Midlothian,. Concerning a young woman, Jeannie Deans, who walks The Great North Road from Edinburgh to London. Road Writers North of Grantham
Scott-Giles, C. W., 1946 The Road Goes On - A Literary and Historical Account of the Highways, Byways and Bridges of Great Britain, London: Epworth. Introduction John Wesley p113
Screeton, Anne, 2001 Skelton Village, History & Excavation, Yorkshire Archaeological Journal Vol.73. York to Thirsk
Searle, Lindley, c.1948 The English Counties, Illustrated ed. C. E. M. Joad, and New Edition ed. B.Webster Smith, c.1955, pub. Odhams Stretton
Searle, Mark 1930 Turnpikes and Toll-Bars London: Hutchinson, Two volumes, the monumental and profusely illustrated study. 871pp.
Sheppard, Francis, 1998 London, A History Oxford University Press. London
Smiles, Samuel, 1874 Lives of Engineers, Metcalfe-Telford, History of Roads London: John Murray. History Road Writers Road Makers Boroughbridge
Smith, A. B., 1981 Along the Great North and Other Roads. The North Road Cycling Club 1885-1980 Gloucester:Alan Sutton. Bedfordshire
Smith, David, 1982 Antique Maps of the British Isles London: Batsford. Mapmakers
Smollett Tobias, 1748 The Adventures of Roderick Random London: J Osborn. A first edition might cost a couple of hundred pounds for the two volumes but it has been republished countless times and is easily available. Road Writers
Speight, Harry, 1883 Tadcaster and its Environs London: Elliot Stock. Rudgate Tadcaster
Speight, Harry, 1897 Romantic Richmondshire London: Elliot Stock. Catterick Leeming
Speight, Harry, 1900 Upper Wharfedale London: Elliot Stock. Rudgate
Stapleton, Henry E.C., and Thompson, M.J.A, 1971 Skelton Village York: Sessions Book Trust. York to Thirsk
Stukeley, William, 1724 Itinerarium Curiosum, London. Ancaster North of Lincoln
Sturluson, Snorri, c.1200 Heimskringla translated by Magnus Magnusson and Hermann Pálsson, 1976 King Harald's Saga Harald Hardradi of Norway, Viking Penguin. 1066
Sturluson, Snorri c.1200 Heimskringla translated by William Morris and Eirikr Magnusson, 1893 Heimskringla - the Stories of the Kings of Norway Called the Round World Vols I - VI London: Bernard Quarritch. Volume III contains the events of 1066. 1066
Taylor, C., 1979 Roads and Tracks of Britain London: Dent. Medieval Routes p120 Stamford p99, York to Aldborough p72.
Temple, John, 1971 Darlington and the Turnpike Roads Darlington Public Library, only 50p while stocks last. Darlington
Thomas, Leslie, 1981 Penguin Lincoln
Thomas, Nicholas, 1955 The Thornborough Circles Near Ripon, North Riding. The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal vol.38 pt 152 Leeming
Thomas, Sir William Beach, c.1948 Huntingdonshire in The English Counties, Illustrated ed. C. E. M. Joad, and New Edition ed. B.Webster Smith, c.1955 pub. Odhams Buckden
Torrington, Viscount, see Byng, John.
Toulmin Smith, L. (ed), 1908 Leland’s Itinerary In England And Wales, London: Bell. Five volumes of The Itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 Road Writers
Tristram, W. Outram, 1888 Coaching Days and Coaching Ways London: Macmillan. Originally published in parts in the English Illustrated Magazine in 1887 and 1888, republished in facsimile in 1973, Wakefield: EP Publishing.
Trollope, the Venerable Archdeacon, 1868 The Ermine Street, or Old Roman Road, A Paper read at the Lincoln Meeting, 17th June 1868. Rutland Littleborough Crossing the Humber
Trow-Smith, Robert, 1958 History of Stevenage, The Stevenage Society. Stevenage
Turnor, Edmund, 1829 Account of a Roman Bath near Stoke in Lincolnshire Archaeologia vol XXII, Society of Antiquaries of London. Grantham
Unwin, Robert, 1986 Wetherby - The History of a Yorkshire Market Town Leeds: Unwin Wetherby
'Vagabond', c.1950 Great North Road No.3 Newcastle upon Tyne to Berwick Newcastle: North East Publications. A 32-page pamphlet written under the pseudonym of 'The Vagabond' by F. Alex Wills. Felton
Varah, W.E., 1935 Ancient Humber Ferries and the Roads they Served Notes and Queries 1935 CLXVIII: 418-419; doi:10.1093/nq/CLXVIII.jun15.418 Ancaster
'Viatores, The' (Margary, I.D, Parrot, E.V. and others) 1964 Roman Roads in the South-East Midlands London: Victor Gollancz. London Bedfordshire
Walker, J. Holland in Whatnall, Percy G. (ed.), 1928 Links with old Nottingham. Nottingham
Walmsley, L. J., ed. 1994 Balderton Updated Balderton Parish Council Newark
Warburton, John 1720 Map of Yorkshire Mapmakers Croft-on-Tees Northallerton
Ward Lock Guides c1940 Whitby and the Yorkshire Coast London: Ward Lock &Co Yorkshire
Webb, Sidney & Beatrice, 1913 English Local Government: The Story of the King's Highway, London: Longman, and republished 1963, London: Frank Cass. Introduction The Law Acts of Parliament
Webster, Norman W., 1974 The Great North Road Bath: Adams and Dart. London Alconbury Norman Cross Water Newton p61, Retford Coldstream Road
Wetherby & District Historical Society, 1995 Wetherby - The Archive Photograhs Stroud: Chalford Wetherby
Whellan, Francis, 1894 (1st ed.1856)History Topography, And Directory Of The County Palatine Of Durham, Francis Whellan & Co. Darlington Dere Street
Wills, F. Alex, c. 1947 The English Gate Newcastle upon Tyne: North-East Publications. Felton
Wheeler, Sir Mortimer, 1954 The Stanwick Fortifications Oxford: The Society of Antiquaries. Scotch Corner
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