manorway
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A roadway, typically a dead end, giving access from a manor or village to marshy common…
A roadway, typically a dead end, giving access from a manor or village to marshy common land, often near a river.
- Perry's labours were at the extremity of a long manor-way. This chace or lane ran a mile and a-half down lonesome marshes, pleasant enough in the summer months, but dull and dismal in the winter.
- My council have adopted the Private Street Works Act, 1892, and are about to make up as a private street a portion of an old manorway, which has never been dedicated to the public.
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