Great-north-road Definition

Great-north-road Sentence Examples

• When the site of the Great North Road was altered, towards the end of the 11th century, a bridge was built across the Ure, about half a mile above the Roman bridge at Aldborough, and called Burgh bridge or Ponteburgem.

• The importance of the place arises from its command of the great north road from Egypt, Palestine and Damascus by the Orontes valley.

• The Great North Road passes through Highgate, which is supposed to have received its name from the toll-gate erected by the bishop of London when the road was formed through his demesne in the 14th century.