Even during the 11th Duke's tenure, however, disputes arose — when the definitive rights of way were being compiled in the 1960s and 70s, the footpath to the Swiss Cottage ( an isolated house by one of the lakes in the woods ) was contested, and the matter went to the High Court, making Derbyshire one of the last counties to settle its definitive maps.

After the railway ceased operating, the bridge provided a popular footpath for residents of Scotland ( which was dry on a Sunday ) to travel to England where alcoholic drink was available.

Later ones were horizontal timbers fitted with spikes, a version of what is called a cheval de frise, but the Oxford English Dictionary suggests that the mounting timbers of the originals may have been vertical, since a slightly later sense was of a horizontal cross of timbers turning on a vertical pin, set up to exclude horse-traffic from a footpath, which is in essence the device we now call a turnstile.

It was probably regarded at the time as a separate part of the Holwood Estate and was divided from it by the public footpath which runs from Farnborough Common, almost opposite Hilda Vale Road, to Westerham Road, near to Fishponds Road.

There was also an old footpath crossing the Green leading to Sydenham that was known as Old Penge Lane.

Yeading Lane was often flooded, and access beyond Yeading to Northolt seems to have been by footpath only before the First World War.

A waterlogged footpath to the road was used by the Norfolk wherrymen as they made their way to the pub.

The area of Lake Grove was settled in the early 18th century along Middle Country Road, which was then part of the Old Kings Highway, originally a Native American footpath.

Chester Pike, originally a footpath, was realigned and widened by William Penn.

The trail was approved for development in 1974 and was completed and opened on October 6, 1980 by Lord Mansfield so becoming the first officially designated long distance footpath in Scotland.

Jim Stewart took over the organisation of the event in 1991, as the footpath was now complete, the course was changed, increasing the distance to 153 km with only 15 km on road and more climbing was introduced.

* < cite id =" fn_1 "> Note 1 :</ cite > The old, winding course of the Great Ouse was from the bottom of the map, along the green-dotted footpath, just south of the roundabout, along the Holmes River, westwards through the northern fringe of Littleport and northwards between the two brown 0 metre contour lines, until it passed out of the top of the map.

A memorial at the location where he was mortally wounded by the Spanish can be found at the entrance of a footpath at the Warnsveldseweg, southeast of the Catholic cemetery.

His autobiographical work, The High Path takes its name from the footpath that ran between Brighton road and the Widewater, and which was formerly a public right of way.

In modern times, the term mostly refers to someone walking on a road or footpath, but this was not the case historically.

A portion of the King's road was refurbished and turned into a footpath in 1992 and is now a natural and cultural walking path.

* In April 2009 a man in Enfield was questioned under Section 44 for photographing a police car that he considered was being driven inappropriately along a public footpath.

Chester Pike is believed to have developed from a footpath created by the Lenni Lenape as their main thoroughfare in the area.

A long distance footpath has been created which follows the river from its source to the River Severn at Tewkesbury.

The road was created in 1751 when the Turnpike Trust upgraded a local footpath.

Because parts of the Ridgeway National Trail and the Icknield Way Path are only usable as a footpath, an Icknield Way Path Riders Route or Icknield Way Trail has been created for horseriders and cyclists.

A footpath, bridleway or restricted byway can be created by one of the following means.

The scenic footpath known as Philosopher's Walk follows the ravine created by the creek from the Royal Ontario Museum to Trinity College.

Shelter space for passengers was doubled, better surface and lighting was installed, and a new footpath was created.

Summertime brings visitors drawn by its natural beauty and wildlife, including Rousay's seals and otters, and by its archaeological remains, especially the cluster of important sites connected by a footpath near the western shore.

Although partly built over, including by the M1 motorway, most of the old track bed has become a footpath, and decaying 1930s concrete infrastructure, never used, can still be seen.

The site is near the disused railway station, reached by a long footpath off the main road, at grid ref: J481404.

Traversing the Alps on the GR 5 footpath or more accessible challenges like reaching the summit of Mont Blanc ( by a number of possible routes ) are also popular.

The campaign tries to tackle some of the issues regarding rubbish being thrown in the river, and the obstructions caused by fishermen on the riverbank footpath.

A long-distance footpath called the Hereward Way crosses the river by the A1101 bridge at Welney, and then follows the eastern bank southwards almost to the March to Ely railway line.

A footpath runs along the top of the walls, crossing roads by bridges over Eastgate, Northgate, St Martin's Gate, Watergate, Bridgegate, Newgate, and the Wolf Gate, and passing a series of structures, namely Phoenix Tower ( or King Charles ' Tower ), Morgan's Mount, the Goblin Tower ( or Pemberton's Parlour ), and Bonewaldesthorne's Tower with a spur leading to the Water Tower, and Thimbleby's Tower.

Progressive thinkers have replaced the footpath by a railroad, and pilgrims may now travel under steam power.

The term trail is also used by the authorities in some countries to mean any footpath that is not attached to a road or street.

Construction of a footpath and cycleway beside the canal from Lincoln to Saxilby has been carried out by the Lincolnshire Waterways Partnership, a joint initiative by Lincolnshire County Council, the Environment Agency and British Waterways.

In his memory a footpath, The Coleridge Way, was set up by the Exmoor park authorities.

There is an alternative route around Weymouth and Portland along the South Dorset Downs, which reduces the footpath distance by.

At Simonsbath, a restored Victorian water-powered sawmill, which was damaged in the floods of 1992, has now been purchased by the National Park and returned to working order ; it is now used to make the footpath signs, gates, stiles and bridges for various sites in the park.

The Coleridge Way is a footpath which follows the walks taken by poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge to Porlock, starting from Coleridge Cottage at Nether Stowey, where he once lived.

* King's Way, a footpath in Hampshire, England

A Hampshire County Council footpath waymark.

* Hangers Way, 21 mile long-distance footpath through Hampshire, England

The Itchen Way is a long-distance footpath following the River Itchen in Hampshire, England, from its source near Hinton Ampner House to its mouth at Woolston.

Between these waymarks there are intermediate standard footpath waymarks bearing the Hampshire County Council logo.

King's Way or the Allan King Way is a 45 mile long-distance footpath in Hampshire, England.

The Pilgrims ' Trail is a 155 mile long-distance footpath that connects Winchester Cathedral in Hampshire, England to Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy.

The Solent Way is a 60 mile long-distance footpath in Hampshire, southern England.

St. Swithuns Way is a long-distance footpath in England from Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire to Farnham, Surrey.

Hangers Way is a 21 mile long-distance footpath through Hampshire, England from Alton railway station to Queen Elizabeth Country Park.

The Test Way is a long-distance footpath in England from Walbury Hill in West Berkshire to Eling in Hampshire.

The Three Castles Path is a 60-mile long-distance footpath in England from Winchester Great Hall, Hampshire to Windsor Castle, Berkshire via the ruins of Odiham Castle ( also known as ' King John's Castle ').

The Strawberry Trail is an 15 mile footpath through Hampshire, England

The Soberton and Newtown Millennium Walk 2000 is an 10 mile circular footpath through Hampshire, England around villages of Soberton and Newtown.

The Wayfarer's Walk is a long distance footpath in England from Walbury Hill, Berkshire to Emsworth, Hampshire.

The footpath also passes close to Watership Down, Hampshire.

The Midstate Trail is a scenic footpath which runs through Worcester County, Massachusetts, from the Rhode Island border to the New Hampshire border, approximately west of Boston.