How potholes of ‘a different league’ riled road users 300 years ago
- Posted on April 22, 2026
- By The Times
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How potholes of ‘a different league’ riled road users 300 years ago

A study of diarists including Daniel Defoe and Anne Lister shows that ‘vile, ruinous’ roads restricted travel until the advent of the turnpike