Place
The Welsh Lane
Helmdon Trail – The Welsh Lane
The Welsh Lane (B4525) is named after the drovers who for centuries took cattle along it from Wales to be fattened in Northamptonshire for the London market. It is part of an old British trackway along the ridge.
In 1687 the churchwardens gave money to “a poor Welshman driving beasts to London”.
Today it is a busy link road from the A43 to Banbury and the M40 motorway.
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