This sounds a lot like what could be translated as "vicinal roads" in Belgium
(French: "sentiers/chemins vicinaux", Dutch: "buurtwegen"). It's from an atlas
made in the 1840's that summed up all public roads and paths in each
municipality, and in it they also gave numbers to all public paths an
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Subject: [Tagging] Reference numbers for UK Public Rights of Way
The official record of UK Public rights of Way (Public Footpaths,
Bridleways, Restricted Byways, and Byways O
The official record of UK Public rights of Way (Public Footpaths,
Bridleways, Restricted Byways, and Byways Open to all Traffic) in each
UK County is maintained by the corresponding County Council. They
typically assign a number to each Right of Way (or segment thereof),
with the numbers being uniq
