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Magna Britannia
… sizes appearing above the surface, as those of granite do in Cornwall; and here, as in that county, many of them have been considered as owing … the village of Stretton; then to Egstow, (where is a large barrow,) and is quite plain for 300 yards, through some small …
Magna Britannia
… Camps and Earthworks. The numerous ancient encampments in this county have been by some attributed wholly to the … of Saxon or of Danish origin. Both opinions are, perhaps, in some degree erroneous, and it may be fairly supposed, that … but of smaller dimensions: within the area is a large barrow, constructed of stones, some of which are of large …
Magna Britannia
… destroyed by the Danes, who wintered here at this place in the year 874; at which time Edburga, daughter of Adulph, … round, without any mouldings: the shafts are wreathed in different directions. Crypt under the chancel of Repton … xi. .. cuj. .." In the south wall of the south aisle of Barrow church, under an arch, is the effigies of an …
Magna Britannia
… inhabitants of this island, a considerable number occur in the county of Cumberland, the largest and most complete of … is the circle of stones called Long Meg and her daughters, in the parish of Addingham, on the road from that place to … is assisted by a large exploratory mount, or rather barrow, though when opened nothing was discovered in it but …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… APPENDIX. PART I. 1 Alabaster Figures and Monuments in Churches. (By Centuries.) Alien Houses, see under … Crosses. Churchyard. (By Centuries.) On Coffin Lids in Churches. (By Centuries.) Consecration. Gable. Incised. … and Enclosures. Easter Sepulchre. (By Centuries.) Effigies in Churches ( see also Alabasters). Civil. Men. (By …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… Appendeix Appendix Maps and Drawings. The maps described in the following list are chiefly in the Cottonian collection in the British Museum, and the … is also given, with names of a few places, viz. Barton, Barrow and "Skylter Mylnes." On paper, mounted on cloth, 4 …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… l. 5 s. 1 d., including payments for making the new house in the Brays, and for shipping ordnance; sometimes in Flemish money, at 25 s. 6 d. Fl. per pound stg., and sometimes in another currency, called "gr." (gros?) in which the . s. …
Calendar of Treasury Books
… 0 the yearly rent for the town of Hetcham-Barnes Figmarsh in Mitcham 0 10 0 town of Mereden 0 1 8 hamlet of Bishops Burgh in the town of Tanbridge in the Hundred of Tandridge Ryegate, … for the township of ditto 0 10 0 rent for the township of Barrow and Wenton 0 2 0 rent for the township of Thisleton 0 …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… sites. Many significant names have been gathered together in The Place Names of Gloucestershire, but the coverage is by … of information have been utilised only sporadically in the compilation of the Inventory, but attention may be … believed to take its name from the nearby Neolithic long barrow ( PNG, I, 176), while Stanborough Fields, containing …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… sometimes interrupted by causeways) appear as crop-marks in many air photographs; they are difficult to interpret and have been referred to in the following Inventory only when they occur near an area … relationship of all known Prehistoric and Roman monuments in the area of Upper Thames river-gravels, extending from …