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A History of the County of Somerset
… trust in 1818. 83 There are traces of prehistoric and Roman activity in the parish but what was formerly believed …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was left to her husband. 35 The Spencers married into Roman Catholic families, 36 and in 1646 Sir William Spencer … 38 John Goad, vicar 1646-60, was supposed to have become a Roman Catholic in 1660, although not acknowledging his conversion until 1686. 39 In 1706 one Roman Catholic, possibly a servant of the Spencers, was …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Upon the summit of Yetholm Law are the remains of a Roman camp of quadrilateral form, and of considerable dimensions. The supposition of its Roman origin has been much strengthened by the discovery of an urn of brass containing 500 Roman coins; it was lately turned up by the plough on the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Clay. The intensive occupation of Yarwell during the Roman period is particularly noteworthy. Prehistoric and Roman b(1) Double ring ditch (?) (TL 07229721), in the S.E. … The S. extension has been quarried away. (CUAP, ZF52) b(3) Roman building (TL 06699790; Fig. 121), immediately W. of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… above, the initials C.P., below, on left, figure in Roman armour with bow and quiver, and on right figure in long …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a place of worship, with a school attached; and there is a Roman Catholic chapel, of which the priest has an endowment …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was later arrested at Henley and imprisoned as a suspected Roman Catholic priest. 37 William Wyatt, rector 1579-1624, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… as a suspected seminary priest, but no later reference to Roman Catholicism has been found. 62 Several generations of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… may indicate an earlier location of the village. Roman b(1) Roman settlement (?) (SP 595745), in the S. of the parish, on Boulder Clay at 125 m. above OD. A few sherds of Roman pottery have been found (CBA Group 9, Newsletter, 7 …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… hills in the chapelry, called Friwllwyd, are vestiges of a Roman intrenchment, occupying a commanding site to the north … 90 inhabitants. It is situated on the Teivy; and the Roman road from Llanio to Pennal passed through it, from … Twyn-y-Ceilog, n Devynock, for the benefit of the poor. A Roman road, now called the Sarn Lleon, or Sarn Helen, is …