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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… book written Aderestone, is by Dugdale derived from its Saxon possessor Edred or Aldred, and thence called … This place derives its name from Atheling, or Attlinge, a Saxon chieftain, by whom it is supposed to have been …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… written Aldwinshagh, is said to be derived from the Saxon Aldwin, an elder or chieftain, and Shagh, a wood. It is supposed to have belonged prior to the Conquest to some Saxon thane, whose residence was on or near the site of the … "Achetun" was held before the Conquest by Uctred, the Saxon proprietor of Dalton and Skelmersdale; the manor, or …
Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum
… John Chetwood Esquires, Master Mott, Master Myners, Master Saxon, John Ley, Thomas Fox of Tamworth, Gent. Alexander …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… Review. Leeds, E. Thurlow: The Archology of the Anglo-Saxon Settlements. Leland, J.: Collectanea (edition Hearne). …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… river Axe, was formerly the residence of some of the West Saxon monarchs, by whom it was invested with many privileges. … town, and supposed to have been erected by one of the West Saxon monarchs, two of whose statues formerly ornamented the … The church is a very ancient Norman structure, having two Saxon arches, and a fine specimen of the zig-zag arch in the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Map 1", solid, sheet 34 (1857 edn.). See p. 161. Grundy, Saxon Charters, 277. Dom. Bk. (Rec. Com.), i. 163v. Glos. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… ESTATES. An estate at Avening formerly belonging to the Saxon thegn Brictric was held by the Crown in 1086, 63 and by …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from which circumstance probably it derives its Saxon appellation Aeglesburge, of which its present name is … formed part of the possessions of the last of the Saxon monarchs; and a spot in the immediate vicinity, still …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… was being levelled. It has been suggested that this was a Saxon burial (A. Meaney, Gazetteer, 186) but a prehistoric … burials, if there were indeed more than one, may have been Saxon (Meaney, Gazetteer, 186). b(4) Enclosures and Ditches … Port Way, see Appendix. Medieval and Later For possible Saxon burials, see (2) and (3) above. b(6) Settlement Remains …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Cantyre, in the county of Argyll. In the 8th century, the Saxon kings of Northumbria obtained possession of this part …