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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 20 m. across from N.-S., 17 m. from E.-W., and 2 m. high with a flat top 7 m. wide. b(3) Barrow (SP 96107600), … of pits. A little further N.E. is a large Roman site (6) with which it may be connected. (CUAP, ZE8790, ZJ8991) b(6) … an area of about 50 m. by 50 m. ( BNFAS, 4 (1970), 45). A gold coin found in 'Thrapston Field' probably came from here …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… division of Sussex; containing 94 inhabitants. Woodmansey, with Beverley-Park WOODMANSEY, with Beverley-Park, a township, in the parish of St. John, … Ina, kings of Mercia and the West Saxons, in 715. A fine gold coin, bearing on one side the figure of an armed …
A History of the County of Oxford
… years, 90 suggesting the existence of a governing body with increasing urban ambitions. Probably by then the burgesses had formed a guild with a common hall and a hierarchy of offices: in 1338 the … regilded during that of Gamaliel Bobart in 1775. A mayor's gold chain and enamelled badge with the borough arms were …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… division of Somerset, 1 mile (W.) from Wells; containing, with the tything of Yarley, and part of Wookey-Hole, 1187 … of a church, the roof and sides of which are encrusted with concretions of most fantastic form, while on the floor … of the Twelve Apostles, worked in embroidery with gold and silver thread enriched with beads. Nearly half a …
The Environs of London
… of the town is a chalk-pit, which has a stratum abounding with the same extraneous fossils as that at Charlton. This … did not long continue the property of that church. Eltham, with its appurtenances of Woolwich, &c. became vested in the … Chichele, (son of William,) and given by him in marriage with his daughter Agnes, to John Tatterfall 15, whose …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… expulsion of that people by the Romans, it was retained, with other British towns, by the conquerors; and if not one … light, and vestiges of Roman pottery-works have been met with; of all which, an interesting description is given by … down the old church, a most interesting and unique Saxon gold coin was discovered. The living of St. Helen's is a …
History Theses 1901-1970
… London Ph.D. 1956. History of the theory of international gold movements. F.I. Shaffner. Oxford B.Litt. 1928. Systems … assembly in the pacific settlement of disputes; with special reference to the development of the Assembly of …
A History of the County of York
… liturgical traditions of the north were closely linked with Rome: this is perhaps illustrated in the beginnings of … in 627, for it is to be presumed that Paulinus brought with him the Roman pattern of the liturgy—the Roman canon of … at the altar and covered the altar and the crosses with gold and silver leaf. Egbert himself (732-66) adorned the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… held more intermittently. Up to c. 1750 the court dealt with land transactions, the regulation of agriculture, and … last two in 1895, but copyhold business was being dealt with until 1924. Besides the steward a beadle is recorded … silver with three fishes proper on the azure pieces; on a gold wavy chief a cornucopia proper [Granted 1919] District …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… letters, particularly women. Usually they were expensive, with decorative exteriors and desirable internal features. … obviously gendered, advertised 'Writing Desks and Boxes with Secrets and superior Locks; plain and strongly banded … too, Whited Brown, and Common Blue; Blotting, Black and Gold embos'd, Plain or Gilt, and Mourning Post; Glaz'd, or …