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A History of the County of York
… Yorkshire, the north routes and the dales, and the tidal river provided him with water transport. Tactically the site … it on the east side by the low-lying ground bordering the River Foss. On the west the ridge broadens northwards to … praetoria) central to the south-west side and facing the river crossing. It can be assumed that the gates on the other …
A History of the County of Oxford
… attracted many who feared the greater insecurity of the river-valleys. There is, however, no true coinage-series in … by Roman AR until Hadrian's reign. 14 (iv) Goring (River Thames):Reading Museum contains 6 coins which, as they … Pond 19 hoards; see also below, (v). (v) Whitchurch (River Thames):During the dredging of Whitchurch Weir Pool, in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… be connected with Akeman Street and extends SW. from the River Cherwell near Heyford all along the line of the … on high ground south of a stream which drains into the River Glyme, and just to the north of Grim's Dyke. The field … Riding Farm) lie towards the bottom of a slope down to the River Evenlode, facing SE. The site, 'a spreading tumulus …
A History of the County of Oxford
… natural frontiers, and it has been suggested 2 that the River Cherwell divided the land of the Dobuni, with its … on the gravel and alluvial soil, particularly by the river, which also provided a waterway. It is still for the … if town it can be called, built a short distance up the River Thame, at Dorchester, close by the point where the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the county boundary, in order to avoid the windings of the River Ray. Having crossed Blackthorn Hill, it parts company … to the banks of the Cherwell, and so by a ford across the river to the SE. corner of Tackley Park. For the greater … 10 in. thick. Evidence suggested that the crossing of the river was by a ford, and not a bridge. Fig. 18. Sections …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 47 The modern village, situated west of the River Thame about half a mile above its confluence with the … direct from the SE. and NE. angles of the town to the River Thame, the former under the Roman Catholic Church, the … if our beneficiarius controlled any crossing it was a road-river one, and not a cross-roads: but he may have been …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in black soil on the north slope of a hill rising from the River Swere on Blackgrove Farm, a mile east of the Barfords. … of Burcot farm and north of the Abingdon Road and of the river. No details are recorded. Urns were said to have been … on the southern slope of the Chilterns above the river. See also Mapledurham. Chadlington. For the probable …
A History of the County of Somerset
… harbour, etc.), two lead pigs near the old course of the river Frome (p. 342), a lead coffin, etc., at Mina Road Brick … about 1840, at Tanner's papermills, in the bed of the river [ Num. Chron. ii. (1840) p. 206]. Potsherds, second … Churchill parish. Langport.Supposed villa on west bank of river Parrett, in Huish Episcopi parish. See p. 328 …
A History of the County of Somerset
… The true text mentions neither a line of forts nor the river Avon. Probably it refers to a consolidation of the …