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A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… in agricultural operations. Clawdd Offa, or Offa's Dyke, passes very near the village, and forms the boundary … and his estates were forfeited to the crown. Wat's Dyke, here erroneously called Offa's Dyke, enters the parish in the hamlet of Soughton, and …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 12
… to the manor, providing labour for the repair of the mill dyke at Malswick, contributing to a payment for millstones, … hand by the lords, whose customary tenants maintained its dyke and leat as part of their services, and it was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… means of excavation at one side, and called the "Devil's Dyke," extending nearly in a straight line for seven miles, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… was popularly known as the Devil's Chapel. 71 Offa's Dyke traverses the west side of the parish 72 above the Wye, … top of the ridge and is lined by ancient yew trees, the dyke is a pronounced feature of the landscape. The hillsides … the track between Valley brook and Wyeseal crossed Offa's Dyke. A small farmhouse at Shop House at a road junction …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… at Perrott's Brook at the south end of the parish; the 'dyke of the spring', part of the Iron Age defences of …