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The Diary of Henry Machyn
… Sir George Gyfford maryed to his fyrst wyff the doter of Dyke of Sussex and wedoo of Goryng of Sussex; [secondly ?] …
Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… the Chalk escarpment in the S. of the parish. (40) Cross-dyke (8024090980310911), 70 yds. in length, runs W.S.W.E.N.E. … the ditch is 18 ft. wide and 2 ft. deep. Westwards the dyke curves slightly S.W. and runs out well short of the … cut by a track and a path towards the centre. (41) Cross-dyke (8106096581280979), runs from W.S.W. to E.N.E. across a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… conquest; and an earthen mound called Clawdd Offa, Offa's dyke, and vulgarly the Devil's ditch, was raised as a line of … between that kingdom and the principality of Wales. The dyke extends from the river Wye along the counties of … at unequal distances, is a similar rampart, called Wat's Dyke, or perhaps originally Watch Dyke, from the number of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… probably that at 93088210 behind a W.-facing cross-ridge dyke ( see Dykes, Church Knowle (56a), Fig. opp. p. 509). … natural sand (94228799). Many sherds occur in upcast from dyke-scouring between 94238801 and 94208808. (Dorset Procs. …
A History of the County of Essex
… 1838 Three major linear earthworks, part of the Iron-Age dyke system of Camulodunum, cross the parish from north to …
A History of the County of Essex
… whose eastern boundary was formed by Berechurch dyke. 16 Evidence of contemporary occupation has been found inside the dyke, notably on Park farm. Iron-Age was succeeded by Roman … as a footpath. Two lanes, one following Berechurch dyke and the other running from Mersea Road at Black heath, …