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Magna Britannia
… to any particular notice, except those in the nave and south transept of Carlisle cathedral, and in the churches of Aspatria and Torpenhow. The style of … Ekard was converted, and to this man's example were the Danes brought." The scroll on which this inscription is cut …
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… square towers of the cathedral built by Bishop Warlewast, and the churches at Bishop's Teignton and East Teignmouth, both of which appear to have been built … tower at Bishop's Teignton, which stands between the nave and the chancel, is square, of very massive construction, …
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… Antiquities British and Roman Antiquities. British and Roman-British Antiquities. Circular Enclosures. … Wales with 23 ships 17; but, as Mr. Swete observes, the Danes had seldom time in their plundering incursions to raise …
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… Antiquities Camps and earthworks Camps and Earthworks. The numerous ancient encampments in this … the Morini. The opinion which attributes them all to the Danes is the least probable of any. Their invasions were of a …
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… remains at present exist are those of Castleton and Codnor; that of Castleton was formerly known by the name of Peak Castle; and is situated on the summit of a high rock, nearly over the entrance of the great cavern, and inaccessible except on one side. It appears to have …
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… a plain semicircular arch, having a square tower over it: and a piece of wall, in which are two pointed windows of a … formed by the city wall, in shape approaches to a square, and contains no building of any consequence: the inner ward … building is the keep or dungeon tower, which is square and very ancient, being apparently part of the original …
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… it was a part of the conventual church, destroyed by the Danes, who wintered here at this place in the year 874; at … by flights of steps, one on the north side, now open; and two on the west, which appear to have communicated with … the later Saxon architecture, the capitals are very plain and square, the bases round, without any mouldings: the …
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… to the Society of Antiquaries in the year 1755, and published in the Archologia. Vaulted chamber in walls of Carlisle Plan and sections There is a singular vaulted chamber, attached to and within the wall of the city of Carlisle, between the …
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… number occur in the county of Cumberland, the largest and most complete of these is the circle of stones called Long Meg and her daughters, in the parish of Addingham, on the road … of the Roman armies, (not being subdued finally by the Saxons till so late as the year 945); the remains both of …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… 1 Feb. Wegener, Aarsberetninger, iii. 228. 1159. Denmark and Scotland. Instructions of Christian. heir of Norway, &c., … Frederick. about two years ago, the people of Lubeck, and other maritime cities allied with them, endeavoured to … and how a treaty can be made between the English, the Danes, and the Lubeckers. Had no orders to put forward such …
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