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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… mirabilis Aqua [aqu; aq] Aqua is the Latin term for water, and it was used in the early-modern period almost entirely as … with only sufficient water to prevent the product burning, and did not keep well. The latter, called 'Aquae stillatitiae … Latin names were usually measured by weight in units of LB and OZ, and so they are readily identifiable. By contrast, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… in the county of Kincardine, adjoining the town of Bervie, and containing 1015 inhabitants. The name of this place has undergone many changes in its pronunciation and spelling; but, from documents in the possession of the … is an obelisk supposed to indicate the spot where the Danes were repulsed; and at Achnuallan, were the remains of a …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… the Near East. From there the knowledge spread to southern and central Europe and eventually to Britain. 3 The earliest dated iron objects … fig. 2(A); Cobham (Surr.): I.O.A.(1952), 61. Lond. and the Saxons (L.M. 1935), 136-9. Archaeology, i. 322; IA Problems, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… with the arrival of early 'Pagan' (Teutonic) elements and to be distinct from the later period during which a … albeit creakily and timorously. But already 'Picts and Saxons' were advancing in that area and Germanus is credited … Dyke was once thought to have been raised against the Saxons, but the finding in the 1950's of Iron-Age pottery in …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… the gazetteer, but the distribution pattern remains thin and difficult to explain on evironmental grounds. However, … the area was certainly in early contact with Roman London and it seems possible that, even earlier, Julius Caesar may … lay through Middlesex. Various places between Westminster and Kingston have been suggested. 7 Stakes found in the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… lost. He seems to have been once a monk of this church; and in the record of a council convened by archbishop … archdeacon, subscribed among the bishops, anno 798, and afterwards in a synod at Cloveshoe, anno 803, Wlfrid, … infamously betrayed this city when it was besieged by the Danes in the year 1011, 5 as the story is told at large in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… ten vills lying between the Icknield Way on the south and the river Cam or Rhee on the west and north. Melbourn, Meldreth, and Whaddon together were assessed at 30 hides, Bassingbourn …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Arne ARNE, a parochial chapelry, in the union of Wareham and Purbeck, hundred of Hasilor, Wareham division of Dorset, … there was a village here during the conflicts of the Saxons and Danes, if not at the time of the Romans, as the foundations …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… him as a most suitable situation for works of this nature, and his example having been followed by others, the … is situated in the north-eastern part of the parish, and not far distant from Barrhead. Arthurlee, West ARTHURLEE, … situated a little to the west of the road between Neilston and Barrhead, owes its origin to the introduction of the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Arundel ARUNDEL ARUNDEL AND SOUTH STOKE c. 1875 General History of the Town, p. 12. … 28. Religious Houses, p. 29. Communications, p. 32. Social and Cultural Activities, p. 35. Castle, p. 38. Castle Grounds, p. 49. Woods and Parks, p. 51. Manor and Other Estates, p. 55. …