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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… possibly stands on the site of what was a small village in the Middle Ages. 92 The suffix in the parish's name is the surname of lords of the principal … They were closed in 1933 and 1964 respectively. 10 A barrow at the north-east end is the only evidence of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the county of Worcester, of which it is the capital, … is enumerated by Nennius under the name of Caer Guorangon in his catalogue of cities belonging to the Britons, by whom, … principal stations, as some (judging from the Roman roads in the vicinity appearing to concentrate here) have supposed, …
A History of the County of Essex
… cut through fields. Detached fields totalling 15 a. in Little Horkesley, 34 were transferred to that parish in 1889. 35 Most of the parish lies on a relatively high … Mere in the north-west of the parish; when a Bronze- Age barrow nearby was destroyed in 1836 'hun- dreds of urns in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… SE) Worth Matravers, a parish covering 2,700 acres, lies in the S. part of the Isle of Purbeck, 3 miles W. of Swanage. … 450 ft. above O.D., drained by three deeply cut valleys in which small streams flow S. to the sea. In the W. is Hill Bottom, and in the E. are Winspit and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Wraxall 98 WRAXALL (D.c.) (O.S. 6 in. XXX, N.W.) Wraxall is a small parish 6 m. E. of … The church, con sisting of Chancel and Nave was built in the 12th century. The chancel was rebuilt in the 13th … century. Earthwork (6) Mound, probably the remains of a barrow, 1 m. S.W. of the church, is about 55 ft. in diameter …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… A metal ring forming a holder for a spindle or AXLE. In a quotation dated 1733, the OED shows how it operated; … 'The Spindle is kept from moving end-ways, by Wreaths, in the same Manner as the Axis of a Wheel-Barrow is'. OED earliest date of use: 1733 Found described as …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Writtle 109. WRITTLE. (E.c.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)xliii. S.E. (b)lii. N.W. (c)lii. N.E. (d)li. S.E. … Ecclesiastical c(1). Parish Church of All Saints stands in the village. The walls are mostly of ragstone-rubble with … the walls have bulged and are out of perpendicular. c(2). Barrow or Bedeman's Berg Cell, ruins, nearly 4 m. S.W. of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Wynford Eagle 99 WYNFORD EAGLE (D.d.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)XXX, S.W. (b)XXXIX, N.W. (c)XXXIX, N.E.) Wynford Eagle … one of Nerva, one of Trajan and three of Hadrian found in a bank of earth near the Roman villa. About half the same … 800 yards N.W. of the church, possibly the remains of a barrow, now almost ploughed out. b(8) Mound, 420 yards S.S.W. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 1,674 a. (677 ha.), was absorbed by Cherhill parish in 1934. 28 The parish boundary is marked by few prominent … lines link or approach several summits. There is a barrow on it in the south and, also in the south, it was marked by many …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… and the Foss), and the Walmgate area (E. of the Foss). In the following Inventory, after a very brief historical … Ouse completes the circuit. National Grid References are in 100 kilometre square SE. The city wall of York, built … that it may have been a prehistoric burial under a round barrow. 108 Traces of timber-work at 15 ft. and 13 ft. below …