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A History of the County of Oxford
… Ancient Earthworks Introduction Excavation affords the only method of ascertaining the age of most earthworks. Not until the spade has disclosed the evidence which an ancient …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… groups, numbered generally from E. to W., independently of the parish arrangements; for ease of reference the groups are given topographical names, although these … of 'Celtic' fields but include later field remains where the two are so intermingled as to make separate description …
History Theses 1901-1970
… times. A.R. Burns. London Ph.D. 1926. Land transport in the Mediterranean in pre-Roman times. G. Kellett. London M.A. … historical account of beekeeping in Greece and Rome during the classical period. H.M. Fraser. London Ph.D. (Ext.) 1930. … E.J.A. Kenny. Cambridge M.Litt. 1935/6. Archery in the ancient world, with special reference to Greece. D.J.F. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Andersfield Hundred ANDERSFIELD HUNDRED The hundred lies east of the Quantock Hills and takes its name from the hamlet of Andersfield in Goathurst parish. It occupies …
A Dictionary of London
… See Andrew (St.) Hubbard. Andrew (St.) Holborn On the south side of Holborn Viaduct at No. 31 (P.O. Directory). … Holburnestrate," 12th century (Anc. Deeds, B. 2197). The church of St. Andrew (q.v.) is mentioned in Charter of … Andrew de Holeburn," 1291 (Ct. H.W. I. 103). " S. Andrew the Apostle in Portepul," 2 Ed. III. (MS. D. and C. St. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… St - Arbroath Andrew's, St. ANDREW'S, ST., a city, the seat of a university, and anciently the metropolitan see of Scotland, in the district of St. Andrew's, county of Fife, 39 miles (N. N. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Anglo-Saxon Gloucester must begin with some reference to the Roman town which preceded it. 1 Although there was no continuous urban life to link the 4th century with the 10th, the physical framework of the Roman colony …
A History of the County of Oxford
… unit Oxfordshire does not receive actual mention until the time of Ethelred the Unready, 1 though it must have been in being long previously. Its boundaries, apart from that formed by the course of the Thames, are sometimes regarded as …
A History of the County of Somerset
… REMAINS If reliance can be placed on an entry in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle under the year 577, and on the judgment of successive editors who agree in identifying a …
A History of the County of York
… Miscellaneous Objects Few antiquities have survived from the York of the 5th or early 6th centuries. From the Mount, however, comes a perfect bowl of fluted …