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A History of the County of Buckingham
… and is the traditional site of the residence of Saxon, Norman and Plantagenet monarchs. 3 The 16th-century 'Castle …
A History of the County of Bedford
… also been stated that an earlier stronghold preceded the Norman castle, which some time during the 11th century became …
A History of the County of Bedford
… to fix any coalescence which may have taken place as ante-Norman, 12 though like Bedford each side continued to have …
A History of the County of Sussex
… his barony of Lewes. The earl had given each holding to a Norman sub-tenant; the largest was held as one manor by …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… stands to-day the parish church there formerly stood a Norman castle, the seat of the Giffards, which was erected … Statistics from Bd. of Agric. (1905) E. S. Armitage, Early Norman Castles, 40. a 'De Gestis Herwardi' in Gaimar, Chron. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… that it had been fashioned out of the stones of the Norman nave of St. John's. 730 Thereafter the whole house was …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… occupied himself in enlarging the castle and introducing 'Norman constructions' into the grounds. Extensive excavations … The building was designed to suggest an embattled Norman castle by H. E. Goodridge of Bath. 722 On the east … with him as architect. 724 They carried on the 'Norman' theme, but their work, both inside and out, is far …
A History of the County of Worcester
… salt water; but in the wells or pits at that time sunk the Norman king had undivided lordship. 12 King Edward the …
A History of the County of Hertford
… are the feet only of a man's figure and inscription in Norman French to John Hunger, master cook to Katherine wife …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… on the occasion of his second visit to York, and built the Norman castle there. 9 The entry relating to Huntingdon in … was the early caput of the Earls of Huntingdon. 106 The Norman Castle of Huntingdon was built about 1068 on the site … ii, 93, 94. Dugdale, Mon. Angl. vi, 78. Armitage, Early Norman Castles, 162. V.C.H. Hunts. i, 337, 338. A distinction …