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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Preface DORSET IV SECTIONAL PREFACE Geological Map of North Dorset In the preface, numbers in square brackets … that these dykes were originally boundaries, and from their dimensions it is probable that they were peaceful … floor-slab of Thomas Scales, 1532, with an incised black-letter inscription. The epitaph of Thomas Daccomb, rector of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… is roughly triangular in shape and extends from the City of Cambridge on the E. to the borders of Huntingdonshire and … the topography on a 17th-century map. On the evidence of their existing lay-out, Caxton, East Hatley, Gamlingay, and … afterwards both on its own and in conjunction with black-letter or occasionally with Roman capitals; for example on …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… is as prolific in hill-forts as the eastern area of the county, treated in the last volume. The forts, … chancel and tower at Dilwyn are of interest from their early character, perhaps due in the chancel to a re-use … Yazor (dismounted and cracked). The second, with a black-letter inscription, is probably late, the other two early to …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… are both numerous and important. The S.W. section of the county, dealt with in the present volume, contains one … and the entrances, where they survive in anything like their original form, are all of the turned-in type. Little … identified. Two bells (at Dewsall and Goodrich) have black-letter inscriptions and are probably late 15th-century. Of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Earthworks, Etc., Pre-historic and Later. The earthworks of interest in the S.E. quarter of Essex are few and most of … Edward III, and has practically no defensive earthworks. About eighty homestead moats have been located. The best are … seems to have consisted of natives who were content with their traditional round huts of timber or turves, such as …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the City of Salisbury
… SOURCES In compiling the Inventory much use has been made of documentary material, both published and unpublished. … 2. Records formerly in the care of the Church Commissioners: Deeds. These include a few mediaeval deeds and … had been replaced by one on the north. In 1737 an Act of Parliament created a special body, the directors of highways, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… PREFACE Geographical Setting This Inventory covers an area of 46.3 square miles (112.2 sq. km.) N.E. of the City of … to, the Swaffham and Bottisham or the Burwell Drainage Commissioners, who carried out the work. Brickmaking The … Commissioners that they intended to apply for an Act of Parliament to carry out their own plans for drainage, their …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… (see distribution map in end pocket) The greater part of the area with which this volume is concerned is a plateau … by nature imperfectly drained, but this did not prevent their use for agriculture during the period considered in … present form this extent is ascribable to the Enclosure Commissioners in 1819 (H. P. R. Finberg, Roman and Saxon …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Preface SECTIONAL PREFACE Topography and Geology The part of Northamptonshire described in this volume covers an area … of stone or flint axes has been found in the area but their distribution appears to be random. Many of the stone … site at Grafton Regis (4) revealed an early monastic site about which little is known. The structural remains …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Preface SECTIONAL PREFACE TOPOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY The part of Northamptonshire described in this volume covers an area … and that prehistoric peoples were not as limited by their environment as has been thought in the past. One … plan of fields has emerged and little can be deduced about their size or shape. Elsewhere the numerous large …