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A History of the County of Gloucester
… to have had a lighthouse to guide vessels past the off-shore Guscar Rocks. 18 A hoard of c. 250 Roman coins from c. … bank and ditch suggests that it was built to protect the Saxon vill of Madgett whose lynchets run to the dyke. 45 No … made in 1932: Lond. Gaz. 22 July 1932, p. 4781. Grundy, Saxon Charters, 241; Badminton Mun. F. Drawer 2, map, 1769. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… TOPOGRAPHY Woolavington parish, its name derived from a Saxon personal name, 5 lies on the northern slope of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 2216 inhabitants. The ancient name Wolveton points to a Saxon proprietor, Wolf; of whom, however, there is no record. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… chancel, of which the lower part was built in the Anglo-Saxon era; the south door is early English, and part of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… R60, 125). Medieval and Later A sherd of early to middle Saxon pottery was discovered during field-walking in 1980 … of the Roman villa at Hunsbury (Wootton (8)). Possible Saxon sherds were discovered in the parish in 1954 (NM; NDC AS25). An iron spearhead, probably Saxon or medieval, was found near Wootton West Bridge (SP …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by intercommoning and other forest customs. In the Anglo-Saxon period Eynsham was an important centre, its early …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in his recent publication on the British, Roman, and Saxon antiquities of the county. Arms. When the Romans left … The establishment, which was amply endowed by successive Saxon monarchs, consisted of Secular canons till the eighth … taking down the old church, a most interesting and unique Saxon gold coin was discovered. The living of St. Helen's is …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… church is grand; it is modelled partly after the zig-zag Saxon architecture. The roof of the nave is supported by …
A History of the County of York
… about the nature of worship in the minster in later Anglo-Saxon times and the changes brought about after the Norman …
A History of the County of Sussex
… century, however, a shingle bar seems to have grown up off shore, causing silting. 58 Lagoons east and west of Worthing … common, gradually came into being south of the modern shore line. 62 During the 18th century the shingle bar was apparently driven gradually on shore, causing the common to be eroded away. Erosion had …