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A History of the County of Oxford
… of this road with the Roman road from Dorchester to Alchester. Although it never had a church and, until the … bounded on the east by the Roman road from Dorchester to Alchester, but there is nothing to suggest Roman occupation …
A History of the County of Oxford
… increasing its area to 2,308 acres. 6 The Roman road from Alchester to Towcester 7 bounds the parish on the north-west; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… course the northern edge of the site of the Roman town of Alchester. 2 On the east Wendlebury is divided from Merton by … to the east of it. The Roman road leading south from Alchester, called 'Buggestret' in the 13th century, crosses … formerly Lone Farm, lies in the extreme south. 25 Alchester, excavated by Francis Penrose of Chesterton in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Eaton, 1 are in the Ashmolean Museum. Among other places, Alchester, Asthall, Dorchester, Swalcliffe, and Tackley have … and there can be little doubt that at places such as Alchester, Dorchester, Swalcliffe, and Wood Eaton (to say … villa (p. 311). [Beesley, Banbury, 41.] See above, p. 300. Alchester: Ashmolean Museum; Antiq. Journ. vii, 183, ix, 133, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… at Fringford is actually on the road that leads NE. from Alchester towards Watling Street, and may have served as a … overlooking Otmoor, some 350 yds. east of the Dorchester-Alchester Roman road on Upper Park Farm. The corner of a … possible roads connecting the house with the Dorchester-Alchester road see pp. 279, 280, f.; and it should be noted …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of any size within the county occurs in this district, at Alchester near Bicester, can be explained by its position at … on these roads. It would seem that the two towns at Alchester and Dorchester, the Roman name of neither of which … country of the Dobuni, 7 it would explain why the town at Alchester is not actually on it. Indeed, some traces of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… curve which has its northernmost point at Chesterton, near Alchester, and leaves the county at Bimberry Lodge, west of … that of Kennett's anonymous author, who merely says that Alchester standeth upon it, that it leads to Bath, and that … 2 and gives a useful description of its course east of Alchester. Warton adds some new light on the course of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the Romano-British period in Oxfordshire, Alchester and Dorchester-on-Thames, have any claim to be … deserve that title, so scanty are their remains. 1. Towns Alchester. 1 The site lies 1 miles south of Bicester and 11 … Romans wished to avoid assuming, as we may (p. 285), that Alchester was a new Roman settlement but also that the lie of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the village. [Beesley, Banbury, 610; Gepp, Adderbury, 1.] Alchester. Town site, see above, pp. 281 ff. Ardley. … 1886 in a field in the village by the Roman road from Alchester to Dorchester, though made in the pre-Roman period, … said to have been found here or near here came from Alchester (pp. 281 ff.), 2 miles south, no doubt including …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… of the district in its course from Bicester, or rather Alchester, to Aylesbury and Tring, but only parts of the …