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The Cartulary of Holy Trinity, Aldgate
… at the head of the folio, the second time in a (poor) Anglo-Saxon script.] C.A.D., ii, A 1985. The text here is almost …
The Environs of London
… the quantity of oak timber which it produced; Ac, in the Saxon language, signifying an oak. The hedge-rows still …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the house 'in the English style of ancient cottage architecture' to plans by John Carline. 37 The parsonage was …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Lane. 71 Although the name Acton, meaning 'oak town', is Anglo-Saxon, it was first recorded as that of a witness, Viel of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… edifice with a low tower, in the early style of English architecture, except the large window of the transept, which …
A Dictionary of London
… dwelling. from "etheling " = noble, prince, or from the Saxon name "Athel," which seems to be the more probable … to be any records giving this form of the name. The Saxon word" Atheling "means" noble," the word" ethel "=home, …