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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and near the site of the Roman station Magna, now called Caer Voran, which latter name it must have received from the … placed under the tutelage of the virgin goddess Minerva, Caer Vorwen or Morwen signifying Maiden's fort. The …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Oct., 1606, aged 17. Bonnell, Thomas s. Ric., of Pembray, 'Caer,' pleb. Jesus Coll., matric. 19 March, 1713-14, aged 19; …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… part of the country, fixed a station, subsequently called Caer-Ban, or Caer-Bannau, and the remains of which are now called the … from Neath to Chester, now commonly called Sarn Helen. Caer-Bannau likewise communicated by a vicinal way with the …
A New History of London
… privileges of a gentleman." Thus it has been deduced from Caer Lud, or Lud's town; from Luna, another name for Diana; …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the number to 122,034. This place, called by the Britons Caer Brito, and supposed to have been the Abona, or …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… anciently the site of a mural fortress, called Castell Caer Beris; but nothing either of its origin or history is …
Old and New London
… the Isle of Thorney, which is now called Westminster, and Caer Lud, now Ludgate, and that there they built a church. In …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Caldicot, county of Monmouth; containing 267 inhabitants. Caer-Went (St. Stephen) CAER-WENT ( St. Stephen), a parish, in the union and division … part, the surface is level, and the soil dry and gravelly. Caer-went, now an inconsiderable village, was anciently a …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… The name appears to have been derived from the word Caer, signifying " a hill," and Luac, "Luke," in reference to … to have been derived from the compound Gaelic word Caer-mannock, signifying "the monk's fort." The remains of …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… a contiguous plot of about twenty-four acres, tithefree. Caer-Einion-Vechan CAER-EINION-VECHAN, a township, in that part of the parish of … CAERGWYRLE, county of Flint, North Wales.See Hope. Caerhn (Caer-Hn, or Caer-Rhun) CAERHN (CAER-HN, or CAER-RHUN), a …