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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… is now the commercial centre of the southern marshland, and the title 'Capital of the Fens', sometimes given to the … No record of the grant of a market has been found, and this, taken together with the evidence adduced above, 63 … 67 The Corporation also seems to have issued its own currency; in 1668 the town bailiff was authorized to spend £5 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a parish, in the hundred of South Witchford, union and Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 5 miles (W.) from Ely, … of columns, and cornices of white marble, numerous coins, domestic utensils, and other relics. Witcomb Parva … of Roman bricks in the walls of the church, and from the coins of different emperors that have been discovered in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… (O.S. 6 ins., ST 90 NE) The parish, irregular in shape and covering some 2,100 acres, occupies a shallow dry valley … suggested destruction by fire. The few finds included coins of Tetricus I, Constantine I and Gratian. A rubbish pit … and an oven indicated another building. Flue tiles, and coins of Gallienus, Constantine and Valens were found in this …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… an Iron Age 'A' sherd from the outer edge of the barrow and two Romano-British tile fragments in the rubble of the … is said to have yielded more than 200 4th-century Roman coins; accounts differ as to whether they were contained in a … A hoard of over 1,200 late 3rd-century and 4th-century coins, from Valerian to Diocletian, was found in the area of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Oxford, originated as a planned medieval market town and borough, laid out by a bishop of Winchester in probably … From the 17th century it became widely known for its cloth and blanket industry, and after 1945 it was developed as the … spearhead found south of the town, and Iron-Age and Roman coins, 9 but except for a possible fortified Iron Age site at …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… W. by N.) from Wallingford; containing 125 inhabitants, and comprising 869 a. 2 r. 19 p. The living is a rectory, … by an ancient intrenchment supposed to be British, and to have been afterwards occupied by the Romans, Roman … and the Salutation of the Virgin. A few years since, coins of the Emperors Constantine, Valentinianus, and others …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Andrew) WIVELISCOMBE ( St. Andrew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Wellington, W. division of the … more ancient building; and a variety of Roman and Saxon coins was found, together with some Nuremberg counters, used … a well some years ago, a vault containing several urns and coins was discovered. Wolford, Great (St. Michael) WOLFORD, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… between the R. Nene which forms its N.W. boundary and Bedfordshire which lies to the E. The E. part is mainly covered by Boulder Clay and slopes gently W. between 90 m. and 100 m. above OD. To … pottery, including samian, painted wall-plaster, three coins, a small bronze bell, an iron lock, pieces of baked …
A History of the County of Oxford
… an ancient parish lying on the north-west of the city and liberty of Oxford, c. 2 ½ miles north of the city centre, contained two settlements, Upper and Lower Wolvercote; the adjoining extra-parochial areas of Godstow, Cutteslowe, King's Weir, and Pixey Mead were incorporated in the later 19th century. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… p. 284. Growth of Settlement, p. 285. Social and Cultural Activities, p. 289. Manor and Other Estates, p. 290. Economic History, p. 291. Local … Hadley and Coalport formations. 68 A hoard of 368 silver coins, deposited c. 1646, was unearthed at Priorslee in 1982 …