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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… stands within the area of an ancient fortification, the fosse belonging to which may still be traced. Bicknor, Welsh …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by Antoninus, and Binovium by Ptolemy, and situated on the Fosse-way. Mr. Cade considers it to have been sacred to … Leicester; and contains a population of 16,196. The Roman Fosse-way, in its course through the parish, passes by a …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Pit on the Top of the Hill, on the contrary Side of the FOSSE Way, near the most westerly Corner of Bingham Lordship, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of a large quadrangular encampment surrounded by a triple fosse, which, from the extent of the area (more than thirty …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Here stood an ancient castle, the entrance to which, the fosse, &c., were discernible within the memory of persons now …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of a British camp about eighty yards in diameter, with a fosse; the site has been recently planted by Mr. Chaplin. …