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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… is upon a flat shore, and very open to these, wher is a fosse or a great bank artificial betwixt the town and se, and … the place where Csar landed in aperto Litore. Surely the fosse was made to kepe owt ennemyes ther or to defend the … arched cavern, bomb proof; the whole is encompassed by a fosse, over which is a drawbridge. Before these three castles …
A History of the County of York
A History of the County of York
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… leased. 4 The description of it as 'in the water of Fosse' suggests that when built it was on a promontory, or …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is clayey, but in the lower parts sandy and poor. The Fosse-Dyke canal, running from the Trent to the Witham, …