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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… of a market in Wilton probably dates from the Anglo-Saxon period, for conditions of local trade, as shewn above, … in the 10th century may be inferred from the bounds of a Saxon land grant, dated c. 956, 67 in which the boundary at … mill occupied the same site as that mentioned above in the Saxon land charter. In 12489 Agnes, wife of Sabar of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… have been the third mayor's seal, then described as 'two Saxon kings sejant in Gothic niches, crowned, with sceptres …
The Environs of London
… records in which the name of Wimbaldus occurs. Dune in the Saxon language signifies a hill. Situation, boundaries, and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… town was confined to the W. bank of the Allen and in Saxon times it occupied only a small area in the immediate … East Borough and West Borough, extending N. from the Saxon nucleus. No doubt one of these streets represents the … part of the town Apart from the Minster, a church of Saxon origin enlarged in the 12th and 13th centuries, little …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… a depth of 10 ft. Near the surface was an intrusive pagan Saxon female inhumation accompaned by a gilt button-brooch, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… This place was formerly called Wincelcumb (from the Saxon Wincel, a corner, and comb, a valley), of which its … at Cliff-End, and passes by the town parallel with the shore, till it enters the sea at Shorne-cliff, near Hythe. … Britons in the New Forest, it became the capital of the Saxon kingdom of Wessex, and the residence of the conqueror, …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… material of the 4th century has been found embodied in a Saxon rampart N. of the town (SP 024284), 3 and fragments of …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… the most interesting things in the church and probably of Saxon date, like those at Carhampton and Warnford. The altar …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… very ancient features. Not only are we reminded of the Saxon cwide, the primitive hearth-gods may loom in the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… it was far enough advanced to be ready for service. The Saxon church was abandoned on 8 April, St. Swithun's shrine … Edmunds, though less developed, the scheme derived from Saxon prototypes. It is perhaps this single tower which … of Wessex, Kynegils and Kenulf, with their successors the Saxon kings of England, Egbert, Ethelwulf, Edmund and Edred, …