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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… who are partly employed in carrying sand from the shore, for the use of farmers in dressing the lands. There is …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… by the discovery of medieval iron ore nodules on the shore near Woolaston Grange, from where metal is said to have …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… to have had a lighthouse to guide vessels past the off-shore Guscar Rocks. 18 A hoard of c. 250 Roman coins from c. … bank and ditch suggests that it was built to protect the Saxon vill of Madgett whose lynchets run to the dyke. 45 No … made in 1932: Lond. Gaz. 22 July 1932, p. 4781. Grundy, Saxon Charters, 241; Badminton Mun. F. Drawer 2, map, 1769. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… TOPOGRAPHY Woolavington parish, its name derived from a Saxon personal name, 5 lies on the northern slope of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 2216 inhabitants. The ancient name Wolveton points to a Saxon proprietor, Wolf; of whom, however, there is no record. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… chancel, of which the lower part was built in the Anglo-Saxon era; the south door is early English, and part of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… R60, 125). Medieval and Later A sherd of early to middle Saxon pottery was discovered during field-walking in 1980 … of the Roman villa at Hunsbury (Wootton (8)). Possible Saxon sherds were discovered in the parish in 1954 (NM; NDC AS25). An iron spearhead, probably Saxon or medieval, was found near Wootton West Bridge (SP …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by intercommoning and other forest customs. In the Anglo-Saxon period Eynsham was an important centre, its early …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in his recent publication on the British, Roman, and Saxon antiquities of the county. Arms. When the Romans left … The establishment, which was amply endowed by successive Saxon monarchs, consisted of Secular canons till the eighth … taking down the old church, a most interesting and unique Saxon gold coin was discovered. The living of St. Helen's is …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… church is grand; it is modelled partly after the zig-zag Saxon architecture. The roof of the nave is supported by …