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A History of the County of York
… about the nature of worship in the minster in later Anglo-Saxon times and the changes brought about after the Norman …
A History of the County of Sussex
… century, however, a shingle bar seems to have grown up off shore, causing silting. 58 Lagoons east and west of Worthing … common, gradually came into being south of the modern shore line. 62 During the 18th century the shingle bar was apparently driven gradually on shore, causing the common to be eroded away. Erosion had …
A History of the County of Sussex
… evidently including Worthing common south of the modern shore line, by the tenants of Broadwater manor in Broadwater …
A History of the County of Sussex
… survived on Worthing common south of the modern shore line in 1748. 93 Parochial government See Broadwater. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… by 975, and southwards around Cluddley, probably by the Saxon period. 86 Bullocks brook, so called by 1580, 87 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the Cornavii, but suffered greatly during the Saxon wars, and is said to have been destroyed by the Danes. … jurisdiction, and formed part of the demesne lands of the Saxon kings prior to the Conquest, when, with all its …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 5179 inhabitants. This town derives its name from the Saxon Win Munde Ham, signifying "a pleasant village on a … the defeat of the last King of Cumberland, by Edmund, the Saxon monarch, of whom Malcolm, King of Scotland, held …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Pembroke. The Rev. Edward Lye, author of the Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, who died in 1769, was rector of the parish. … china, is obtained for exportation from some pits on the shore of Alum bay, near the Needles; and the principal …
A History of the County of Sussex
… a long-established green. At Bilsham late Anglo-Saxon finds around the medieval chapel may suggest a nucleus …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Finberg, Early Charters of Wessex, 134; L. Abrams, Anglo-Saxon Glastonbury: Church and Endowment, 256-7. V.C.H. Som. …