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A History of the County of Dorset
… religious foundation in this county, was built here in Saxon times, but afterwards destroyed in the Danish raid of …
Historical gazetteer of London before the Great Fire
… of the discoveries there is a reference to a capital of a 'Saxon' column 'adorned with twisted serpents'. These remains …
A Dictionary of London
… is said to be in the gift of the Bishop of London (p.13). Saxon remains have been found on the site at various times …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… but some later writers are of opinion that these are Saxon remains, as no Roman relics have ever been found, and … to the place. The same author states that in the early Saxon times a royal vill existed here, with a church, built … of the walls, close to the ceiling, are some verses in Saxon characters. There are also churches at Holme-Bridge, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… manor was granted by the first Henry de Lacy to Hugo, a Saxon: John de Alvetham, Hugo's descendant, left an heiress … in the time of Alfred the Great; and is noticed in the Saxon Chronicle as the scene of a sanguinary battle which was …
A History of the County of Stafford
… earliest features of the present church are Norman, Anglo-Saxon carved stones survive on the site, most of them parts … foundation, that being the most common early Anglo-Saxon dedication. 4 The church served a large parish, with … D. M. Tinsley. P. C. Sidebotham, 'Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture and Medieval Stone Sculpture at …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1796. 45 Medieval Tenant Farming In the late Anglo-Saxon period Alvescot was probably administered as part of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Alvescot almost certainly belonged until the late Anglo-Saxon period. 5 Allocation of small detached meadows by the … been resident. 30 Little archaeological evidence of Anglo-Saxon settlement has been found, 31 but by the late 11th … 4), where pottery of medieval and possibly late Anglo-Saxon date has been found together with extensive …
A History of the County of Oxford
… other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES In the late Anglo-Saxon period all or part of Alvescot belonged probably to the …