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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… had been sent against them. The ancient boundary called Wansdyke terminates here. The parish comprises about 2000 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… just as a Roman road ran along part of the Wiltshire Wansdyke. 41 But recent excavations by Capt. C. Musgrave 42 …
A History of the County of Somerset
… or whether our knowledge is defective. APPENDIX III THE WANSDYKE The Wansdyke'Wodnesdic' in tenth century charters (Kemble, Cod. … that it was not pre-Roman ( Excavations in Bokerly and Wansdyke, 1892, pp. 29, 245). But the dyke itself is not of …
A History of the County of Somerset
… to have erected near the Avon about the year a.d. 48. The Wansdyke has been called his Vallum, and his forts have been detected at neighbouring sites. But we now know that Wansdyke is, at least in large part, post-Roman (p. 371), …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Mead, between Bathford and Warleigh, near the point where Wansdyke reaches the Avon. This has yielded an elaborate …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 12571300, 25. The northern boundary of this wood was the Wansdyke; it must have stood somewhere between the Avon on …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and thence to the Avon: W.A.M. i. 52). 14. Wodenesditch (Wansdyke). 15. R. Avon 16. Melksham bridge. Chippenham and … (? Templeton: W.A.M. xlix. 403). t. the great dyke ( Wansdyke) west of Inkpen. (O.S. 41/36). u. up . . . to the … edge of Gore Copse) unto the 'Redechorde' (cutting through Wansdyke at W. corner of Gore Copse: ibid. 414; O.S. 41/16.) …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Leigh Hill in the south-east. 12 The east end of the East Wansdyke, a linear earthwork constructed probably between the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… heptarchy, are often met with in the neighbourhood; and Wansdyke, the line of division between the kingdoms of Mercia …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a Druidical temple. The ancient boundary called Wansdyke may be traced in several places; and in the vicinity …