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A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… half a mile to the north-east of the village, was Einion's camp, probably called Castell yn Nghaer Einion, or, according … vestigia of Martin Castle." The district contains numerous military works, thrown up during the frequent contests that … that it was defended either by a castle or some other military work. From the discovery of numerous relics of Roman …
Old and New London
… and at the Royal Exchange, when the heralds and the military returned. In the year 1828, as above stated, Carlton … the Prince and his friends amused themselves with coining military buttons for a "regiment of the future." …
Survey of London
… it remains in use to this day as a Museum of Naval and Military Models. The engraving reproduced on Plate 59 b shows …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… and its peculiar fitness for the site of a Roman camp, but also by existing vestiges of ramparts and … consonants fand m, common in their language), implies "a military station fortified with walls," and perfectly agrees … language the various exploits of the general during his military career, and on the opposite side was a literal …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… of cartridges. It was classified in 1752 as a component of MILITARY STORES [Acts (1752)]. OED online earliest date of …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… of the whole displaying in that rude age considerable military skill. About the middle of the tenth century, the … distress: the soldiers, whenever they stirred from their camp, were exposed to massacre; the Welsh, from their … garrison, well supplied with provisions and all kinds of military stores, and then withdrew into England, with the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to Burneston, and comprises 2055 a. 3 r. 19 p. of land: Camp Hill, a handsome modern mansion, stands on an eminence … is a place of worship for Wesleyans. Vestiges of a Roman camp are still discernible. Cartington CARTINGTON, a … to have derived its name from the British words Kert, a camp, and mell, a fell, or small mountain, according to …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… antiquity, such as coins, baths, &c., but chiefly by the military station called Castle-dykes, and a Roman camp on the farm of Corbie Hall. The former of these is … situated on the southern bank of the Dee, and on the great military road leading from Blairgowrie to Fort George and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… chiefly through its connection with the neighbouring military airbase at Brize Norton. Another smallholding … only after the Second World War, with the expansion of the military airbase at Brize Norton (opened in 1937). By the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… when local employment became increasingly dependent on the military airfield. In the 1970s the RAF employed 400 …