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A History of the County of Somerset
… the parish but what was formerly believed to be a British camp on God's Hill is part of a series of medieval lynchets. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the Civil War the manor house seems to have been used as a military hospital. Forty royalist soldiers were buried in the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… kinsman, Colonel William Russell, distinguished for his military exploits in India, and more particularly at Manilla. … Sunday school libraries. On the summits of Castlelaw and Camp hill, the former on the farm of Vencheon, and the latter … Upon the summit of Yetholm Law are the remains of a Roman camp of quadrilateral form, and of considerable dimensions. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and Compton Bassett parishes. About 1938 a large hutted camp for R.A.F. Yatesbury was built on the Cherhill-Yatesbury … station was closed in 1964, by 1969 the buildings of the camp had been removed, and between 1970 and 1972 Wiltshire county council restored the camp to farmland. 66 MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES The land of …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Vale of Clwyd, are the remains of a distinguished British camp called "Pen-y-Cloddiau," or "the summit of the dykes," …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… their forces, and Sir William Douglas assaulting Edward's camp by night, nearly succeeded in killing the king: on the … the number of parishes is 604. The grand civil and military division of Yorkshire is into three ridings, West, … in order to facilitate the communication between their military stations; several of these traversed Yorkshire in …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… keep out the wet, so were in demand for garments such as military COATs [Kerridge (1985)]. Although generally …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… castle ceased to be a civil prison but became instead a military prison and so continued until the end of September …
Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]
… lawful issue, from the same John and his heirs, by every military service and suit of court of the manor of Kildwicke, …