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A History of the County of Middlesex
… settlement in the parish probably dates from the Saxon period. There were three phases: firstly, settlement in …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Vert, two seaxes crossed saltirewise passing through a Saxon crown or [Granted 1938] Wembley U.D., which was … in base two seaxes crossed saltirewise passing through a Saxon crown or [Granted 1965] Under the London Government Act … in 1931, and Clamp Hill, Harrow Weald, in 1937. Anglo-Saxon Writs, ed. F. E. Harmer, 181-2, referring simply to …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… wooded plain, was an obvious site for a heathen, probably Saxon, temple or sacred grove. 58 The name Harrow, therefore, … to be a late back-formation. 59 Although evidence of Anglo-Saxon and early medieval occupation is completely lacking, … border. The first, as in Uxbridge, may come from an Anglo-Saxon tribe, the Wixan, or from the Celtic for 'water', 21 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… This place, the name of which signifies in the Saxon language "the Hill or Place of Harts," has long been … was discovered, with several monumental inscriptions in Saxon and Runic characters. William Romaine, a learned divine …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… afforded against the stormy East, must have been valued by Saxon, Dane, and Norman, long before Bruce drew his chain …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with its early history, is by Camden derived from the Saxon Harewic, signifying a station or harbour for soldiers; … that, during the time of the Romans, the counts of the Saxon shore had a stronghold here, in which a force was … was wrested from the Britons by Erchenwine, or Erchwine, a Saxon chief, who held it under Octa, grandson of Hengist. In …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… antiquity, attained considerable importance during the Saxon heptarchy, and in ancient documents, prior to the close … have been inclosed by the Earl of Chichester. Numerous Saxon coins, fragments of columns, pottery, and other relics …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… traces of a very strong castle, supposed to have been of Saxon origin, and which was demolished by Robert, Earl of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 427 inhabitants. This place was held in demesne by the Saxon kings, and was the favourite residence of Edward the …