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A History of the County of Somerset
… 16 High Ham village, the principal settlement by the Saxon period, includes houses around a green south of the … (1973), 103-4. S.R.O., D/P/ham.h 2/1/1. L. Abrams, Anglo-Saxon Glastonbury, 134-5; Finberg, Early Charters of Wessex, …
Old and New London
… means of access to the shrine of St. Alban, which from the Saxon days was a constant object of pilgrimage. The road at …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… In old records this place is called Hellebeck; Helle, in Saxon, denoting waterfalls, of which there are several among …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… sheltered men and animals during later periods. A pagan Saxon burial came from the Long Mound in Maiden Castle. …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… at Coney Green, Hillingdon. 30 The incorporation of Saxon personal names in the place-names 'Hillingdon', … with the 7th-century Wixan tribe 32 suggest areas of Saxon settlement. Attempts to interpret early forms of the place-name 'Uxbridge' as indicating the existence of a Saxon borough are inconclusive, and more reliable authorities …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the month. The town having been part of the domains of the Saxon kings, the inhabitants are exempted from serving on … name of this place, properly Hindlip, is derived from two Saxon words signifying the Hind's Leap. The parish is …
A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 18
… Roman administration. 7 Although few finds of later Anglo-Saxon date have been made, 8 the Domesday assessment of 36 … that ash-wood was obtained or worked nearby in the late-Saxon period. 7 In 1086 there was woodland assessed at square … (accessed 22 July 2010); G. B. Grundy (ed.), Saxon Charters and Field Names of Gloucestershire …
A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 18
… in the same area are probably medieval. 13 Eisey The Anglo-Saxon focus of settlement was probably the prominent ridge of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 18
… specialist cultivation of fertile land in the late Saxon period. 7 The medieval community's open fields were set … pottery, daub, bone and a loomweight datable to the early Saxon period. 8 Latton Village There was a settlement at … (1828); 6", Wilts. V (1875); WSA,, EA/198. G. B. Grundy, Saxon Charters of Glos. (1935), 624. 'Notes', WAM 65 (1970), …
A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 18
… Leigh (pronounced 'Lie'), is a name derived from the Anglo-Saxon 'leah', a clearing in a wood. 9 Leigh was part of … little archaeological evidence of prehistoric, Roman or Saxon activity in the parish has been discovered. The ring …