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Old and New London
… or Michel-Gemote, or Wittenagemote, of our Saxon ancestors, it would, doubtless, puzzle the learning of modern Anglo-Saxon scholars to ascertain with precision. "In the simple … that "ladies of birth and quality sat in council with the Saxon Witas. The Abbess Hilda (says Bede) presided in an …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… correctly orientated E.-W. than its still unlocated Anglo-Saxon predecessor, the area S. of the cathedral was paved. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… perhaps named from a vanished church with which the late Saxon cemetery found under Pavement in 1825 may have been …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… old tomb noticed by Thoroton. "Hoveringham church has a Saxon porch with a curious bas relief of St. Michael, the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… derived that name from Oder, one of the earliest of the Saxon settlers on the river Colne. Though in the immediate … of the Roman station Cambodunum, and subsequently of the Saxon fortress of Almondbury, it seems to have remained …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to Dr. Whitaker, was Honorsfield, from Honorius, a Saxon chief; but it is equally probable, from many of the … repairing the church and relieving the poor. A variety of Saxon coins, of Athelstan, Edred, and Edmund, were found in …
A History of the County of Stafford
… and Rushton together formed knight's fee. 39 In 1086 the Saxon tenant Ulviet was still in possession, holding as …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… for a place to breed and bring up young cattle in, in the Saxon times. See vol. ii. p. 110. Therstuna, Doms. fo. 123; …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… Abbot's Manor, Was given before the Conquest by Lefwald, a Saxon, to the abbey of St. Bennet at the Holm in Norfolk; and …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… or Burgh, may take its name from some remarkable Saxon that settled here, and raised a fortification, of some …