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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… parochial relief, in the township of Bolton. The arm of a Saxon stone cross, and the remains of the cross from the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… and most fruitful parts of Ferregs by Offa, the Anglo-Saxon monarch, who separated them from the rest of the … Danes, mustered all his forces, and led them against the Saxon frontier; but being unexpectedly opposed by a powerful … The situation of this castle, called by the Anglo-Saxon historians Brecenanmere, is not now precisely known, …
A New History of London
… up for the reception of the records, there remained many Saxon inscriptions. At the other end of the old Roman way, … of the latter ages he found the burial places of the Saxon times: and it appeared that they lined their graves … country remained under the seven states which composed the Saxon heptarchy, the people were continually harrassed by the …
A New History of London
… of four lines and a quarter, beautifully written in the Saxon character, on a slip of parchment of the length of six … is an exact transcript of it 2. Another charter in the Saxon language, consisting of three lines finely written on a … by the Londoners to rebuild their bridge of stone. By the Saxon annals it appears that there was no bridge at London in …
A New History of London
… Book 2, Ch. 15 Cheap Ward CHAP. XV. Cheap-ward. The Saxon word Chepe signifies a market; and one being antiently … and are supposed to represent an antient Briton and a Saxon. The colours taken at the battle of Ramilies were hung …
A New History of London
… the year. Aldermen. The title of dignity, alderman, is of Saxon original, answering to that of earl; and from hence we … It is a very antient court of record, being of Saxon original 6; where all lands and tenements, rents and …
A New History of London
… and procuring for it privileges from the Pope, and the Saxon princes then reigning: for these works the bishop was … wooden buildings. The church flourished greatly during the Saxon heptarchy; Kenrad, king of Mercia, declared it as free …
A New History of London
… The entrance at the west is through a circular tower of Saxon architecture in which are buried some Knights Templars, …
A New History of London
… the church of St. Edmund the king; dedicated to the Saxon king Edmund, murdered by the Danes in 870; and though … to create a belief that it was originally built under the Saxon heptarchy. The present church, which was erected to …
A New History of London
… ward. Queenhithe.; Foundaries of the ward. Hythe is the Saxon name for a small harbour, and Queenhithe has long been …