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A New History of London
… so denominated from its dedication to St. Botolph, a Saxon monk. It escaped the fire of London in the year 1666, …
A New History of London
… from its dedication to Ethelburga, the first christian Saxon princess, daughter to Ethelbert king of Kent, the first christian Saxon prince, and patron to Austin the monk, the English … ancient foundation, dedicated to St. Botolph, an English Saxon Saint, who died about the year 680. But the first …
A New History of London
… Bread-street; so called from its dedication to Mildred, a Saxon saint, abbess of a monastery on the isle of Thanet, and …
A New History of London
… perhaps on better grounds, supposed the name to have a Saxon origin; is a village now joined to Southwark, and …
A New History of London
… canonization of Edward king of England, the last of the Saxon race: a prince who owed the title of Confessor and …
A New History of London
… of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, which is thought to be of a Saxon foundation. The last structure, which was a very mean … vulgarly Hoxton, likewise shews itself to be of a Saxon origin: the third called Haliwel, had its name from a … this room, the principal of which are these.---Danish and Saxon clubs, weapons which each of those people are said to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 1034 inhabitants. This parish derives its name from the Saxon Bore, "a market," and Ham, "a village;" and is supposed … on the east by the river Stour, derives its name from the Saxon words signifying "Boar's Pasture." The manor, at the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… assured that the lady commemorated was the daughter of a Saxon prince (Add. MS. 5699, fol. 152); later, about 1800, …