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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Halse. This place derives its name from the Anglo-Saxon Bracken, signifying fern, with which the neighbourhood formerly abounded: it was a Saxon burgh of considerable importance, but was greatly …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… J., 7 (1972), 13, Bozeat (1); BNFAS, 4 (1970), 6). For Saxon burials, see (14). c(11) Settlement (SP 906603; Fig. … Roman Road 170, see p. 188. Medieval and Later d(14) Anglo-Saxon Burials (SP 906586), associated with the Roman …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… garden at Brackley before 1866 ( JBAA, 22 (1866), 245). A Saxon spearhead and perhaps part of a shield boss were found … Arch. Survey of Northants. (1904), 11; NM) and a late Saxon dagger said to be from Brackley is in the Ashmolean …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… places of worship for dissenters. Near the chapel is a Saxon camp in a very perfect state, and on the moors are …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… structure with a tower, and some probable remains of Saxon architecture are preserved in the nave, though the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… hundred was quite intensively settled by the late Anglo-Saxon period, the settlers presumably benefiting from the … Ibid. 164v., 167 and v., 168v.169v. Ibid. 165. Grundy, Saxon Charters, 262. Herefs. Domesday (P.R.S. n.s. xxv), p. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 60 wood, and 134 common or waste. Camden places the Saxon city of thancestre at or near this place, which he also … was posted under a commander styled Count of the Saxon Shore, at the decline of the Roman empire in Britain. A …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… the fort resembles others of the series defending the 'Saxon Shore.' On the supposition that it was originally …
A History of the County of Sussex
… The southern boundary formed part of the boundary of the Saxon estate of Bidlington in 956, 72 and the northern and …
A History of the County of Sussex
… of the rape. That part was also thickly settled in the Saxon and medieval periods, the sandstone ridges north of the … Middle Ages there were three important towns. Steyning, of Saxon origin, was originally a port on the Adur, but that … have been other divisions of the county called rapes in Saxon times. 5 Bramber rape had been granted to William de …