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Broadwell Parish
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… which in turn was carved from an even larger late Anglo-Saxon estate. 2 The villages were predominantly agricultural, … when Broadwell manor was carved from a larger Anglo-Saxon estate which most likely included Langford, Little … drafted the maps. Above, volume intro. (settlement: Anglo-Saxon and medieval organization); below (par. boundaries); …
Broadwell Parish: Broadwell
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… no archaeological evidence for Roman or early Anglo-Saxon activity is known, but by the late 10th century … parish centre. 4 Parochial Organization In the late Anglo-Saxon and early Norman period Broadwell may have been … and Miles, Upper Thames, 323. Above, volume intro. (Anglo-Saxon and medieval organization); below (population; devpt of …
Broadwell Parish: Filkins
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… roads were almost certainly established by the late Anglo-Saxon period and possibly earlier. An intersecting road … known as Barrow piece. 2 Early (5th or 6th-century) Anglo-Saxon settlement is attested by a small pagan cemetery … goods including weapons, beads, and brooches. 3 The Anglo-Saxon place name (recorded from the 12th century) refers …
Broadwell Parish: Holwell
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… settlement, and nothing further is known of pre-Anglo-Saxon activity in the township. 7 By the early 11th century … the late 12th century near what was apparently an Anglo-Saxon holy well. By the late 13th century Holwell was a … in 201011. Below, social hist. Above, volume intro. (Anglo-Saxon and medieval organization); Broadwell parish intro. …
Broadwell Parish: Kelmscott
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… in the churchyard. 6 No archaeological evidence of Anglo-Saxon settlement has yet been discovered, and from the late … remained unoccupied for several centuries. 7 The Anglo-Saxon place name (meaning Coenhelm's cott) suggests settlement by the mid or late Anglo-Saxon period, however, associated presumably with the large …
Broadwell, Langford and Kelmscott: Cotswolds to Thames
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… Bradwell Grove (built in 1804). 3 In the late Anglo-Saxon period the whole area almost certainly belonged to a … crossing further east, close to the important Anglo-Saxon royal estate centre at Bampton; if so, that was … fields and trackways, as at Langford and Radcot. 3 Anglo-Saxon and Early Medieval Organization Early Anglo-Saxon …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… This parish is enumerated, by the learned editor of the Saxon Chronicle, among the places which, from the similarity …
The Environs of London
… This place is supposed to have derived its name from the Saxon words Brom-leag, signifying a field or heath where …
The Environs of London
… lies 1. I think it more likely that it is derived from the Saxon word Brembel, a bramble, and lege, a field. Situation, … a large round arch, ornamented with the lozenge and other Saxon mouldings. At the same end is a small wooden turret. …