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A History of the County of Shropshire
… with the tun element, were presumably so named in the late Saxon period. Plaish too was a distinct estate by then. 49 …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… the parish formed part of the estate of Earl Hugh, but in Saxon times Burchard had held two carucates of land for a …
Survey of London
… too old and too tired to adjust himself to the Anglo-Saxon world." 132 His active support of German naval …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… been referred to the arbitration of Edgar, the Anglo-Saxon King of England, that monarch gave his award in favour … against Caradoc, son of Rhydderch ab Iestyn, aided by the Saxon chieftain, Harold, with a powerful body of forces. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… the year 1055, in the reign of Edward the Confessor, the Saxon leader Harold invaded North Wales, by command of that … thus subduing those who had never before yielded to the Saxon arms. In the year 1073, Grufydd ab Cynan, son of Iago … Britons, when obliged to retreat before the Roman, Saxon, or English forces. Many of the mountains extend in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… being the seat of Cassibelaunus, King of the Cassii. The Saxon kings of Mercia also made it their residence; Offa …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… the west of the present village, and near a ford ( wath in Saxon) across the burn, now called Carnwath, which, … a part of the parish. There are several camps of Roman and Saxon origin, and also a defence-ditch, constructed by the … very ancient, is in tolerable repair; the western door is Saxon, and on one of the walls, evidently of later erection, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… volume ( shaded) The most striking indication of early Saxon activity is also in Asthall, where a prominent … 9 Almost certainly the development of mid and late Saxon settlement in the area was conditioned by the …
Staffordshire Historical Collections
… p. 376, and Leland. Mr. W. de Grey Birch (B.M.) in his "Saxon Abbots" gives Triccengaham, Trykingham, or Trytengham. …