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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Cynric fought with the Britons in 527, mentioned in the Saxon Chronicle as having occurred at Cerdicesleagh. It … notice; there is some painted glass, also a very handsome Saxon font, and a marble tomb with recumbent figures to Sir … antiquity, having been the occasional residence of the Saxon monarchs, and in the possession of Alfred the Great, …
The Environs of London
… been uniformly written Cheam. As there is no word in the Saxon language nearly similar to the first syllable of the …
Old and New London
… MarketGossip anent Cheapside by Mr. PepysA Saxon RienziAnti-Free-Trade Riots in CheapsideArrest of the …
Old and New London
… on the north side of St. Vedast's; whether Roman or Anglo-Saxon, it consists of a block of freestone, seven feet long …
Old and New London
… at least, of as ancient a standing as King Adelstane, the Saxon, who, as tradition says, had his house at the east end … of St. Peter before mentioned. As there are traditions of Saxon kings once dwelling in Foster Lane, so in Gutter Lane …
Old and New London
… in the Great Fire, was rebuilt again. St. Mildred was a Saxon lady, and daughter of Merwaldus, a West-Mercian prince, …
Old and New London
… the true derivation, for St. Paul's could also boast its Saxon crypt. Bow Church is first mentioned in the reign of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… anciently called Chelcheth or Chelchith, probably from the Saxon Ceosl, or Cesol, sand, and Hythe, a harbour; from which …
Old and New London
… piece of metal, found in the ruins of Troy; a pair of Saxon stockings; William the Conqueror's family sword; …
The Environs of London
… it mentioned, is a charter of Edward the Confessor, in the Saxon language; it is there written Cealchylle: did local … vol. i. p. 20. This charter, which is in the Saxon language, has been printed in Hickes's Thesaurus (vol. …