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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 6000 coins of various descriptions, but chiefly Anglo-Saxon pennies. This treasure had been deposited, it is … and a collegiate church was founded here by one of the Saxon monarchs, which was annexed by William the Conqueror to … to 178,038, of whom 86,292 are males. This county, in Saxon orthography Cumbra-land, signifying "the land of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in the later English style, with a tower; a noble Saxon arch separates the chancel from the body of the … been discovered in 1748: it was subsequently held by the Saxon kings, and retained in demesne by the Conqueror. King …
A History of the County of Oxford
… On the west the ancient Wood Lane, which formed Witney's Saxon boundary with Minster Lovell, 35 became part of an … but there are signs that its main, probably pre-Saxon, line passed south-west of Ducklington village, perhaps … 13th century Old Field, perhaps in recognition of a pre-Saxon origin. 56 Anglo-Saxon Settlement When Curbridge was …
Cuxham
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… village, and the banks of streams. 15 In the late Anglo-Saxon period there was some woodland on the higher ground in … Lane in neighbouring Pyrton, which in the Anglo-Saxon period linked the Henley area to royal centres near … tumulus' in the charter of 995 suggests an early Anglo-Saxon burial mound, associated possibly with the memory of a …
A History of the County of Essex
… and by inference the boundary concerned, was of Saxon origin. 157 The legal boundaries of the forest fixed in … the right of estovers, already mentioned, was rooted in Saxon custom. 201 Another ancient right belonging to the … month'. 213 It has been suggested that this custom was of Saxon origin. 214 Other customs, or claims based on custom, …
A History of the County of Essex
… ('Daecca's home') was probably one of the earliest Saxon settlements in Essex: the name is first recorded in a … O'Leary, Dag. P.N. 42. C. Hart, Early Charters of Essex: Saxon Period, pp. 1112; Dag. P.N. 26. Dag. P.N., passim. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… alternately. The church is an ancient structure in the Saxon style, of which it is a very elegant specimen. The … S.) from Ecclesfechan. The name is derived from the Anglo-Saxon term Dal-ton, or Dal-dun, signifying "the fort in the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… of this hoard (NM records; NDC R163). Medieval and Later A Saxon coin was found in Dallington in 1907 (NM records; NDC AS12) and a 'Saxon pot' was discovered on the Spencer Housing Estate in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the time of the Domesday survey, the manor was held by a Saxon chief named Gilmichael, and it was afterwards annexed …