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The Environs of London
… had been possessed of this manor from the time of the Conquest 5, exchanged it for other lands with Henry VIII., …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… dates from the first half of the 11th century. The pre-conquest church was probably cruciform, with a Crossing … by Sherborne. A considerable amount survives of the pre-conquest building, and the 12th-century nave and tower are …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… it fell under the power of the Romans, who, achieving the conquest of this portion of the island, under Vespasian, made … course of this reign, made and kept in the city. At the Conquest, William fixed his principal residence at Winchester … of Westminster, in whose possession it remained till the Conquest. William, soon after his establishment on the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… during the century and a half which followed the Conquest. That changes in its extent took place we know; but …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Whether the gild merchant existed before or only after the Conquest it was only a part, and at first not necessarily a … it is thus necessary to clear away the theory that the pre-Conquest gild merchant was the centre round which the borough … Charters [Winton Corp. Doc.], Drawer 1, no. 2). The pre-Conquest fellowship of 'cnihts' had no discernible connexion …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… there are no grounds for assuming it to be older than the Conquest or that any part of it occupies the site of … Tutbury, &c. (see J. H. Round on 'The Castles of the Conquest,' Arch. lviii, 330, 331). Chron. Mon. de Abingdon …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Clewer and was probably forest. On the eve of the Norman Conquest Edward the Confessor had granted Windsor with 20 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wigan; containing 681 inhabitants. At the period of the Conquest, Uctred, a Saxon, held Wibaldeslei; and in the reign …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… importance for the retention of the three quoins of a pre-Conquest nave and the contemporary carved angel, formerly … ft. by 16 ft.) has at the S.E., N.W., and S.W. corners pre-Conquest quoins of large stones, alternately tall and short …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of various ages, and evidently existed before the Conquest. The nave is separated from the aisles by five …