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A History of the County of Leicestershire
… north porch, and west tower. Part of the shaft of a Saxon cross, carved with interlacing ornament, is preserved …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 47 and it is reasonable to assume that the Saxon settlement of Frampton was relatively early. The …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… Freebridge Hundred and Half Anmere ANMERE. Orgar, a Saxon freeman, was the principal lord of this village, before …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… Appleton APPLETON. This name is partly British, and partly Saxon, being derived from Ab or Av, which signifies, and is the name of a river in Wales, and the Saxon Ton or Tun, a town; 1 thus in the Itinerary of …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… Peter de Valoins had a lordship, out of which Tort, a Saxon freeman, was ejected at the conquest; this Peter had … Manor. Another lordship in this town, held by Scula, a Saxon freeman, in King Edward's reign, was granted by the …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… by a river or running water, was the lordship of Toche, a Saxon thane, in King Edward's time, and granted at the …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… signifying water, as Derby, Derham, Durham, &c. and the Saxon words Ing, a meadow, and Ham, a dwelling, all which …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… church of Rome has for many centuries past, even in the Saxon times, imposed on the credulity, the weakness, and … already observed. Many of these ancient British, and old Saxon names, were changed by the Romish church, for the names … Burnham Thorp, and many other towns; was a noble Saxon lord, or thane in King Edward's reign, and deprived of …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… a one broad, paid 12 d. to the gelt.It was called in the Saxon times Gauuide, and takes its name from Guy or Quie, …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… at the survey, by Walter; in the Confessor's time Toche, a Saxon thane, was lord of it; and had two carucates in demean, …