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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Finberg, Early Wessex Chart. p. 72. D. Whitelock, Anglo-Saxon Wills, p. 23; cf. V.C.H. Hants, iii. 76. Bk. of Fees, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… styled Fifhide, a term supposed to be derived from the Saxon implying five, and hide, a certain quantity of land; …
The Environs of London
… birdes, or the place of fowles. Fullon and Fuglas, in the Saxon toong, doe signifie fowles, and ham, or hame, as much … place, it seemeth, hath beene plenty 1." Somner, in his Saxon Dictionary, proposes a very different etymology: … to stand in the Pillory." Speculum Brit. p. 20. The Saxon word ful, is translated foul; fuhl, a fowl; full and …
Old and New London
… usual, and perhaps most probable, derivation is from the Saxon "Fullenhame," which means the resort or habitation of … Camden, in his "Britannia," derives the name from the Saxon word "Fullenham," or "Foulenham," volucrum domus, "the … places, signifies amnis, a river." In Sommer's and Lye's Saxon Dictionaries it is called Fullanham, or Foulham, …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… celebrated his nuptials with Ealswitha, daughter of a Saxon noble, here. In 1013, the Danes, under the command of …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… or pass over the river at Burnham; which river, in the Saxon age, might be called the Brother, as Brotherton, a town …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… by Ethelwold Bishop of Winchester, in the reign of the Saxon King Edgar. At the survey it was in the tenure, and …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… called from a neighbouring stream, or brook. Toke, a great Saxon thane, was lord of it in the reign of the Confessor, …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… Montfort had the grant of it, on the expulsion of Bond, a Saxon thane, and was a member, or part of Polstede-hall, and …