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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Cerdic, and the defeat of the united Britons in the New Forest, it became the capital of the Saxon kingdom of Wessex, … the year 1100, when, being killed while hunting in the New Forest, his body was brought into the city on the following … a very pleasing appearance, displaying an intermixture of forest-trees with gentlemen's seats; but the uncultivated …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Briwere in 1232 to sell all the underwood in the king's forest of 'La Bere,' 22 and, later, to supply timber from the same forest 23 and Alice Holt Forest 24 for the great hall. In 1233 the mayor was warned to …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Alton road, for few merchants passed through the king's forest to St. Giles' Down. But, on the other hand, there was … but the Gloucester product may have included iron from the Forest of Dean. Cf. Pipe R. 25 Hen. II (Pipe R. Soc.), 91. …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… of the later castle formed part of Clewer and was probably forest. On the eve of the Norman Conquest Edward the … Cygony, as constable of Windsor Castle and keeper of the forest. 45 This was in direct contravention of the Great … In April 1317 King Edward was at Windsor hunting in the forest and transacting business relating to Ireland. 93 He …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… situated on the road from London, through Windsor Forest, to Reading. It comprises 9878 a. 18 p., and contains …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the surface of which is undulated, contains some stately forest-trees, and is well stocked with deer. The living is a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… from Monday to Wednesday, the last day coinciding with the Forest fair in Wychwood Forest; 44 probably then and certainly by the 1870s it …