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... single illustration . York , the city which has given its name to the shire , was ... one emperor had died and another had been proclaimed , did in very deed ... Half a century later Ioforvik has been contracted into Iorvik ( pronounced ...
... single illustration . York , the city which has given its name to the shire , was ... one emperor had died and another had been proclaimed , did in very deed ... Half a century later Ioforvik has been contracted into Iorvik ( pronounced ...
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... half - acre strips which were farmed by the " tenants in villenage , " at ... one state to the other . There seems , " he says , no room for the theory ... one definite standard is open to serious criticism . It is contended that various ...
... half - acre strips which were farmed by the " tenants in villenage , " at ... one state to the other . There seems , " he says , no room for the theory ... one definite standard is open to serious criticism . It is contended that various ...
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... half of the thirteenth century , is not to be ignored ; for the development of Bretton out of Brecton through the ... one of the many Beorn compounds . Moreover , the forms Birnebiha ' , Birnebem , Brynebem , make it extremely probable that ...
... half of the thirteenth century , is not to be ignored ; for the development of Bretton out of Brecton through the ... one of the many Beorn compounds . Moreover , the forms Birnebiha ' , Birnebem , Brynebem , make it extremely probable that ...
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... one of the several names in the West Riding which recall the Beowulf epic . Healfdene - literally , the half - Danes - is the name given in Beowulf to the Hocingas and Secgan clans who joined in the fight against the Frisian king Finn ...
... one of the several names in the West Riding which recall the Beowulf epic . Healfdene - literally , the half - Danes - is the name given in Beowulf to the Hocingas and Secgan clans who joined in the fight against the Frisian king Finn ...
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Allerton Anglo-Saxon Chronicle appears Austhorpe back to O.E. Bede Beorn Beowulf Billingley C. J. Battersby C.B. map Cartworth Celtic century charters of Kemble's cognate D.B. form D.B. spelling Danish derived Dialect Domesday Book Domesday Book spelling Durham Liber Vitae dwelling-place early spellings element is O.E. Elmet England English place-names farm Flasby ford form of O.E. Hanlith hill Hubberholme Kelbrook Kemble's Codex king Kirkby landholder in Domesday Landnamabok Leeds meadow meaning is accordingly medial modern form Norse Norwegian place-names O.E. charters O.E. form O.E. halh O.E. léah O.E. personal name O.E. tún O.E. word Occurs Old English Onomasticon original form owes its name patronymic Personnavne Pipe Roll plural point back Pontefract possible recorded by Searle Ripon Rolls Series Scandinavian name Scawsby settlement spelt stream temp termination is O.E. Teutonic Thorp true M.E. form valley village vols water-meadow West Riding Wilsill Winksley Yorkshire Yorkshire landholder Yorkshire place-names
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Page 217 - The Society was formed in 1899 for the purpose of printing the older Registers of the County. The following have been either issued or are in the press :— York (St. Michael-le-Belfrey), Burton Fleming, Horbury, Winestead...
Page xiii - Teutonic invasions, on the contrary, had a decisive influence in bringing about a concentration of the people in villages, tuns. The new settlers were bent on keeping together, for purposes of cultivation and defence; the troubled times which began with their invasion and went on until the complete organisation of feudal monarchy were not propitious to separate homesteads and farms. The sway of the military class over the agricultural was made easier by the gathering of masters, foremen, and tillers...
Page xxiv - And wel was hym that koude best devyse To liken hire, or that hire laughen made. He song; she pleyde; he tolde tale of Wade. But at the laste, as every thyng hath ende, She took hire leve, and nedes wolde wende.
Page xlv - Earle, J. A Handbook to the Land Charters and other Saxonic Documents. Oxford, 1888.
Page 217 - THE RECORD SERIES of the Society was commenced in 1885 for the purpose of publishing Yorkshire records. It has printed Feet of Fines, Index of Wills, Inquisitions, Subsidy Rolls, Chartularies, Monastic Notes, Court Rolls, &c.