The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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... house were pleased when they were told that the mounds at Tamworth , Warwick , and elsewhere were the work of Ethelfleda , and that other mounds were the work of Edward the Elder . It did not occur to them that they were doing a great ...
... house were pleased when they were told that the mounds at Tamworth , Warwick , and elsewhere were the work of Ethelfleda , and that other mounds were the work of Edward the Elder . It did not occur to them that they were doing a great ...
Page 36
... houses were destroyed when the castle was built . The borough was doubtless erected to protect the Roman road from Bath to Lincoln , the Foss Way , which passes near it . Domesday Book , after mentioning that the king's barons have 112 ...
... houses were destroyed when the castle was built . The borough was doubtless erected to protect the Roman road from Bath to Lincoln , the Foss Way , which passes near it . Domesday Book , after mentioning that the king's barons have 112 ...
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... houses in the towns . " CYRICBYRIG . - About this place we adopt the conjec- ture of Dugdale , who identified it with Monk's Kirby in Warwickshire , not far from the borders of Leicester- shire , and therefore on the edge of ...
... houses in the towns . " CYRICBYRIG . - About this place we adopt the conjec- ture of Dugdale , who identified it with Monk's Kirby in Warwickshire , not far from the borders of Leicester- shire , and therefore on the edge of ...
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... the Honour of Halton . In 1368 , John Hank received the surrender of a house near to the castle in Runcorn . HERTFORD AND WITHAM 39 constantly find such small fortifications placed 38 888 ANGLO - SAXON FORTIFICATIONS.
... the Honour of Halton . In 1368 , John Hank received the surrender of a house near to the castle in Runcorn . HERTFORD AND WITHAM 39 constantly find such small fortifications placed 38 888 ANGLO - SAXON FORTIFICATIONS.
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... houses of the native Irish , and it even says that there was hardly a house without a Norseman.2 Herr Steenstrup does not go so far as to assert that this system of quartering obtained in England also ; but he shows that it is probable ...
... houses of the native Irish , and it even says that there was hardly a house without a Norseman.2 Herr Steenstrup does not go so far as to assert that this system of quartering obtained in England also ; but he shows that it is probable ...
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12th century acres ancient Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Annals appears Arch borough bretasche Brut building built Burghal Hidage burgus burh called camp Cardigan castelli castellum castrum certainly chapel charter Chester church Close Rolls Colchester Conquest Corfe Danes Danish defended ditch Domesday Book doubt Earl early Norman earthworks Edward Edward the Elder enclosed enclosure England English Ethelfleda evidence existence feet feudal Fitz fortifications Fulk Nerra Giraldus Gwynedd Henry II Henry II.'s hillock History houses III.'s reign Journ king land manor masonry mediæval mentioned moated Montgomerie mote motte and bailey motte-and-bailey motte-castle mound mural towers Norman castle Norwich Ordericus original Orpen outer Pipe Rolls private castle probably Quatford remains remarks Risen river Robert Rochester Roger Roman round ruins Saxon says Scotland shows side Stafford stands stockade stone castle stone keep town trace turris Wales wall ward Welsh William wooden castle word writer