The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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... probably meant a town when he says that Edward the Elder built at Hertford " castrum non immensum sed pulcherrimum . " He generally translates the burh of the Chronicle by burgus , and he shows that he had a correct idea of Edward's ...
... probably meant a town when he says that Edward the Elder built at Hertford " castrum non immensum sed pulcherrimum . " He generally translates the burh of the Chronicle by burgus , and he shows that he had a correct idea of Edward's ...
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... probably more fleda's borough , of which no trace remains . CHESTER is spoken of by the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle in 894 as " a waste chester in Wirral . " It had un- doubtedly been a Roman city , and therefore the work of Ethelred and ...
... probably more fleda's borough , of which no trace remains . CHESTER is spoken of by the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle in 894 as " a waste chester in Wirral . " It had un- doubtedly been a Roman city , and therefore the work of Ethelred and ...
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... probably followed the lines of the old Roman castrum . BREMESBYRIG . - This place has not yet been identi- fied . Bromborough on the Mersey has been suggested , and is not impossible , for the loss of the s sometimes occurs in place ...
... probably followed the lines of the old Roman castrum . BREMESBYRIG . - This place has not yet been identi- fied . Bromborough on the Mersey has been suggested , and is not impossible , for the loss of the s sometimes occurs in place ...
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... probably be sought within the frontier of Watling Street , which Ethelfleda does not appear to have yet crossed in 911 . BRIDGENORTH is undoubtedly the Bricge of the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle , as Florence of Worcester identifies it with ...
... probably be sought within the frontier of Watling Street , which Ethelfleda does not appear to have yet crossed in 911 . BRIDGENORTH is undoubtedly the Bricge of the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle , as Florence of Worcester identifies it with ...
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... probably be transposed to 918 , the year in which , according to Florence , Edward subjugated East Anglia . It is well known how confused the chronology of the various versions of the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle is during the reign of ...
... probably be transposed to 918 , the year in which , according to Florence , Edward subjugated East Anglia . It is well known how confused the chronology of the various versions of the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle is during the reign of ...
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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