The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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... royal halls and chambers , wonderfully built of stone and wood by his command ! " The Anglo - Saxon Chronicle notices the restoration of London ( 886 ) , about which two extant charters are more precise . It also mentions the building ...
... royal halls and chambers , wonderfully built of stone and wood by his command ! " The Anglo - Saxon Chronicle notices the restoration of London ( 886 ) , about which two extant charters are more precise . It also mentions the building ...
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... royal brethren undertook that , with the exception of Chester , none of the boroughs which they built in the north - western districts survived 1 Worcester , Chester , Tamworth , Stafford , Warwick , Hertford , Buckingham , Bedford ...
... royal brethren undertook that , with the exception of Chester , none of the boroughs which they built in the north - western districts survived 1 Worcester , Chester , Tamworth , Stafford , Warwick , Hertford , Buckingham , Bedford ...
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... royal seats , where possibly defensive works of some kind may have existed . Unfortunately we are unable to learn that there are any such works , except at one place , Bensington in Oxfordshire , where about a hundred years ago " a bank ...
... royal seats , where possibly defensive works of some kind may have existed . Unfortunately we are unable to learn that there are any such works , except at one place , Bensington in Oxfordshire , where about a hundred years ago " a bank ...
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... it is certain that all the " adulterine " castles , which were raised without royal per- mission in the rebellions of Stephen's and other reigns , were very short - lived . CHAPTER IV DANISH FORTIFICATIONS We must now inquire into the.
... it is certain that all the " adulterine " castles , which were raised without royal per- mission in the rebellions of Stephen's and other reigns , were very short - lived . CHAPTER IV DANISH FORTIFICATIONS We must now inquire into the.
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... or Little Amwell now but fragments of what are supposed to be homestead moats . Royal Commission on Historical Monuments , pp . 95 , 142 , Herts . vol . 1 00 23 Barracks . 0 100 200 300 400 500 52 DANISH FORTIFICATIONS.
... or Little Amwell now but fragments of what are supposed to be homestead moats . Royal Commission on Historical Monuments , pp . 95 , 142 , Herts . vol . 1 00 23 Barracks . 0 100 200 300 400 500 52 DANISH FORTIFICATIONS.
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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