The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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... say , " cries Asser , " of the cities and towns which he restored , and of others which he built which had never ... says : " Londoniam civitatem honorifice restauravit et habitabilem fecit , " p . 489 . 3 Birch's Cartularium , ii ...
... say , " cries Asser , " of the cities and towns which he restored , and of others which he built which had never ... says : " Londoniam civitatem honorifice restauravit et habitabilem fecit , " p . 489 . 3 Birch's Cartularium , ii ...
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... say nothing of hamlets , we have full 250 parishes whose names end in burgh , bury , or borough , and in many cases we ... says : " In Athelstan's day it seems to be supposed by the legislator that a moot will usually be held in a burh ...
... say nothing of hamlets , we have full 250 parishes whose names end in burgh , bury , or borough , and in many cases we ... says : " In Athelstan's day it seems to be supposed by the legislator that a moot will usually be held in a burh ...
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... says : " In the eleventh century , the word castel was introduced into our language to mark something which was evidently quite distinct from the familiar burh of ancient times . . . . Ordericus speaks of the thing and its name as ...
... says : " In the eleventh century , the word castel was introduced into our language to mark something which was evidently quite distinct from the familiar burh of ancient times . . . . Ordericus speaks of the thing and its name as ...
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... 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 work when he says that at ...
... 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 work when he says that at ...
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... says it is " about Severn side . " It should 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 ...
... says it is " about Severn side . " It should 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 ...
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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