The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJohn Murray, 1912 - 408 pages Some portions of this book have already appeared in print. The rest of the work is entirely new. No serious attempt had been made to ascertain the exact nature of Saxon and Danish fortifications by a comparison of the existing remains with the historical records which have come down to us, until the publication of Mr Allcroft's valuable book on Earthwork of England. The chapters on Saxon and Danish earthworks in the present volume were written before the appearance of his book, though the results arrived at are only slightly different. |
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... BOROUGHS D. THE WORDS " CASTRUM " AND " CASTELLUM " E. THE BURGHAL HIDAGE F. THELWALL G. THE WORD " BRETASCHE " H. THE WORD " HURDICIUM " I. THE WORD " HERICIO " K. THE CASTLE OF YALE L. THE CASTLE OF TULLOW M. THE CASTLE OF SLANE N ...
... BOROUGHS D. THE WORDS " CASTRUM " AND " CASTELLUM " E. THE BURGHAL HIDAGE F. THELWALL G. THE WORD " BRETASCHE " H. THE WORD " HURDICIUM " I. THE WORD " HERICIO " K. THE CASTLE OF YALE L. THE CASTLE OF TULLOW M. THE CASTLE OF SLANE N ...
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... boroughs and bridges , and to serve in the fyrd , is occasionally mentioned in charters earlier than the Danish wars , shows that there were town walls to be kept up even at that date . See Baldwin Brown , The Arts in Early England , i ...
... boroughs and bridges , and to serve in the fyrd , is occasionally mentioned in charters earlier than the Danish wars , shows that there were town walls to be kept up even at that date . See Baldwin Brown , The Arts in Early England , i ...
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... which the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle uniformly calls burhs ? THE WORD BURH OR BOROUGH 17 There is really not. 1 See Appendix B. 2 A.-S. C. , 910 , 911 . 1 See the illustrations in Wright , History of Domestic 16 ANGLO - SAXON FORTIFICATIONS.
... which the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle uniformly calls burhs ? THE WORD BURH OR BOROUGH 17 There is really not. 1 See Appendix B. 2 A.-S. C. , 910 , 911 . 1 See the illustrations in Wright , History of Domestic 16 ANGLO - SAXON FORTIFICATIONS.
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Ella S. Armitage. THE WORD BURH OR BOROUGH 17 There is really not the slightest difficulty in answering this question . The word is with us still ; it is our word borough . It is true we have altered the meaning some- what , because a ...
Ella S. Armitage. THE WORD BURH OR BOROUGH 17 There is really not the slightest difficulty in answering this question . The word is with us still ; it is our word borough . It is true we have altered the meaning some- what , because a ...
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... borough or bury2 seem to suggest that the burh was often nothing more than a stockade , as in so many of these sites not a vestige of defensive works remains . We may concede that the original meaning of an enclosure was never entirely ...
... borough or bury2 seem to suggest that the burh was often nothing more than a stockade , as in so many of these sites not a vestige of defensive works remains . We may concede that the original meaning of an enclosure was never entirely ...
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