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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Page 15
... river Lea.1 William of Malmesbury tells us that in his boyhood there was a stone in the nunnery of Shaftesbury which had been taken out of the walls of the town , which bore this inscription : " Anno dominicæ incarnationis Alfredus rex ...
... river Lea.1 William of Malmesbury tells us that in his boyhood there was a stone in the nunnery of Shaftesbury which had been taken out of the walls of the town , which bore this inscription : " Anno dominicæ incarnationis Alfredus rex ...
Page 26
... river at Hertford , Buckingham , and Nottingham are counted as two , because the very precise indications given in the Anglo- Saxon Chronicle show that each burh was a separate construction . Burhs of Ethelfleda . Worcester Chester 873 ...
... river at Hertford , Buckingham , and Nottingham are counted as two , because the very precise indications given in the Anglo- Saxon Chronicle show that each burh was a separate construction . Burhs of Ethelfleda . Worcester Chester 873 ...
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... river , the whole number should be reduced to twenty - two . So that more than half the boroughs built by the children of Alfred continued to maintain their existence during the succeeding centuries , and in fact until the present day ...
... river , the whole number should be reduced to twenty - two . So that more than half the boroughs built by the children of Alfred continued to maintain their existence during the succeeding centuries , and in fact until the present day ...
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... RIVER Bailey . Church . RIVER FIG . 3 . [ To face p . 28 . Ν . Old Pale Church Garden 500 90 N. 81 . Moat. RIVER THAMES . 500 Feet . Church . FROM 1 See Skeat's Dictionary , " Timber . " 2.
... RIVER Bailey . Church . RIVER FIG . 3 . [ To face p . 28 . Ν . Old Pale Church Garden 500 90 N. 81 . Moat. RIVER THAMES . 500 Feet . Church . FROM 1 See Skeat's Dictionary , " Timber . " 2.
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... river Sowe , while we are expressly told by Florence that Ethelfleda's borough was on the northern side , as the town is now . Stafford was a Domesday EDDISBURY 35 borough ; some parts of the mediæval walls. 1 " Arcem quam in occidentali ...
... river Sowe , while we are expressly told by Florence that Ethelfleda's borough was on the northern side , as the town is now . Stafford was a Domesday EDDISBURY 35 borough ; some parts of the mediæval walls. 1 " Arcem quam in occidentali ...
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