The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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... here , however , with the 1 In the paper on Earthworks in the second volume of the Victoria County History of Yorkshire , this subdivision of the promiscuous class X. , is used . attempt to disentangle the dates of the various classes of.
... here , however , with the 1 In the paper on Earthworks in the second volume of the Victoria County History of Yorkshire , this subdivision of the promiscuous class X. , is used . attempt to disentangle the dates of the various classes of.
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... History of Domestic Manners , p . 13 . 2 The Danish fortress of Nottingham is mentioned by the Chronicle in 868 , but we are speaking now of purely Anglo - Saxon fortresses . Midlands and the North . It was given to Alfred.
... History of Domestic Manners , p . 13 . 2 The Danish fortress of Nottingham is mentioned by the Chronicle in 868 , but we are speaking now of purely Anglo - Saxon fortresses . Midlands and the North . It was given to Alfred.
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... History of Domestic Manners . 2 Bury is formed from byrig , the dative of burh . 3 Professor Maitland observed : " To say nothing of hamlets , we have full 250 parishes whose names end in burgh , bury , or borough , and in many cases we ...
... History of Domestic Manners . 2 Bury is formed from byrig , the dative of burh . 3 Professor Maitland observed : " To say nothing of hamlets , we have full 250 parishes whose names end in burgh , bury , or borough , and in many cases we ...
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... history of the word burh if this unfortunate word had not been made the subject of one of the strangest delusions which ever was imposed on the archæological world . We refer of course to the theory of the late Mr G. T. Clark , who ...
... history of the word burh if this unfortunate word had not been made the subject of one of the strangest delusions which ever was imposed on the archæological world . We refer of course to the theory of the late Mr G. T. Clark , who ...
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... history of English archæology that a man who was not in any sense an Anglo - Saxon scholar was allowed to affix an entirely new meaning to a very common Anglo - Saxon word , and that this meaning was at once accepted without question by ...
... history of English archæology that a man who was not in any sense an Anglo - Saxon scholar was allowed to affix an entirely new meaning to a very common Anglo - Saxon word , and that this meaning was at once accepted without question by ...
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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