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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... Norman castle - builder has been at work there subsequently . The weak point in Mr Clark's argument was that when he found a motte on a site which had once been Saxon , he did not stop to inquire what any subsequent builders might have ...
... Norman castle - builder has been at work there subsequently . The weak point in Mr Clark's argument was that when he found a motte on a site which had once been Saxon , he did not stop to inquire what any subsequent builders might have ...
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... Norman castle . A motte and a Norman castle . . . 913 Buckingham , S. of Ouse Buckingham , N. of Ouse . Bedford , S. of Ouse Maldon Towcester · • Wigingamere Huntingdon Colchester . Cledemuthan • • · . 914 • 1915 915 1916 . 917 No motte ...
... Norman castle . A motte and a Norman castle . . . 913 Buckingham , S. of Ouse Buckingham , N. of Ouse . Bedford , S. of Ouse Maldon Towcester · • Wigingamere Huntingdon Colchester . Cledemuthan • • · . 914 • 1915 915 1916 . 917 No motte ...
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... Norman castle of Chester lay outside the city walls , as the manor of Gloverstone , which was not within the jurisdiction of the city , lay between the city and the castle . A charter of Henry VII . shows that the civic boundary did not ...
... Norman castle of Chester lay outside the city walls , as the manor of Gloverstone , which was not within the jurisdiction of the city , lay between the city and the castle . A charter of Henry VII . shows that the civic boundary did not ...
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... Norman castle ; but this is not mentioned in the table , because it stands a mile and a half from the town on the southern side of the river Sowe , while we are expressly told by Florence that Ethelfleda's borough was on the northern ...
... Norman castle ; but this is not mentioned in the table , because it stands a mile and a half from the town on the southern side of the river Sowe , while we are expressly told by Florence that Ethelfleda's borough was on the northern ...
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... Norman earls of Chester established a ferry at Runcorn in the 12th century , and as a castle at Runcorn is spoken of in a mediæval document , it seems not impossible that there may have been a Norman castle on this site , as we 3 1 ...
... Norman earls of Chester established a ferry at Runcorn in the 12th century , and as a castle at Runcorn is spoken of in a mediæval document , it seems not impossible that there may have been a Norman castle on this site , as we 3 1 ...
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