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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... present writer makes no pretensions to be an Anglo - Saxon scholar , but it is easy to pick out the word burh in the Chronicle and the Anglo - Saxon Laws , and to find out how the word is translated in the Latin chronicles ; and this ...
... present writer makes no pretensions to be an Anglo - Saxon scholar , but it is easy to pick out the word burh in the Chronicle and the Anglo - Saxon Laws , and to find out how the word is translated in the Latin chronicles ; and this ...
Page 27
... present day . But the others , for some reason or other , did not take root . Professor Maitland remarked that many of the boroughs of Edward's day became rotten boroughs before they were ripe ; and it is a proof of the difficulty of ...
... present day . But the others , for some reason or other , did not take root . Professor Maitland remarked that many of the boroughs of Edward's day became rotten boroughs before they were ripe ; and it is a proof of the difficulty of ...
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... of The Borough to the present day . 3 No Roman remains have been found in either place . Beauties of England and Wales , Oxfordshire . 1000 RIVER 1000 N. SUMMARY OF RESULTS 29 of Edward 28 ANGLO - SAXON FORTIFICATIONS.
... of The Borough to the present day . 3 No Roman remains have been found in either place . Beauties of England and Wales , Oxfordshire . 1000 RIVER 1000 N. SUMMARY OF RESULTS 29 of Edward 28 ANGLO - SAXON FORTIFICATIONS.
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... present south wall in his reign . Ethelfleda's borough probably followed the lines of the old Roman castrum . BREMESBYRIG . - This place has not yet been identi- fied . Bromborough on the Mersey has been suggested , and is not ...
... present south wall in his reign . Ethelfleda's borough probably followed the lines of the old Roman castrum . BREMESBYRIG . - This place has not yet been identi- fied . Bromborough on the Mersey has been suggested , and is not ...
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... presents several interesting details , for it has been occupied in medieval times by a small fortified enclosure , whose defences are apt to be confused with those of the older Saxon town . The rock makes a 1 D. B. , i . , 246 ...
... presents several interesting details , for it has been occupied in medieval times by a small fortified enclosure , whose defences are apt to be confused with those of the older Saxon town . The rock makes a 1 D. B. , i . , 246 ...
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12th century acres ancient Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Annals appears Arch bank borough bretasche Brut building built Burghal Hidage burgus burh called camp Cardigan castelli castellum castrum chapel charter Chester church Close Rolls Colchester Conquest Corfe Danes Danish defended ditch Domesday Book doubt Earl early Norman earthen earthworks Edward Edward the Elder enclosed enclosure England English Ethelfleda evidence existed feet feudal Fitz fortifications Fulk Nerra Gwynedd Henry II Henry II.'s Henry III.'s reign History houses II.'s reign Journ king land manor masonry medieval 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 stockade stone castle stone keep town trace turris Wales wall ward Welsh William wooden castle word writer