The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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... town . In the laws of Edgar's time not only the borough - moot and the borough - reeve are spoken of , but the burh - waru or burgesses . Burh is contrasted with wapentake as town with country . 3 If we wish to multiply proofs that a ...
... town . In the laws of Edgar's time not only the borough - moot and the borough - reeve are spoken of , but the burh - waru or burgesses . Burh is contrasted with wapentake as town with country . 3 If we wish to multiply proofs that a ...
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... town . ' In this sense no doubt we must interpret Asser's " castellum quod dicitur Werham . " Henry of Huntingdon probably meant a town when he says that Edward the Elder built at Hertford " castrum non immensum sed pulcherrimum . " He ...
... town . ' In this sense no doubt we must interpret Asser's " castellum quod dicitur Werham . " Henry of Huntingdon probably meant a town when he says that Edward the Elder built at Hertford " castrum non immensum sed pulcherrimum . " He ...
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... town - wall can still be traced in parts , though it is rapidly disappearing . Dugdale says the town ditch was 45 feet broad . Tamworth was a borough at the time of Domesday . STAFFORD has a motte on which stood a Norman castle ; but ...
... town - wall can still be traced in parts , though it is rapidly disappearing . Dugdale says the town ditch was 45 feet broad . Tamworth was a borough at the time of Domesday . STAFFORD has a motte on which stood a Norman castle ; but ...
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... town or village has ever grown out of it . The burh stands at the The burh stands at the top of a hill , commanding the junction of two great Roman roads , the Watling Street from Chester to Manchester , and the branch which it sends ...
... town or village has ever grown out of it . The burh stands at the The burh stands at the top of a hill , commanding the junction of two great Roman roads , the Watling Street from Chester to Manchester , and the branch which it sends ...
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... town , and , without doubt , this would be the site of Edward's borough . No trace is left of the second borough on the other side of the river . Buckingham is one of the boroughs of Domesday . BEDFORD has had a motte and a Norman ...
... town , and , without doubt , this would be the site of Edward's borough . No trace is left of the second borough on the other side of the river . Buckingham is one of the boroughs of Domesday . BEDFORD has had a motte and a Norman ...
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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