The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, Volume 11Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 1869 - Natural history Includes proceedings of the annual general meetings of the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. |
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... EDWARD PEACOCK , M.A. A Geological Sketch of the Valley of the Kennet : By the Rev. JOHN ADAMS , M.A. ...... 259-261 262-267 268-286 Another Guess at the Name of Tan Hill : By the Rev. H. T. KINGDON 287-289 Ancient Statutes of ...
... EDWARD PEACOCK , M.A. A Geological Sketch of the Valley of the Kennet : By the Rev. JOHN ADAMS , M.A. ...... 259-261 262-267 268-286 Another Guess at the Name of Tan Hill : By the Rev. H. T. KINGDON 287-289 Ancient Statutes of ...
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... Edward the Elder . It was subsequently re- founded and restored by Bishop Ethelwold in 932. The estate at 1 These names of the Hundreds , pointing as they do to remote times when there were no towns or even villages of note from which ...
... Edward the Elder . It was subsequently re- founded and restored by Bishop Ethelwold in 932. The estate at 1 These names of the Hundreds , pointing as they do to remote times when there were no towns or even villages of note from which ...
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All Cannings belonged to the abbey in the days of Edward the Confessor , but for how long previously it is impossible to say . Many and various have been the conjectures as to the meaning and derivation of the name of this parish . If ...
All Cannings belonged to the abbey in the days of Edward the Confessor , but for how long previously it is impossible to say . Many and various have been the conjectures as to the meaning and derivation of the name of this parish . If ...
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... Edward it paid geld for 18 hides , 1 virgate and a half . The land is 15 car- ucates . Of this land there are in demesne 4 hides , and there are 5 carucates and 8 serfs . There are 27 villans , and 17 bordars , and 6 cottars , with 10 ...
... Edward it paid geld for 18 hides , 1 virgate and a half . The land is 15 car- ucates . Of this land there are in demesne 4 hides , and there are 5 carucates and 8 serfs . There are 27 villans , and 17 bordars , and 6 cottars , with 10 ...
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... Edward was £ 20 , had in the time of the Domesday Survey increased to £ 30 , or at the rate of some 50 per cent . Meagre therefore as the notice in the record may appear , it would seem to indicate a state of quiet progress , and an ...
... Edward was £ 20 , had in the time of the Domesday Survey increased to £ 30 , or at the rate of some 50 per cent . Meagre therefore as the notice in the record may appear , it would seem to indicate a state of quiet progress , and an ...
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Page 34 - ... him bade him be of good cheer, for that he would take the fault on himself. He kept his word accordingly. As soon as they were grown up to be men, the civil war broke out, in which our two friends took...
Page 34 - ... hearing the name of his old friend, and observing his face more attentively, which he had not seen for many years, asked him, if he was not formerly a Westminster scholar'? by the answer he was soon convinced that it was his former generous friend ; and, without saying...
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Page 34 - ... was too well known for the criminal to expect any pardon for such a fault; so that the boy, who was of a meek temper, was terrified to death at the thoughts of his appearance; when his friend, who sat next to him, bade him be of good cheer, for that he would take the fault on himself.
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Page 161 - Cannings, and with it to have formed one benefice, is about two miles and a half in length, and about one mile in breadth.