Bradford-on-Avon: A History and DescriptionWm. Dotesio, The Library Press, 1907 - 275 pages |
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... kings at Deor - ham ( Dyrham ) in Gloucester- shire , which was followed by the surrender of the three important ... King of Wessex , and some of his disaffected subjects . The name is pure Anglo - Saxon ; it means simply the Broad ...
... kings at Deor - ham ( Dyrham ) in Gloucester- shire , which was followed by the surrender of the three important ... King of Wessex , and some of his disaffected subjects . The name is pure Anglo - Saxon ; it means simply the Broad ...
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... King of Wessex in the year A.D. 642. He at first , we are told , refused to embrace Christianity . He had been married to a sister of Penda , King of Mercia , but no sooner did he succeed to the throne than he ignominiously dismissed ...
... King of Wessex in the year A.D. 642. He at first , we are told , refused to embrace Christianity . He had been married to a sister of Penda , King of Mercia , but no sooner did he succeed to the throne than he ignominiously dismissed ...
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... kings of Wessex . Of Aldhelm , we are told that he was of illustrious Saxon descent . * From his youth he was addicted to letters , and increased his store of knowledge by travels both in France and Italy . For some time he was under ...
... kings of Wessex . Of Aldhelm , we are told that he was of illustrious Saxon descent . * From his youth he was addicted to letters , and increased his store of knowledge by travels both in France and Italy . For some time he was under ...
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... king , no pontiff , or any authority claim dominion over us , except with our voluntary consent . ' He then makes the arrangement requested , and the act is confirmed by King Ina.1 The bishopric to which Aldhelm was appointed A.D. 705 ...
... king , no pontiff , or any authority claim dominion over us , except with our voluntary consent . ' He then makes the arrangement requested , and the act is confirmed by King Ina.1 The bishopric to which Aldhelm was appointed A.D. 705 ...
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... kings , the Chroniclers do not tell us . He was often in our neighbourhood , and fought some of his most decisive ... king and his great council , the " Witena - gemote . " The latter body com- prised many of the most eminent of the ...
... kings , the Chroniclers do not tell us . He was often in our neighbourhood , and fought some of his most decisive ... king and his great council , the " Witena - gemote . " The latter body com- prised many of the most eminent of the ...
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Bradford-on-Avon: A History and Description (1907) William Henry Rich Jones,John Beddoe No preview available - 2009 |
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Abbess Abbess of Shaftesbury acres afterwards Aisle Aldhelm alluded Alms-house amongst ancient Anglo-Saxon Anthony Rogers appointed Archæological argent arms Atworth Avon Bath Baynton belonging Besill Bishop Borough Bradford-on-Avon Bristol Broughton building built called century Chalfield Chancel Chantry chapel Charity Charter Churchwardens clothier Commissioners Corsham Court Court Leet Cumberwell daughter decease deeds Devizes died Domesday Domesday Book Duke of Kingston early Edward Elizabeth erected Freshford Hall of Bradford held Henry Holt Horton Hungerford John Hall King Kingston House land living Lord Manor of Bradford Margaret married Melksham messuage Monkton Farleigh Nave Nicholas original Parish Church Parish of Bradford Paul Methuen pedigree Porch portion present probably rent restoration Richard Robert side Somerset Steeple Ashton Steward stone tenants tenements Thomas Hall Thomas Horton Thos Tithing town Trowbridge Trustees Tything Vicar wall Walter wife William Wilts Wiltshire window Winsley Yerbury
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