On the Ancient British, Roman and Saxon Antiquities and Folk-lore of Worcestershire |
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... Britons on the other side of the river . John Ross , a writer on antiquities , who flourished in the reign of Edward the Fourth , has reported Constantius Cæsar as the founder of Worcester , on the credit of an old British chronicle he ...
... Britons on the other side of the river . John Ross , a writer on antiquities , who flourished in the reign of Edward the Fourth , has reported Constantius Cæsar as the founder of Worcester , on the credit of an old British chronicle he ...
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... Britons on the other side of the river . It formerly boasted Roman walls . It has now a tolerably strong wall . " Macrob . L. i .; Sat. c . 10 ; Rosin . L. ii . , c . 19 , & c . , L. iv . , c . 1 ; Alex . ab Alex .; Gen. dier . L. iv ...
... Britons on the other side of the river . It formerly boasted Roman walls . It has now a tolerably strong wall . " Macrob . L. i .; Sat. c . 10 ; Rosin . L. ii . , c . 19 , & c . , L. iv . , c . 1 ; Alex . ab Alex .; Gen. dier . L. iv ...
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... Britons show their acquaintance with the casting of metals . Their axe - heads , called celts , are composed of ten parts of copper and one of tin ; their spear - heads , of six parts of copper and one of tin . Moulds for spear - heads ...
... Britons show their acquaintance with the casting of metals . Their axe - heads , called celts , are composed of ten parts of copper and one of tin ; their spear - heads , of six parts of copper and one of tin . Moulds for spear - heads ...
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... Britons and Romans . In September 1844 , several Roman and other relics were found at Diglis , near Worcester , the particulars of which I com- municated to the Worcester journals in that month nearly as follows : -At the south part of ...
... Britons and Romans . In September 1844 , several Roman and other relics were found at Diglis , near Worcester , the particulars of which I com- municated to the Worcester journals in that month nearly as follows : -At the south part of ...
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... Britons did not eat fish , although the sea abounded with them ; still , however , they may have caught and cured fish as an article of barter with the Phoenicians and Gaulst . In the " Journal of the Archæological Institute , " Vol . v ...
... Britons did not eat fish , although the sea abounded with them ; still , however , they may have caught and cured fish as an article of barter with the Phoenicians and Gaulst . In the " Journal of the Archæological Institute , " Vol . v ...
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Abberley Hill above-mentioned Alfrick Alvechurch ancient British anciently called Anglo-Saxon Antiquaries antiquities appears Archæologia Archæological Institute Barrow Bishop Bredon Hill Britons Bromsgrove Cartulary Castle Hill celt Chaddesley Chaddesley Corbett charter church Cleeve Prior Clent Codex Dip Coppice Cruckbarrow Hill Danes described Domesday Book Droitwich east edition Elbury Hill England Evesham feet Field formerly fragments Gloucester Gloucestershire hamlet Heming's Cartulary Herefordshire Beacon Hill Camp Hoar Hole horn inches jovial hunter Kempsey King land Lane Little Lower Lulsley Malvern Meadow mentioned Mercia miles mound Museum Nash noticed Oddingley Oldbury Ombersley Orchard parish Pendock Piece place called Portway pottery probably Quinton relics remarkable Ridgeway river road Robin's Roman coins Round Hill Rycknield Street Salt-way Saxon says Severn side signifies situated spot stone Suckley supposed Tenbury Tewkesbury thence trench tumulus Upper Vide Wood woodcut Woodmanton Worcester Worcestershire yards