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... situated in the centre of what may be called a fine amphitheatre , is about sixty feet high , and of an irregular oblong shape , slightly rounded at the corners . Judging from a measure we made by footsteps around the top of the hill ...
... situated in the centre of what may be called a fine amphitheatre , is about sixty feet high , and of an irregular oblong shape , slightly rounded at the corners . Judging from a measure we made by footsteps around the top of the hill ...
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... situated in the piece of land called Barrow Ground , and lies at the southern corner of Chastleton parish , Oxon . about two miles from the Four Shire Stone , which stands at the northern extre- mity of the parish . The field is bounded ...
... situated in the piece of land called Barrow Ground , and lies at the southern corner of Chastleton parish , Oxon . about two miles from the Four Shire Stone , which stands at the northern extre- mity of the parish . The field is bounded ...
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... situated , that there was no approaching it on any side but the east , where , in the year 879 , Hubba , the Dane who had harrassed the English , cutting off great numbers of them , was himself cut off , and the place was from ...
... situated , that there was no approaching it on any side but the east , where , in the year 879 , Hubba , the Dane who had harrassed the English , cutting off great numbers of them , was himself cut off , and the place was from ...
Contents
Lulsley Etymology of 446 | 36 |
From Worcester southward to Kempsey Upton Rip | 54 |
From Worcester northward by Elbury Hill Camp | 98 |
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Abberley Hill Alfrick Alvechurch ancient British anciently called Anglo-Saxon Antiquaries antiquities appears Archæologia Archæological Institute Arley Barrow Bishop boundaries Bredon Hill Britons Bromsgrove Cartulary Castle Hill celt Chaddesley Corbett charter church Cleeve Prior Clent Codex Dip Coppice Cruckbarrow Hill Danes described Domesday Book Droitwich east Elbury Hill England Evesham Feckenham feet Field formerly Gloucester Gloucestershire Hales Owen hamlet Heming's Cartulary Herefordshire Beacon Hill Camp Hoar-stone inches jovial hunter Kempsey King land Lane Little Lower Lulsley Malvern Hills Meadow mentioned Mercia miles noticed Oddingley Old Storage Oldbury Ombersley Orchard Ordnance Map parish Pendock Petræ Piece place called Portway probably relics remarkable Ridgeway river Robin Roman coins Round Hill Rycknield Street Salt-way Saxon Severn side signifies situated spot Suckley supposed Tenbury Tewkesbury thence trench tumulus Upper Vide Wall Hills Werstan Wood Woodmanton Worcester Worcestershire word yards