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... common . It is near Oxford too that the upland streams of the Thames converge . In its course across England the river receives many tributaries , such as the Evenlode , the Windrush , the Lech , the Colne , and the Churn ; while the ...
... common . It is near Oxford too that the upland streams of the Thames converge . In its course across England the river receives many tributaries , such as the Evenlode , the Windrush , the Lech , the Colne , and the Churn ; while the ...
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... common feature is a conical mound of earth . The castles nearest to Oxford , such as Tam- worth and Warwick , overlooking the Tame and Avon , have mounds very similar to that at Oxford . Probably a wooden fortress , guarded by palisades ...
... common feature is a conical mound of earth . The castles nearest to Oxford , such as Tam- worth and Warwick , overlooking the Tame and Avon , have mounds very similar to that at Oxford . Probably a wooden fortress , guarded by palisades ...
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... common a pasture outside the wall that brings in six shillings and eight pence . . . If any stranger who chooses to live in Oxeneford , and has a house , dies there without relatives , the king has all that he leaves . ' The mention of ...
... common a pasture outside the wall that brings in six shillings and eight pence . . . If any stranger who chooses to live in Oxeneford , and has a house , dies there without relatives , the king has all that he leaves . ' The mention of ...
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... common decree of the authorities ( majorum ) of the place it was adjudged in favour of the church of Abingdon . ' Perhaps Harding in his old age joined the First Crusade , and was present at the capture of Jerusalem in 1099 . It will be ...
... common decree of the authorities ( majorum ) of the place it was adjudged in favour of the church of Abingdon . ' Perhaps Harding in his old age joined the First Crusade , and was present at the capture of Jerusalem in 1099 . It will be ...
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... common in the East . ' At last , in 1290 Edward I. banished all Jews from the kingdom , and the expulsion was carried out with peculiar atrocity . Their return after nearly 400 years was due to the tolerance of Cromwell . CHAPTER II ...
... common in the East . ' At last , in 1290 Edward I. banished all Jews from the kingdom , and the expulsion was carried out with peculiar atrocity . Their return after nearly 400 years was due to the tolerance of Cromwell . CHAPTER II ...
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