Our English Villages: Their Story and Their AntiquitiesMethuen, 1889 - 147 páginas |
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... causes and judging prisoners . In fact , the same courts have continued from their day to our own . We have a County Court , but that is only the old Shiremote , to which our Saxon forefathers brought their grievances for settlement ...
... causes and judging prisoners . In fact , the same courts have continued from their day to our own . We have a County Court , but that is only the old Shiremote , to which our Saxon forefathers brought their grievances for settlement ...
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... causing everything to be done at one centre ; making London the centre and head of everything , so that nothing could be done in Cornwall , Northum- berland , or elsewhere , without the sanction of the Local Government Board or some ...
... causing everything to be done at one centre ; making London the centre and head of everything , so that nothing could be done in Cornwall , Northum- berland , or elsewhere , without the sanction of the Local Government Board or some ...
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... causing " frontier incidents . " On almost all property a heavy tax , called Dane- geld , was levied , in order to provide means to check these marauding Danes and the pirates which attacked the villages on the coast ; but all Church ...
... causing " frontier incidents . " On almost all property a heavy tax , called Dane- geld , was levied , in order to provide means to check these marauding Danes and the pirates which attacked the villages on the coast ; but all Church ...
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... in the centre ; and occasionally the chancel is not quite in line with the nave . This was not caused by any carelessness on the part of the architect ; but beauti- 1 fully represents the leaning on one side of the 72 OUR ENGLISH VILLAGES .
... in the centre ; and occasionally the chancel is not quite in line with the nave . This was not caused by any carelessness on the part of the architect ; but beauti- 1 fully represents the leaning on one side of the 72 OUR ENGLISH VILLAGES .
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... for the honour of England , if for no other cause , may the enemies of the Church never be allowed to put their evil schemes into practice . In the churchyard stands the old weather - beaten yew 74 OUR ENGLISH VILLAGES .
... for the honour of England , if for no other cause , may the enemies of the Church never be allowed to put their evil schemes into practice . In the churchyard stands the old weather - beaten yew 74 OUR ENGLISH VILLAGES .
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abbey amongst ancestors ancient battle battle of Barnet battle of Hastings beacon bells Berkshire Bishop Boulogne Britons buildings built Bull called castles Catherine Wheel Celts centre chancel CHAPTER Christianity Christmas churchyard clergyman common cross curious customs Danes Domesday Book English village erected fair fairies famous farmer feast festivities fields fight forefathers Henry VIII Holy horses House of York hundred inhabitants Item King Edward labourers Lancashire land Lane large number lived lord manner of person manor manor-house ment merry England monasteries monks names neighbourhood night Norman old church old inns old village olden parish passed plough Plough Monday probably Queen record reign roads round Savage Saxon scenes shire soldiers sometimes stone stood story strong tell things Three Mile Cross told towns travellers trees tumulus vestry village church walls Walter de Grey witch wood word
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Página 137 - It may please your grace to understand that witches and sorcerers within these few last years are marvellously increased within your grace's realm. Your grace's subjects pine away, even unto the death ; their colour fadeth, their flesh rotteth, their speech is benumbed, their senses are bereft. I pray God they never practise further than upon the subject.
Página 115 - Scrubb'd till it shone, the day to grace, Bore then upon its massive board No mark to part the squire and lord. Then was brought in the lusty brawn, By old blue-coated serving-man ; Then the grim boar's head frown'd on high, Crested with bays and rosemary. Well can the green-garb'd ranger tell How, when, and where, the monster fell ; What dogs before his death he tore, And all the baiting of the boar.
Página 115 - All hailed, with uncontrolled delight, And general voice, the happy night That to the cottage, as the crown, Brought tidings of salvation down. The fire, with well-dried logs supplied, Went roaring up the chimney wide: The huge hall-table's oaken face...
Página 139 - ... its stately monuments of warriors and worthies of the olden time, ancestors of the present lords of the soil; its tombstones, recording successive generations of sturdy yeomanry, whose progeny still plough the same fields, and kneel at the same altar. The parsonage...
Página 106 - Epiphany, the farmer, attended by his workmen, with a large pitcher of cider, goes to the orchard, and there encircling one of the best bearing trees, they drink the following toast three several times : — ' Here's to thee, old apple-tree, Whence thou mayst bud, and whence thou mayst blow! And whence thou mayst bear apples enow ! Hats full! caps full I Bushel — bushel — sacks full, And my pockets full too ! Huzza...
Página 115 - Ceremony doffed his pride. The heir, with roses in his shoes, That night might village partner choose; The lord, underogating, share The vulgar game of
Página 115 - And carols roared with blithesome din ; If unmelodious was the song, It was a hearty note and strong. Who lists may in their mumming see Traces of ancient mystery...
Página 96 - OUR bugles sang truce ; for the nightcloud had lowered, And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky ; And thousands had sunk on the ground overpowered — The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die.
Página 114 - And brought blithe Christmas back again, With all his hospitable train. Domestic and religious rite Gave honour to the holy night ; On Christmas Eve the bells were rung ; On Christmas Eve the mass was sung: That only night in all the year, Saw the stoled priest the chalice rear.
Página 116 - Twas Christmas told the merriest tale ; A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year.