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Settlements close to rivers crossed by Roman roads often acquired the useful name Stræt-ford, or Stratford;

Among the young men their friends and neighbours, the belle jeunesse of the Colony, there were many excellent fellows, several devoted swains, and some two or three who enjoyed the reputation of universal charmers and conquerors. But the home-bred arts and the somewhat boisterous gallantry of those honest young colonists were completely eclipsed by

The ‘Anglian’ settlement at West Heslerton was a close-set but organized affair, with discrete areas devoted to animal husbandry and crafts, housing and burial (Figure 3). On either side of the stream that emanated from the spring, dozens of grubenhäuser used for grain storage were enclosed by clearly defined rectangular fenced or ditched pens. A m

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It is a conspicuous fact that, with few exceptions, the boundaries of the many historic townshipsv that lie along the line of Hadrian’s Wall do not butt up against it, as one might expect of such a great physical barrier, but straddle it.33 Historical geographers have established that the origins of many historic townships and parishes lie in their