Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11: Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set.Dugdale, Thomas
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Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11: Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set.
Dugdale, Thomas
Great Britain -- Gazetteers
31|Adderbury East to & pa|Aynhoe 4| 70| 2471|
33|Adderley pa|Wem 12| 157| 468|
29|Adderston to|Wooler 10| 319| 322|
17|Adforton to|Knighton 8| 150| 218|
9|Addingham pa|Aldstn Moor 12| 291| 719|
45|Addingham pa|Keighley 5| 213| 2251|
37|Addington[A] pa|Bromley 5| 12| 463|
5|Addington pa|Bicester 11| 50| 74|
21|Addington pa|Wrotham 3| 27| 206|
28|Addington, Gt to & pa|Higam Ferrers 5| 70| 282|
28|Addington, Lit to & pa| ... 5| 70| 264|
21|Addisham pa|Sandwich 6| 62| 390|
45|Addle[B] to & pa|Bradford 8| 205| 1063|
46|Addle-cum-Eccup to| ... 8| 291| 703|
45|Addlingfleet[C] pa||Howden 6| 170| 478|
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[A] ADDINGTON is on the borders of Kent. Addington Place, a seat erected
by Alderman Trecothick, in 1772, was purchased in 1807, for the
residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The manor of Addington is
held by the feudal service of finding a man to make a mess, called
Gerout, in the king's kitchen, at the coronation, and serving it up in
his own person at Westminster Hall. In the reign of William the
Conqueror, Addington appears to have been held by Tezelin, cook to the
king, which accounts for the origin of the required culinary service.
The Archbishop of Canterbury is now the claimant of the service alluded
to. Near the village is a curious cluster of tumuli, or mounds of earth
raised over the bodies of the slain, about twenty-five in number, of
inconsiderable height. One of them is nearly forty feet in diameter, two
are about half that size, and the rest very small.
[Sidenote: Coronation custom.]
[Sidenote: Cluster of tumuli.]
[B] ADDLE. The church in this town is considered to be one of the most
perfect specimens of Roman architecture remaining in England. In 1702,
the traces of an ancient Roman town, with fragments of urns, and of an
aqueduct of stone were found in the adjacent moor.
[Sidenote: Roman architecture.]
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