Part two of my visit to Kintbury in Berkshire. I discuss the hithe (“hyð”) mentioned in the Eddington charter next door and offer the suggestion that the hithe is in Kintbury. Plus I talk about placenames refering to the Welsh.
These history walk videos are about the English landscape in and around the south west of England (though I make the odd foray into Wales). I often use ancient charters (such as Saxon charters) to give me insight into the way the landscape was viewed in the past.
But it is not the Saxons that interest me the most (though they do) but the prehistoric world and its ancient monuments, trackways and ditches.
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9 сен 2024