South of where we were last time (Avebury area), we head down into the Vale of Pewsey to the village of North Newnton, Norð Niwentune in Saxon times. There are some interesting names from those days that have mutated on our modern maps.
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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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15 сен 2024