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Calne / A History of Calne with Prints from the 1900s
« Last post by Michael Caswell on December 01, 2019, 05:22:18 am »
A Google Play Publication

https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=DDQQAAAAYAAJ   


A HISTORY OF THE BOROUGH OF CALNE.  400+ pages covering it's beginnings, Romans, trade, politics, religion and much more. If you like Calne, you'll be fascinated by the work by A W Marsh.

Here are some of the prints in the book.
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Kellaways / The Domesday Book
« Last post by Michael Caswell on November 30, 2019, 08:07:42 am »
The land of Osbern Gifford
Osbern himself hold KELLAWAYS. Donna held it in TRE and it paid geld for 10 hides. There is land for 6 ploughs. Of this 9 hides are in demesne, and there are 3 ploughs and 4 slaves, and 2 villans and 4 corsets and 3 borders with 3 ploughs. There are 10 acres of meadows. It was worth 4 pounds, now 100/-
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Hilmarton / The Domesday Book
« Last post by Michael Caswell on November 30, 2019, 08:05:04 am »
Robert holds HILMARTON of Ernulf. Eskil held it in TRE and it paid geld for 1 hide.
There is land for 1 plough, which (plough) is there, with 3 corsets. There is a mill rendering 7/6 and 6 acres of meadow, and 1 acre of pasture, and 8 acres of woodland. it was worth 15/- now 30/-

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Beckhampton / The Domesday Book
« Last post by Michael Caswell on November 30, 2019, 08:02:29 am »
Ansfrid holds BECKHAMPTON of Gilbert. Eadric held in TRE and it paid geld for 2 hides.
There is land for ploughs. Of this 1 hide is in demesne, and there are 2 ploughs. Of this 1 hide is in demesne. and there are 2 ploughs, and 4 villans and 7 borders and 3 cottars with 2 ploughs. There are 8 acres of meadow and 40 acres of pasture. it was and is worth 6 pounds.

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Bremhill / The Aubrey Collection
« Last post by Michael Caswell on November 29, 2019, 05:52:32 pm »
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Calne / The Aubrey Collection Rich iron ore deposit & Roman coins found in Sandy Lane
« Last post by Michael Caswell on November 29, 2019, 01:33:19 pm »
From The Aubrey Collection.
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The Roman Soldiers night halt station is located behind Wans House, just to the east. Much evidence of iron smelting is evident in a huge pile of clinker in the field.

From a dowsing expedition, a long trench was discovered that had been dug up the hill. from the pile. This was suggested as being the chimney for the smelting operation.

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1 = Roman Road (Wansdyke)
2 = Iron Clinker mound
3 = Building remains
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CaSSwell / How did Richard Henry Gunstone Gibbs Slade Casswell get his name?
« Last post by Michael Caswell on November 27, 2019, 03:34:14 pm »
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http://www.moonrakers.com/RHGGS Casswell book.pdf
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Tytherton / The Domesday Book
« Last post by Michael Caswell on November 27, 2019, 02:03:46 pm »
What the Domesday Book says about Tytherton.

Borel holds (E or W) Tytherton. Attic held it in TRE and it paid geld for 2 hides. There is land for 1 plough which (plough) is there, and 2 slaves, and 3 cotsets. There is the 4th part of a mill  rendering 20d and 6 acres of meadow. It was worth 10/- now 20/-

Edward the Sherrif has yearly the pence which belong to the shrievalty, 130 pigs and 32 sides of bacon of wheat, 2 motif and 8 sesters, and as much malt, of oats, 5 motif and 4 sesters, of honey, 16 sesters, or instead of honey 16/-,180 hens, 1600 eggs, 100 cheeses, 52 lambs, 240 fleeces of corn in the field 162 acres. He has also 80 pounds in value between the reeve land and what he has from it.When the reeve's farm falls short, Edward must make it up from his own resources.
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Yatesbury / The Domesday Book
« Last post by Michael Caswell on November 27, 2019, 01:56:35 pm »


The Domesday Book on Yatesbury

Here is what the famous Domesday Books says about our village:-

Etesburie, Owner = ALWI, tenant = Alured of Spain, Parish = 1600 acres

Alured of Spain holds Etesburie of the King. Alwi held it in the time of King Edward & it paid geld for 5 hides. The land is 4 caracutes. Of this there are 3 1/2 hides in demesne, and there are 2 caracutes & 2 serfs: & there are 7 bordars, & one 'miles' with 1 caracute. There are 20 acres of pasture, it was worth 3 pounds, it is now worth 4 pounds.

A caracute was the amount of land that could be ploughed in a year by 1 plough and 8 oxen.

A hide was generally defined the same way, or as 100 acres.

Land in demesne, was land held directly by the lord, or not held by a sub tenant. The 'Home Farm' of later times.
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Bremhill / The Domesday Book!
« Last post by Michael Caswell on November 27, 2019, 01:55:06 pm »
Here's what The Domesday Book says about Bremhill.


The church itself holds Bremhill TRE it paid geld for 38 hides. There is land for 30 ploughs. 0f this land 17 hides are in demesne, and there are 7 ploughs, and 12 slaves There are 32 villans and 13 bordars with 20 ploughs. There are 2 mills rendering 30/- and 12 acres of meadow, and woodland 2 leagues long and 2 furlongs broad. It was worth 14 pounds when the abbot received it, now 16 pounds.

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