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  2. Worcester city walls - Wikipedia

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    The Anglo-Saxon city walls were maintained by a share of taxes on a local market and streets, in an agreement reinforced by a royal charter. After the Norman conquest of England in the 11th century a motte and bailey castle was constructed on the south side of the city, but the Norman rulers continued to use the older burh walls, despite the ...

  3. List of town walls in England and Wales - Wikipedia

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    Model of Worcester city walls as they were in 1250, viewed from the north, based on archaeological and historical data available in 2000. Model of Caernarfon showing the town walls and Caernarfon Castle (right) shortly after their completion in the 13th century, as viewed from the west Model of Conwy showing the town walls and Conwy Castle (right) after completion in the 13th century This list ...

  4. St Mildred's Church, Canterbury - Wikipedia

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    The Church of Saint Mildred is a partly Anglo-Saxon stone church in Canterbury probably dating from the 11th century. It has been a Grade I listed building since 1949. [1] It is located in the St. Mildred's quarter of the historic city centre. This is the only surviving pre-Norman church within the former city walls. [2]

  5. List of oldest buildings in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Anglo-Saxon features include a tall, narrow nave and chancel, late Anglo-Saxon wall-arcading in the north west aisle and traces of a Saxon door. St Michael at the North Gate: Oxford, England 1040 The tower dates from 1040. Probably Oxford's oldest building. St George's Tower, Oxford Castle: Oxford, England Uncertain, perhaps mid-11th century

  6. Anglo-Saxon architecture - Wikipedia

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    Distinctive Anglo-Saxon pilaster strips on the tower of All Saints' Church, Earls Barton. Anglo-Saxon architecture was a period in the history of architecture in England from the mid-5th century until the Norman Conquest of 1066. Anglo-Saxon secular buildings in Britain were generally simple, constructed mainly using timber with thatch for ...

  7. Bath city walls - Wikipedia

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    Bath's city walls (also referred to as borough walls) were a sequence of defensive structures built around the city of Bath in England.Roman in origin, then restored by the Anglo-Saxons, and later strengthened in the High medieval period, the walls formed a complete circuit, covering the historic core of the modern city, an area of approximately 23 acres (9.3 ha) [2] including the Roman Baths ...

  8. Chichester - Wikipedia

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    The legendary foundation of Anglo-Saxon Chichester is described by the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle that says that the area was annexed towards the close of the fifth century, by Ælle and his three sons. The city was supposedly renamed after his son, Cissa. It also says that it was the principal city of the Kingdom of Sussex. However, the foundation ...

  9. Southampton town walls - Wikipedia

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    Southampton's town walls are a sequence of defensive structures built around the town in southern England. Although earlier Roman and Anglo-Saxon settlements around Southampton had been fortified with walls or ditches, the later walls originate with the move of the town to the current site in the 10th century. This new town was defended by ...

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