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Anglo-Saxon History Illustrated By Topographical Nomenclature.
ANGLO-SAXON HISTORY ILLUSTRATED BY TOPOGRAPHICAL NOMENCLATURE .
[ Continued from , ip . Iffi . ] ' ON COLD HARBOURS .
A point in topographical nomenclature , Avhich has been , perhaps , more written on than any other , and on which the greatest variety of opinions has been expressed , is the word " Cold Harbour . " Cold Harbour , or Arbour , or Cole Harbour , is a name given to many places in England . Some of these are camps , some earthworks ; but in most cases there are no remains of such a nature as to detennine the character of the places to which the name is given . To show the extent to which this name is applied , a list is here given . Such a list shows that the name is not rare or exceptional '; it ' shows ' . the situation of the places , and enables other inquirers by further examination to decide details , and lay a safer foundation for
the determination of the questions at issue . The best list hitherto published is that of the Rev . C . H . Hartshorne , M . A ., who , among the subjects of inquiry in that most valuable Work , 'the '"Salopia Antiqua , " bestowed considerable research in determining the situations of the Cold Harbours , by the examination of the works of those Avho have referred to this subject , but more
particularly by a very laborious exploration ofthe Ordnance and other surveys , ofthe districts traversed by the main Roman roads in England , whereby he was able to detect the existence of about seventy or eighty places so named . His catalogue gives the situations of the Cold Harbours , according to the Roman roads , or other Roman sites on or near which they are to be found .
The list herewith given is much fuller , as it contains about sixty more names , obtained by the like researches , but carried out more minutely , and in districts not examined by Mr . Hartshorne . For more convenient reference , the Cold Harbours are here arranged according to shires , those of recognized Roman locality being marked
Avith * , and those of Mr . Hartshorne ' s list being marked Avith +. This list is not to be looked upon as complete , nor as determining the question that Cold Harbours marked with f , may not be on a Roman site . In drawing up this list , it is possible some place may by mistake . be named twice over . COLD HARBOURS . *
BiiDFonnsiiiiu :: — Berkshire—* t BigglesAvade . * t Wallingford . * " Harrold . * " Wantage . * j Dunstable . * f Stadhampton . * In two or three instances iu this list the name is spelt " Cold Avbour /'
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Anglo-Saxon History Illustrated By Topographical Nomenclature.
ANGLO-SAXON HISTORY ILLUSTRATED BY TOPOGRAPHICAL NOMENCLATURE .
[ Continued from , ip . Iffi . ] ' ON COLD HARBOURS .
A point in topographical nomenclature , Avhich has been , perhaps , more written on than any other , and on which the greatest variety of opinions has been expressed , is the word " Cold Harbour . " Cold Harbour , or Arbour , or Cole Harbour , is a name given to many places in England . Some of these are camps , some earthworks ; but in most cases there are no remains of such a nature as to detennine the character of the places to which the name is given . To show the extent to which this name is applied , a list is here given . Such a list shows that the name is not rare or exceptional '; it ' shows ' . the situation of the places , and enables other inquirers by further examination to decide details , and lay a safer foundation for
the determination of the questions at issue . The best list hitherto published is that of the Rev . C . H . Hartshorne , M . A ., who , among the subjects of inquiry in that most valuable Work , 'the '"Salopia Antiqua , " bestowed considerable research in determining the situations of the Cold Harbours , by the examination of the works of those Avho have referred to this subject , but more
particularly by a very laborious exploration ofthe Ordnance and other surveys , ofthe districts traversed by the main Roman roads in England , whereby he was able to detect the existence of about seventy or eighty places so named . His catalogue gives the situations of the Cold Harbours , according to the Roman roads , or other Roman sites on or near which they are to be found .
The list herewith given is much fuller , as it contains about sixty more names , obtained by the like researches , but carried out more minutely , and in districts not examined by Mr . Hartshorne . For more convenient reference , the Cold Harbours are here arranged according to shires , those of recognized Roman locality being marked
Avith * , and those of Mr . Hartshorne ' s list being marked Avith +. This list is not to be looked upon as complete , nor as determining the question that Cold Harbours marked with f , may not be on a Roman site . In drawing up this list , it is possible some place may by mistake . be named twice over . COLD HARBOURS . *
BiiDFonnsiiiiu :: — Berkshire—* t BigglesAvade . * t Wallingford . * " Harrold . * " Wantage . * j Dunstable . * f Stadhampton . * In two or three instances iu this list the name is spelt " Cold Avbour /'