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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Historic Stonehenge
Normanton Barrow 147 G16
Normanton Barrow 146 G17
Bush Barrow aka Normanton 158 aka Wilsford G5
Stonehenge Avenue
Ratfyn, Wiltshire
Vespasians Camp
Stukeley's Eastern Beginning of the Avenue
View of Calston, Oldbury, Roman Road and Wansdyke
Furze Knoll
Cherhill aka Oldbury Hill Fort
Stonehenge Phase 3 II Sarsen Horseshoe
New King Barrows
Coneybury Hill Barrow
Salisbury Cathedral
Haradon aka Telegraph Hill
Larkhill Viewpoint
Stonehenge Greater Cursus
Lake Group Barrows
Stonehenge A Temple Restored To The British Druids By William Stukeley is in Prehistory.
Stonehenge A Temple Restored To The British Druids By William Stukeley (age 52). Rector Of All Saints In Stamford. To His Grace Peregrine Duke Of Ancaster And Kesteven (age 25), Hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain Of England, &C. &C. London: Printed For W. Innys And R. Manby, At The West End Of St. Paul's. MDCCXL.
Of the name of Stonehenge. These works prior to the Roman times. Who were the builders? Of the general situation of it, again. Of the beauty of its general proportion. A peep into it. A walk round the area. Remarks on two stones standing on the vallum, and two corresponding cavities for water vases: explained from ancient coins. That the Welsh are the remains of the Belgæ from the continent, who lived here at the Roman invasion, and by whose reports, Stonehenge was built by the most ancient oriental colony, that brought the Druids hither.
Of the lesser circle of stones, without imposts. A disputation against Mr. Webb.
Of the barrows, or Sepulchral tumuli about Stonehenge. Generally is in groups, which are family burial places; and in sight of Stonehenge. They are single burial places. How the body is posited. What has been found in digging into these barrows
Of the original name of Stonehenge, and a conjecture of the general time of building such kind of works. Of Wansdike, by whom made and when. Of Vespasian's camp. Stonehenge was call'd the Ambers, or Main Ambres: which mean the anointed stones, i. e. the consecrated, the sacred stones. The meaning of the word Ambrosia. The Tyrian Hercules brought the Druids hither, with Abraham's religion. Apher a grandson of Abraham's, his companion.