The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy
The Gesta Normannorum Ducum [The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy] is a landmark medieval chronicle tracing the rise and fall of the Norman dynasty from its early roots through the pivotal events surrounding the Norman Conquest of England. Originally penned in Latin by the monk William of Jumièges shortly before 1060 and later expanded at the behest of William the Conqueror, the work chronicles the deeds, politics, battles, and leadership of the Norman dukes, especially William’s own claim to the English throne. The narrative combines earlier historical sources with firsthand information and oral testimony to present an authoritative account of Normandy’s transformation from a Viking settlement into one of medieval Europe’s most powerful realms. William’s history emphasizes the legitimacy, military prowess, and governance of the Norman line, framing their expansion, including the conquest of England, as both divinely sanctioned and noble in purpose. Later chroniclers such as Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni continued the history, extending the coverage into the 12th century, providing broader context on ducal rule and its impact. Today this classic work remains a foundational source for understanding Norman identity, medieval statesmanship, and the historical forces that reshaped England and Western Europe between 800AD and 1100AD.
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Ashville Trading Estate Iron Age Settlement, Abingdon is in Berkshire.
Carbon Date. 1360BC. Late Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: grain; from house gully 13, which enclosed an Iron Age structure.
ID: 15036, C14 ID: HAR 1248 Date BP: 3360 +/- 130, Start Date BP: 3490, End BP: 3230
Abstract: Abingdon: Ashville Trading Estate [Map]; 1975-76
Reference Name: Jordan, D, Haddon-Reece, D, Bayliss, A 1994 'Radiocarbon dates: from samples funded by English Heritage and dated before 1981', London: English Heritage
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 970BC. Early Iron Age Carbon Dates
Report: grain; from ditch 73, enclosing an Iron Age structure.
ID: 15037, C14 ID: HAR 1249 Date BP: 2970 +/- 80, Start Date BP: 3050, End BP: 2890
Abstract: Abingdon: Ashville Trading Estate [Map]; 1975-76
Reference Name: Jordan, D, Haddon-Reece, D, Bayliss, A 1994 'Radiocarbon dates: from samples funded by English Heritage and dated before 1981', London: English Heritage
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 970BC. Early Iron Age Carbon Dates
Report: Carbonised grain and charcoal from Feature 73, ditch at Ashville Trading Estate [Map], Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England.
ID: 150, C14 ID: HAR-1249 Date BP: 2970 +/- 80, Start Date BP: 2890, End BP: 3050
OS Letter: SU, OS East: 483, OS North: 973
Archaeologist Name: M Parrington
Reference Name: Counc Brit Archaeol Res Rep, 28, 1978, 39
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 470BC. Middle Iron Age Carbon Dates
Report: grain; from pit 60 (Iron Age).
ID: 15035, C14 ID: HAR 1247 Date BP: 2470 +/- 70, Start Date BP: 2540, End BP: 2400
Abstract: Abingdon: Ashville Trading Estate [Map]; 1975-76
Reference Name: Jordan, D, Haddon-Reece, D, Bayliss, A 1994 'Radiocarbon dates: from samples funded by English Heritage and dated before 1981', London: English Heritage
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 470BC. Middle Iron Age Carbon Dates
Report: Carbonised grain and charcoal from Feature 60, pit at Ashville Trading Estate [Map], Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England.
ID: 151, C14 ID: HAR-1247 Date BP: 2470 +/- 70, Start Date BP: 2400, End BP: 2540
OS Letter: SU, OS East: 483, OS North: 973
Archaeologist Name: M Parrington
Reference Name: Counc Brit Archaeol Res Rep, 28, 1978, 39
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 170BC. Middle Iron Age Carbon Dates
Report: grain; from pit 37 which was Iron Age and the earliest stratigraphic feature on the site, cut by feature 13 (HAR-1248 and HAR-1333).
ID: 15034, C14 ID: HAR 1100 Date BP: 2170 +/- 70, Start Date BP: 2240, End BP: 2100
Abstract: Abingdon: Ashville Trading Estate [Map]; 1975-76
Reference Name: Jordan, D, Haddon-Reece, D, Bayliss, A 1994 'Radiocarbon dates: from samples funded by English Heritage and dated before 1981', London: English Heritage
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 170BC. Middle Iron Age Carbon Dates
Report: Carbonised grain from Feature 37, pit at Ashville Trading Estate [Map], Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England.
ID: 152, C14 ID: HAR-1100 Date BP: 2170 +/- 70, Start Date BP: 2100, End BP: 2240
OS Letter: SU, OS East: 483, OS North: 973
Archaeologist Name: M Parrington
Reference Name: Counc Brit Archaeol Res Rep, 28, 1978, 39
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 50BC. Middle Iron Age Carbon Dates
Report: animal bone; from ditch 32 (Iron Age).
ID: 15038, C14 ID: HAR 1332 Date BP: 2050 +/- 70, Start Date BP: 2120, End BP: 1980
Abstract: Abingdon: Ashville Trading Estate [Map]; 1975-76
Reference Name: Jordan, D, Haddon-Reece, D, Bayliss, A 1994 'Radiocarbon dates: from samples funded by English Heritage and dated before 1981', London: English Heritage
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 50BC. Middle Iron Age Carbon Dates
Report: Animal bone from Feature 32, house gully at Ashville Trading Estate [Map], Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England.
ID: 153, C14 ID: HAR-1332 Date BP: 2050 +/- 70, Start Date BP: 1980, End BP: 2120
OS Letter: SU, OS East: 483, OS North: 973
Archaeologist Name: M Parrington
Reference Name: Counc Brit Archaeol Res Rep, 28, 1978, 39
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 100. Late Iron Age Carbon Dates
Report: Animal bone from Feature 392, ditch at Ashville Trading Estate [Map], Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England.
ID: 154, C14 ID: HAR-1334 Date BP: 1900 +/- 90, Start Date BP: 1810, End BP: 1990
OS Letter: SU, OS East: 483, OS North: 973
Archaeologist Name: M Parrington
Reference Name: Counc Brit Archaeol Res Rep, 28, 1978, 39
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 100. Late Iron Age Carbon Dates
Report: animal bone; from Iron Age ditch 392, which is stratigraphically later than house gully 13 (HAR-1248 and HAR-1333).
ID: 15040, C14 ID: HAR 1334 Date BP: 1900 +/- 90, Start Date BP: 1990, End BP: 1810
Abstract: Abingdon: Ashville Trading Estate [Map]; 1975-76
Reference Name: Jordan, D, Haddon-Reece, D, Bayliss, A 1994 'Radiocarbon dates: from samples funded by English Heritage and dated before 1981', London: English Heritage
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 130. Late Iron Age Carbon Dates
Report: Animal bone from Feature 13A, house gully at Ashville Trading Estate [Map], Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England.
ID: 155, C14 ID: HAR-1333 Date BP: 1870 +/- 80, Start Date BP: 1790, End BP: 1950
OS Letter: SU, OS East: 483, OS North: 973
Archaeologist Name: M Parrington
Reference Name: Counc Brit Archaeol Res Rep, 28, 1978, 39
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 130. Late Iron Age Carbon Dates
Report: animal bone; from house gully 13 (sample submitted as a check on HAR-1248); this feature cuts pit 37 (HAR-1100), but is stratigraphically earlier than ditch 392 (HAR-1334).
ID: 15039, C14 ID: HAR 1333 Date BP: 1870 +/- 80, Start Date BP: 1950, End BP: 1790
Abstract: Abingdon: Ashville Trading Estate [Map]; 1975-76
Reference Name: Jordan, D, Haddon-Reece, D, Bayliss, A 1994 'Radiocarbon dates: from samples funded by English Heritage and dated before 1981', London: English Heritage
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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On 26th October 1878 Theresa Stourton Baroness Arundel Wardour (age 66) died at North Court House, Abingdon.
On 20th November 1174 Archbishop Edmund Rich was born at St Edmund's Lane, Abingdon.