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By the start of the 14th century the structure of most English towns had changed considerably since the Domesday survey. A number of towns were granted market status and had grown around local trades. [11] Also notable is the reduction in importance of Winchester, the Anglo-Saxon capital city of Wessex.
Duns, Modern town 1 km away from the original burgh which was destroyed by the English three times in the 16th century [109] Langton , original village cleared to make way for parkland and replaced by the modern Gavinton
This is a list of settlements in both the non-metropolitan shire and ceremonial county of Oxfordshire, England.. Places marked ¹ were in the administrative county of Berkshire before the boundary changes of 1974.
Murder rate in medieval Oxford said to be 50 times higher than in 21st century English cities
Seacourt is a deserted medieval village (DMV) in the civil parish of Wytham, in the Vale of White Horse district, in Oxfordshire, England, near the city of Oxford.The site is now mostly beneath the Oxford Western By-pass , about 0.3 miles (0.48 km) south of the Seacourt/Hinksey Stream crossing. [1] The site is designated as a Scheduled Monument ...
The University of Oxford was established in the 12th century and would eventually dominate the activity within the town, this also resulted in several town and gown conflicts. [1] The city was besieged during The Anarchy in 1142 and Oxford Castle was attacked during the Barons War in the early 13th century. [ 2 ]
Oxford Castle is a large, partly ruined medieval castle on the western side of central Oxford in Oxfordshire, England. Most of the original moated , wooden motte and bailey castle was replaced in stone in the late 12th or early 13th century and the castle played an important role in the conflict of the Anarchy .
The medieval mystery plays continue to be enacted in key English towns and cities. Film-makers have drawn extensively on the medieval period, often taking themes from Shakespeare or the Robin Hood ballads for inspiration. [371]