...as we reach the lands which were more recently conquered, and therefore less perfectly Teutonised. Devonshire is less Celtic than Cornwall, and Somersetshire...called a pure Teutonic land, like Kent or Norfolk." — " The History of the Norman Conquest of England," vol. i, p. 34. With Mr. Freeman's authority;...

...century. The Celtic element can be traced from the Axe, the last heathen frontier, to the extremity of Cornwall, of course increasing in amount as we...Somersetshire is less Celtic than Devonshire, but not one of those three shires can be called a pure Teutonic land like Kent or Norfolk. The same rule would doubtless...

...as we reach the lands which were more recently conquered, and therefore less perfectly Teutonised. Devonshire is less Celtic than Cornwall, and Somersetshire...but not one of the three counties can be called a pore Teutonic land, like Kent or Norfolk." — " The History of the Norman Conquest of England," vol....

...century. The Celtic element can be traced from the Axe, the last heathen frontier, to the extremity of Cornwall, of course increasing in amount as we...Somersetshire is less Celtic than Devonshire, but not one of those three shires can be called a pure Teutonic land like Kent or Norfolk. The same rule would doubtless...

...be traced from the Axe, the last heathen frontier, to the extremity of Cornwall, of course CHAP. n. increasing in amount as we reach the lands which were...Teutonized. Devonshire is less Celtic than Cornwall, and Somerset is less Celtic than Devonshire, but not one of those three shires can be called a pure Teutonic...

...died out. THE ADVANCE OP WESSEX. 35 heathen frontier, to the extremity of Cornwall, of course OHAP. u. increasing in amount as we reach the lands which were...Teutonized. Devonshire is less Celtic than Cornwall, and Somerset is less Celtic than Devonshire, but not one of those three shires can be called a pure Teutonic...

...became subjects of the Christian Saxons. " The Celtic element can be traced from the Somersetshire Axe, the last heathen frontier, to the extremities...called a pure Teutonic land, like Kent or Norfolk" (EA Freeman). Celtic names are accordingly found in various parts of Devonshire, and especially on...

...became subjects of the Christian Saxons. " The Celtic element can be traced from the Somersetshire Axe, the last heathen frontier, to the extremities...not one of the three counties can be called a pure Tectonic land, like Kent or Norfolk" (EA Freeman). Celtic names are accordingly found in various parts...

...as we reach the lands which were more recently conquered, and therefore less perfectly Teutonised. Devonshire is less Celtic than Cornwall, and Somersetshire...Damnonian kingdom disappeared, it would seem, after Athelstan's visits to W. Wales in 926 and 928 ; in the former of which years, Howel, " king of the...

...History and Aborigines of North Devon," by JR Chanter. (Trans. Dev. Assoc., ii., p. 570 8 History, wall, and Somersetshire is less Celtic than Devonshire,...called a pure Teutonic land like Kent or Norfolk." Thus Professor Freeman.* The coasts of Devon — for it is with the coasts, and not with the interior,...