15. Lords of the Manor
Harley Lords of the Manor – Succession from 1086 to 1349 1086 …
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14. Domesday
In 1086 King William initiated a survey of the taxable assets of the entire country. Large cities such…
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13. The Manorial system
Fundamentally the Manorial system is where a leisured class is dependent upon the produce of agriculture carried out…
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12. The Invasion of the French
The Normans led by William the Conqueror first landed on the south coast of England at Pevensey on…
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11. The Vikings
The Heathen Host The thunderbolt that hit Lindisfarne in 793…
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10. The Mills
Water and Wind Power Water Mills were first built in the period beginning 700 AD, in Saxon times….
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9. Saxon Church Building
In 601 AD Pope Gregory sent a letter to Abbot Mellitus, one of St Augustine’s missionaries in England,…
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8. The Anglo Saxons
The Anglo Saxons first arrived in Kent in 449AD when a fleet led by Hengest and Horsa, landed…
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7. The Romans
The Romans invaded Britain in AD 43 and it took them 80 years to conquer the whole country…
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6. The Iron Age
The only entry in the Archaeological Record for Harley in the Iron Age is a large ditched rectangular…