The castles of England, their story and structure (1896)
Mackenzie, James Dixon, Sir, 7th bart. of Scatwell and 9th of Tarbat, 1830-1900 · New York : The Macmillan co. · leaf 57
dignilied with the name of ensile, was neveiof any military utility. 24 CASTLES OF ENGLAND LEEDS, OK LEDES (chief) A S Rochester blocked the Watlint^ Street, at the crossins, of the Mechvay, A between Dover, or ratlier Canterbury, and London, so the central fortress of Leeds lay close to the second… … I, Glortene- jyToair LEEDS ot the place is towards the end of the ninth century, when it was built, as isbelieved, during the reign of Ethelbert, King of Kent. Some stronghold existedthere at the Conciuest, wliich, with the lands, was given to Bishop Odo, afterwhose fall in 1088 the Crown resumed…
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