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274AD Types of Roman Fortification Saxon Chronicles 449AD Hengest & Horsa arrive 455AD Hengest & Horsa defeat Wurtgern 457AD Hengest & Horsa take over Kent 460AD Hæstinga Saxons arrive 477AD Cymensora 485AD Suth Saxons Mercredesburnan 491AD Suth Saxons Pevensey 914AD Burghal Hideage Locations - 449AD Ebbsfleet Locations - 455AD Agelesþrep Locations - 485AD Mearcredesburnan Stede Locations - 914AD Eorpeburnan 1066 Battle Documentary Evidence Available Documents 1 Anglo Saxon Chronicles 2 Battle Abbey Chronicles 3 Bayeux Tapestry 4 Carmen Guy d'Amiens 5 Florence of Worcester 6 Henry of Huntingdon 7 Master Wace 8 Orderic Vitalis(Gesta) 9 William of Jumièges(Gesta) 10 William of Malmesbury 11 Quedam Exceptiones Reference to Locations Phases of the Events Phases 1066AD 1 Background 1066AD 2 In Normandy 1066AD 3 Channel Crossing 1066AD 4 The Landing 1066AD 5 Feast after Landing 1066AD 6 Building the Forts 1066AD 7 Raiding the Area 1066AD 8 Warning to Harold 1066AD 9 Stamford Bridge 1066AD 10 Harold returns to London 1066AD 11 William is Alerted 1066AD 12 Exchange of Messages 1066AD 13 Defenses 1066AD 14 Harold Reconnoitres 1066AD 15 Preparations 1066AD 16 The Night Before 1066AD 17 The Battle 1066AD 18 Harold is Killed 1066AD 19 The English Rout 1066AD 20 After the Battle 1066AD 21 The Malfosse Warriors, Weapons & Snippets Saxon - Huscarl Saxon - Fyrd(Fyrð) Senlac Hill The Malfosse The Hoar Apple Tree The Shield Wall Salt Production near Hastings The Battle of Jengland 851AD William's Ship List Norman/Viking Ships and stuff Norman bows and crossbows Harold was NOT killed by an arrow The Time Team view of the Battle 1066AD Landscape Details 1066AD Sailing from Normandy 1066AD Norman Landing 1066AD Possible Fort 1066AD to Pevensey and Hastings 1066AD Manors Wasted 1066AD Manors All 1066AD Warning to Harold 1066AD Harold to Hastings 1086AD Domesday Boundary of Anderida Domesday Hursts Post Domesday Hursts Domesday Manors Wasted UK Norfolk Salt Production Salt Production near Hastings The Wash at 1086 The Humber estuary at 1086 Domesday County details B Bedfordshire Domesday Population Berkshire Domesday Population Buckinghamshire Domesday Population Domesday County details C Cambridgeshire Domesday Population Cheshire Domesday Population Cornwall Domesday Population Domesday County details D Derbyshire Domesday Population Devon Domesday Population Dorset Domesday Population Domesday County details E Essex Domesday Population Domesday County details G Gloucestershire Domesday Population Domesday County details H Hampshire Domesday Population Herefordshire Domesday Population Hertfordshire Domesday Population Huntingdonshire Domesday Population Domesday County details K Kent Domesday Population Domesday County details L Leicestershire Domesday Population Lincolnshire Domesday Population Domesday County details M Middlesex Domesday Population Domesday County details N Norfolk Domesday Population Northamptonshire Domesday Population Nottinghamshire Domesday Population Domesday County details O Oxfordshire Domesday Population Domesday County details R Rutland Domesday Population Domesday County details S Shropshire Domesday Population Somerset Domesday Population Staffordshire Domesday Population Suffolk Domesday Population Surrey Domesday Population Sussex Domesday Population Domesday County details W Warwickshire Domesday Population Wiltshire Domesday Population Worcestershire Domesday Population Domesday County details Y Yorkshire Domesday Population Place names Translate my Location Jutish name snippets Roman name snippets Saxon name snippets Viking name snippets Norman name snippets Modern name snippets Villages containing EY/EYE/SEA Villages containing HAM Villages containing TON Villages containing CASTLE Sussex Locations with ING Domesday Sussex with ING Kent Locations with ING Sussex Locations with HURST Domesday Sussex with HURST Res Town Creep - a Roman settlement ?? Town Creep an interesting story Town Creep can be found in Creep Wood near Penhurst very close to the ancient Celtic then Roman ridgeway from Hastings currently on private land. The next few paragraphs are extracts from various historical records. Extracted from the Sussex Archaeological Society Thursday, Aug. 19th, 1886. An allusion to " Town Creep '' will exhaust our subject. There is a large arid beautiful wood called Creep Wood, sloping southward and overlooking the valley of the tiny river Ashburn. Half-way down the slope, upon an independent hillock, there is a space of some two acres, whereon are to be found scattered building materials. The plateau upon which these stones lie has always been spoken of as the ancient abode of a people who were driven from their home by invaders at a time anterior to the Norman Conquest; and from this traditional cluster of buildings, the whole wood has been named " Town Creep." From time to time desultory diggings have been made, but there does not appear ever to have been any systematic examination of the spot. Certainly the tradition with respect to this locality appears to have been continuous and constant, while the position of the "Town " is one that might have been selected for a Roman outpost, commanding as it does the greater part of the valley which leads from it towards Anderida (Pevensey). Extracted from the Sussex Archaeological Society 1889. ON THE TRADITIONAL SITE OF A TOWN IN THE PARISH OF PENHURST Creep Wood lies in the most secluded part of Penhurst, one of the most secluded parishes in the county. For the name of the wood I can suggest no derivation; but the name of the parish has both a British and a Saxon element-the word" Pen" (meaning" bead" or "ridge") being applied to that high portion of the great forest of Anderida which lies at the back of what is now Ashburnham Park. Creep Wood, which has all the appearance of primitive forest land, covers more than one of the lower ridges to the west of the highest point. That part of the wood which is locally known as Towncreep occupies the summit of an elevated spur, running from north to south, which for about half a mile is nearly flat at the top, and then slopes downward with increasing steepness till it reaches the lane between Penhurst Church and Catsfield, at a point where three valleys meet. The river Ashburn, which runs into the sea at Pevensey, but is here a mere brook, rises near this point, and flows out of the eastern into the southern valley. The southern slope of the spur is at present covered with a thick grove of Scotch fir, reaching almost to its foot; but the plateau at the top is only covered with short underwood, and, according to the popular belief, cannot be planted with large trees because of the masonry beneath. If we suppose that the entire spur was cleared of wood, and a walled town situated on this plateau, it would be hardly possible to imagine a place more suited to stand a long siege. The only approach from the south would be up the long and exposed face of the southern slope; for on its eastern and western sides the spur falls almost precipitously into two deep valleys, more than 100 feet below. The north end is not so well protected; but if the surrounding country were forest the only access to it open to an invader from the south would be up one of the lateral valleys, which would be completely covered by the defenders from the steep sides of the spur. Local Place names Creep Wood creáp wudu a wood where you should creep - a place of the dead Town Creep tún creáp a town where you should creep - a place of the dead Ashbourne æsc burnan the stream of the ash trees Ashburnham æsc burnan ham the village in the valley of the ash stream Penhurst pin hyrst the clearing in the pine forest Kane Hythe road Cyne Hýþ rád the royal starting point road Sprays wood Spracen Wudu the alder tree wood Floats wood Flota Wudu the ship wood - probably where the shipbuilding timber comes from Conjecture. If Pevensey had been the CLBR fleet base until Carausius was killed, then Carausius and Allectus would have needed Villas to live in, there is a possibility that Carausius villa was near to Bodl Street as this means 'the Roman road to the Mansion' and the road across the valley floor from Windmill Hill to Bodl Street is known as the causeway. And again its possible that Allectus had a mansion at 'Town Creep' as this is where the red haired men(Roman Soldiers plumes) killed the inhabitants. Copyright saxonhistory.co.uk 2013 - 2024Contact SimonAuthor Simon M - Last updated - 2024-03-13 13:16:05All pages on our site (Sitemap)
