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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| Site of MORHAM VILLAGE | Site of Morham Village | 010 | [Continued] violence and hostility when life and property were not as now secured by law and protected [and protected] by government it was natural for the lower class of mankind to look for protection from their immediate Superior and take up their dwelling under the shelter of his castle where they would not only obtain employment and Subsistence in the various departments of his household but also a safe residence and protection against the sudden incursions of turbulent neighbours or natural foes. Although there is not one storie of the castle now alluded to lift upon another yet there are many people alive who remember the remains of of it and speak of it as a large and extensive. It had evidently been of such magnitude and strength as to be the means of raising a Considerable village for although there are only a few houses remaining near the site of the old foundations * yet the village had extended considerably westward for at the distance of a quarter of a mile a few cottages still remain which still retain the name of the west Gate-end". Old Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] vol. [volume] 2 p. [page] 334 *Note This proves that the foundations of the houses of this ancient village were visible at this time. |
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