Dyrham
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Dyrham is a village and parish in South Gloucestershire, England.
St Peter's Church, parish church of Dyrham. Next to it has stood for many centuries the manor house of Dyrham, the present incarnation of which, Dyrham Park (pictured), dates from the reign of William & Mary, and is thought to incorporate some of the structure of the ancient home of the Russells. In this church can be seen the funerary brass of Sir Maurice Russell(d.1416)
Battle of Deorham
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The Battle of Deorham is portrayed by the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as an important military encounter between the West Saxons and the Britons in the West Country in 577. The Chronicle depicts the battle
Dyrham
…animal, deer") and hamm ("enclosed land, river meadow"). Thus it probably once meant "deer enclosure". Dyrham is thought to have been the location of a battle portrayed in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as taking place in 577 CE between the West Saxons under Ceawlin and Cuthwine, and the Britons of the West Country…
Earthworks around Hinton Hill, just north of Dyrham, Gloucestershire