. with thirty two illustrations and two maps . eregular life, so far as these rude people were thenfit for it. Ythancestir, the more important ofthese ecclesiastical residences, is described as beingon the bank of the Pant, now the has been identified with the site of theRoman fortress of Othona, near Bradwell-juxta-Mare, at the north-east corner of the hundred ofDengie. At the time of the Roman occupationOthona was the chief fort of our conquerors onthe flat eastern shores north of the Thames ; itcommanded the southern point of the wide estuaryleading up to Mal
. with thirty two illustrations and two maps . eregular life, so far as these rude people were thenfit for it. Ythancestir, the more important ofthese ecclesiastical residences, is described as beingon the bank of the Pant, now the has been identified with the site of theRoman fortress of Othona, near Bradwell-juxta-Mare, at the north-east corner of the hundred ofDengie. At the time of the Roman occupationOthona was the chief fort of our conquerors onthe flat eastern shores north of the Thames ; itcommanded the southern point of the wide estuaryleading up to Maldon. Around this fortress therehad grown up, during the four centuries of theiroccupation, a considerable city. After the exodusof the Romans, the various invading hordes of theAnglo-Saxons doubtless destroyed, in the earlierdays of their landing, the chief features of thefort and city. As time went on the East Saxonsestablished themselves in considerable numberson the site of the old city, and it was herethat the bishop gathered round him a number 26. •;k-n-rnE-w Ai HISTORY of priests and deacons to form the nucleus of anative Church. The wall which gave its name tothe Christian Church as Ythancestir was thatwhich surrounded the fortress and town of stand to the present day the considerabledesecrated remains of the chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall. It owes its name, which goes backto medieval days, when it was described as Capellade la Val, or St Peter-ad-Murum, to the factthat this early Christian church had been built rightacross a Roman wall formed of small squaredstones bonded at intervals by tiles, which has herea thickness of 14 ft. (See subsequent accountunder Bradzvell-on-Sca.) The East Saxons appear to have retained theirindependence under princes of their own dynastyuntil 823, when they were incorporated into therising power of Wessex, which was eventuallydestined to ripen into England. In 870 theDanish raiders first began to descend upon wi
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