The story begins at 3,000 BC in a Yorkshire grave goods of the (likely) proto-Celts [picture 10] who would form the early villages of Britain visited by Caesar in 54 BC and later by the Normans in 1066.
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THE EVOLUTION OF VILLAGES, POPULATIONS, AND GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES IN BRITAIN: From Rome, in the form of the 400 BC Janiform vase [3], we see the two populations there present. The woman on the left with full lips, a pug nose, and low nose bridge represents the African race typically found with (often) a ball of wooly or wiry hair [1, 2]. Conversely, the woman on the right [3] with a high nose bridge, straight, pointed nose, and thin lips represents the Anglo-Saxon, typically with long, flowing hair - sometime wavy [4, 5].
Julius Caesar invaded the Celt land of Britain in 54 BC with 600 ships and the Normans invaded the Celt land in 1066 with 1000 ships [6]. In the Domesday Book, written in 1086 after the invasion of Britain by William, over 13,000 villages were listed - primarily dwelling places of indigenous Britons.
Plate 17 shows one of the earliest surviving village plans with a church surrounded by a moat and houses dated to 1444. Figures 1and 2 display Celts there, an African race, described by Thomas W. Shore, Origin of the Anglo-Saxon Race, as the indigenous black-skinned inhabitants of England; the original Britons - a race different from the incoming Anglo-Saxons [6]. That they [1, 2] were African is clear comparing them with African phenotyped Romans [7, 8, 9] and Celts [10 to 13]. The list of geographical names shows that the African (previously identified) designations are still used as place names in England and America. In America is found, for instance, Bryn Mawr, New Castle, Palace Hill, Chester, Perth Harbor. The name mountain is derived from the Celts (Mynydd).
The term “Mor” means “sea” and it is the present author’s belief that the designation as in “Black Moor” meant black seaman. Moors were renowned sailors. Support for this meaning is found in England being populated by Neolithic sea-goers evidenced in a 3000 BC, Yorkshire boat [10]. The incoming Anglo-Saxons found a ready-made society of Africans who had already conceptualized the Medieval Village [P17] - the forerunner of the city-planning underlying the design and function of the modern metropolis.
http://www.beforebc.de/Made.by.Humankind/Pottery.Boats.Ruins/59-10-6-10.htmlThe web page below provides a larger image of the Medieval Village Plan:
http://www.beforebc.de/Made.by.Humankind/Pottery.Boats.Ruins/59-10-6-20.htmlMarc Washington
