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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… kings of the early tenth century, and under Edgar and Ethelred II it should probably be regarded as a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and there is a glebe of 24 acres. Quantoxhead, West (St. Ethelred) QUANTOXHEAD, WEST ( St. Ethelred), a parish, in the union of Williton, hundred of …
A Dictionary of London
… one of the kings bearing this name, which in the form of " Ethelred " or" Ethered "was one of the names of most common …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to avenge the massacre of his countrymen in the reign of Ethelred, it was burnt to the ground in 1006, together with …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I
… Thredling, and Plomesgate, within the Liberty of St. Ethelred, Suffolk. Justices of Peace to the Sheriff. Similar …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… laid the foundation of its subsequent importance. In 676, Ethelred, King of Mercia, making an irruption into Kent, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… shaft of a pilaster. The cemetery was dated by coins of Ethelred and Edmund (Lucas, Essay on Waters, iii. 224; Soc. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Ethelfleda, sister to King Edward the Elder, and widow of Ethelred, Earl of Mercia, built near the Mersey a town and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… for the massacre of his countrymen in the reign of Ethelred, pillaged the town and burnt the castle. Soon after …
Old and New London
… soon after the Dane Olaf's invasion of England (994) in Ethelred's reign, with 390 piratical ships, when he plundered … when the Danes invaded England in 1008, in the reign of Ethelred the Unready (ominous name!), they entrenched … which had penthouses, bulwarks, and shelter-turrets. Ethelred's ally, Olaf, however, determined to drive the Danes …