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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… in existence with Cuthburh as abbess in 705, when Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne drew up a letter there. 2 The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 996, when Wulfruna, sister of Ethelred II., and widow of Aldhelm, Duke of Northampton, founded a college here for a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… also the remains of a very old chapel dedicated to St. Aldhelm, built and vaulted with stone, and supported by a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Swanage. It stretches N.N.E. from the steep cliffs of St. Aldhelm's Head across an almost flat limestone tableland … are mostly of the 17th century. The Parish Church and St. Aldhelm's Chapel are the principal monuments. Worth … cross, discovered in 1957 approx. 400 yds. N.N.E. of St. Aldhelm's chapel over a burial 1 ; (4) lid 2 ft. long, …