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Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… Wilts. An abbey of the Benedictine Order, founded by King Alfred, and dedicated to S. Mary and S. Bartholomew. 1 See …
Survey of London
… Street East became Attneave Street in 1895, probably after Alfred Attneave, a Clerkenwell vestryman. 29 Redevelopment … Council as eight flats behind one street entrance. Alfred Head, borough architect, gained praise for what was … added to the south, to designs by Robert L. Curtis, with Alfred E. Symes as builder. The former dairy yard was cleared …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the county. A battle occurred here in 871, between King Alfred and the Danes, when the latter, though ultimately … founder. Immediately on granting peace to the Danes, King Alfred, at the solicitation of his queen, Ealswitha, built a …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… decisions was dated at Wilton. 2 After the Danish wars of Alfred the primacy of Winchester in Wessex was unquestioned, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… of a nun, perhaps from the monastery. His father Ethelred, Alfred's elder brother, was buried at Wimborne. 6 St. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in which Ethelbert was assisted by his younger brother Alfred, a band of those rapacious pirates assaulted the city, … After the victory subsequently obtained over them by Alfred, Winchester was restored to its former importance, and again became the seat of government; and Alfred, who had fixed his chief residence here, ordered a …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… of the lower part of the town has been the statue of King Alfred, who stands facing the city with his back to the hill …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… a mixed company, of whom William of Wykeham and Alfred the Great are the most appropriate. The old brasses on …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… gild of Winchester was created by Ethelwulf, father of Alfred the Great, in A.D. 856 1 there is no authentic …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… by the more magnificent but unfinished monument, by Alfred Gilbert, of H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence and Avondale, …