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A History of the County of Essex
… complex pattern of channels has been associated with King Alfred. 99 In the year 895 a Danish fleet went up the Lea to a point about 20 miles from London. Alfred obstructed the river to prevent the escape of the … by the English. 100 Another early account states that Alfred caused the waters of the Lea to be divided into three …
A History of the County of Essex
… Canterbury, proposed his plan for Henry VIII's divorce. 80 Alfred, Lord Tennyson lived at Beech Hill House, High Beech, …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wilson (vicar 182248), 26 passing to his second son, Alfred W. Wilson (vicar 184850) about 1850, when he presented … Before 1889 a mission cottage was built in Vestry Road by Alfred Janson as a centre for the social work of his two … church was built in Copeland Road on a site given by Alfred Janson and Henry Ford Barclay to serve that part of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… This town is celebrated as the birthplace, in 849, of Alfred the Great, and as a royal residence in the time of the … or places, and contains a population of 16,826. King Alfred's memory is retained here by a petrifying spring called Alfred's Well. Dr. Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the Danes in 894, in order to defend their vessels, which Alfred, by draining the bed of the river, is said to have …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… is mentioned in 876 in the account of the war between King Alfred and the Danes. The vernacular version in the … of the West Saxons into Wareham.' It goes on to record how Alfred made peace with the Danes, exacting hostages and … Sherborne not earlier than 892 and wrote his life of King Alfred after that date. His description may reflect the …
Calendar of Treasury Books
… Treasury warrant to the Customs Commissioners to employ Alfred Lawson as collector of Whitehaven port loco Warwick …
Calendar of Treasury Books
… his servant did about 2 years since carry away the wife of Alfred Escott [now] deceased, petitioner's late brother, …
Calendar of Treasury Books and Papers
… for Alienations, authorising his appointment of Alfred Staples, Esq. as his deputy at the Office of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to the most authentic records, Ethelfleda, daughter of Alfred, and Countess of Mercia, restored it about the year …