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A New History of London
… as he himself desired to be at the day of judgment; Athelstan endowed it with fifteen lordships; Edgar, with two; …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 1016-34, to Ramsey abbey, were entrusted by Abbot Athelstan (d. 1043) to a monk, Aelfric, who held them at farm …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of this place to be a corruption of Brimesbury, where King Athelstan encamped in 937, when he gained a decisive victory …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… John de Beverley had property here so early as the time of Athelstan, by whom a grant of lands was made to that …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Edward I. to that of Elizabeth. The brother of King Athelstan is stated to have passed the life of a hermit here; …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… action fought at Brunanburh, between the Saxons under Athelstan, and the Danes under Anlaf and Constantine, the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… this to have been the place, called Brunanburh, where King Athelstan defeated Constantine, King of Scotland, Anlaf the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… derives its name from a collegiate church founded by King Athelstan, in honour of St. Buriena or Briena, who had an oratory and was interred here. Athelstan bestowed on the church the privilege of sanctuary, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by some Secular priests, who were incorporated by King Athelstan, about the year 925, and the establishment made …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Ealdorman Aethelwine bought out the claims of the priest Athelstan, another kinsman of Oda, to half Edwin's former …