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Alumni Oxonienses
… 1586, and of Hereford 1588, rector of St. Clement Danes, London, 1589-1602; licenced 17 March, 1589-90, to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… called Weced-poort, and suffered severely from the Danes in the year 886, is situated in a pleasant valley, on a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… from the Roman period. 13When monks arrived at Denny ('Danes' Isle') c. 1150, they found the presumably empty higher …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Abel Smith, Esqrs. A battle between the British and the Danes is said to have been fought near Broom Hall; and on the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the reign of Ethelred, the monastery was destroyed by the Danes, and though subsequently restored, the greater number …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… called Wedgebury, was fortified in 916, against the Danes, by Ethelfleda, daughter of Alfred the Great: at the … 3168 inhabitants. Edward the Elder, in 911, defeated the Danes here, when two of their kings, two earls, and nine … of which she became abbess, and which was destroyed by the Danes in the ninth century. William the Conqueror made a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of religion, which, from the frequent incursions of the Danes, had almost become extinct, several new bishops were …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… her death was interred here. Having been destroyed by the Danes, the convent was restored by Leofric, Earl of Mercia, …