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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… which was founded so far back as the year 912, by Ethelfleda, daughter of Alfred the Great; Caus; Clun; Hopton; …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… which furmed the origin of the present town. In 913, Ethelfleda, Countess of Mercia, erected a castle on the north … entrance to Eastgate-street. Edward the Elder, brother of Ethelfleda, about a year after the erection of the castle, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… with the fortress of Brecenanmere, which was attacked by Ethelfleda, daughter of Alfred the Great, and Countess of …
A History of the County of Warwick
… site of the later burh. 2 The establishment of the burh by Ethelfleda in 914 and Warwick's subsequent status as a shire …
A History of the County of Warwick
… bank, has yielded numerous weapons and ornaments. 28 When Ethelfleda, sister of Edward the Elder, established the burh … of a shire centred on the town. 30 The area surrounded by Ethelfleda's fortfications may have corresponded to that … precincts. The motte of the castle has become known as Ethelfleda's Mound, though it is unmistakably part of the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Burke, Peerage (1953). Later known as the Mount. The name Ethelfleda's Mound, following Dugdale's conjecture, was not …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… commercial centre, probably under the influence of Ethelfleda of the Mercians who founded the new minster of St. …
Calendar of Papal Registers Relating to Great Britain and Ireland
… abbess of the monastery of St. Mary the Virgin and St. Ethelfleda, Ramsey, O.S.B., in the diocese of Winchester. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… early part of the 10th century, Walsall was fortified by Ethelfleda, daughter of Alfred the Great, and Countess of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by the Daues, and according to the most authentic records, Ethelfleda, daughter of Alfred, and Countess of Mercia, … view of the surrounding country, is the keep, erected by Ethelfleda as a place of security against any sudden …