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A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… in 728, between Rhodri Molwynog, and Ethelbald, King of Mercia. The parish is bounded partly on the north and on the … of Penarth, county of Cardigan, South Wales, 6 miles (N. E.) from Trgaron; containing 819 inhabitants. Near the source … was stormed, in 910, by the heroic Ethelfleda, Countess of Mercia, who had defeated Hwgan himself on the confines of his …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… is distributed among them in coal; another by the Rev. E. Williams, of 3 for the purchase of books, which is … repelling an incursion of the Saxons under Alfred, Earl of Mercia, into Brecknockshire and Gwent. Upon his death, he was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… N. division of the county of Lancaster, 7 miles (N. by E.) from Lancaster, on the road to Kendal; containing 306 … CARRINGTON, a parochial chapelry, in the union of Boston, E. division of the soke of Bolingbroke, parts of Lindsey, … of Cassibelaunus, King of the Cassii. The Saxon kings of Mercia also made it their residence; Offa included it in the …
Staffordshire Historical Collections
… nunnery founded by Werburgh, daughter of Wulphere, King of Mercia, towards the close of the 7th century. 2 Upon the same … the 7th century. Note.Special thanks are due to the Rev. E. P. Pigott, Vicar of Trentham, through whom access was …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… bank. Manors And Other Estates. Aethelraed, ealdorman of Mercia, and his wife Aethelflaed gave three manentes at … Salop. ii. 229 note u. So called in the late 19th cent.: E. Cassey & Co. Dir. Salop. (1871), 59; Kelly's Dir. Salop. … May 1683. Ibid. bdle. 384, elevations of Caughley Hall; H. E. Forrest, Old Hos. of Wenlock (Shrews. 1914), 93-4; …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I
… was leased. You formerly directed your letters to Sir E. Zouch and Sir Robt. Mansfield, and the other patentees, … in comparison with other European powers: "King of Mercia, A.D. 833, expressly bequeathed the robe he wore at … was concluded betwixt F. F., the son of S. F., and E. B., the daughter of A. B., in consideration whereof the …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… Abbey. The grant was confirmed by King Burgred of Mercia in 872 73 but the land had been lost to the abbey by … 12361300, 199; Ciren. Cart. ii, p. 630. Glos. R.O., D 674b/E 67, f. 78. E 179/247/13 rot. 29. Glos. R.O., Q/RZ 1. Ibid. Q/RI 39; D …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… N. division of the county of Northampton, 2 miles (E. by N.) from Higham-Ferrers; containing, with the hamlet of … of Bedminster, hundred of Hartcliffe with Bedminster, E. division of Somerset, 9 miles (W. S. W.) from Bristol; … the Saxons it was a portion of the powerful kingdom of Mercia; and upon the division of England into three great …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Edmonton, hundred and county of Hertford, 8 miles (S. by E.) from Hertford; containing, with Cheshunt-street, … this parish was formerly a bank separating the kingdoms of Mercia and East Anglia during the heptarchy, the lands on one … the walls were repaired by Ethelfreda, Countess of Mercia: and after her death the Britons once more became its …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Barwick, and Coker, W. division of Somerset, 3 miles (N. E. by N.) from Crewkerne; containing 222 inhabitants. It … marriage of his daughter Ethelswitha with Burhred, King of Mercia. In the reign of Alfred, the Danes, who, after their … for its stately castle, erected by Ethelfreda, Countess of Mercia, to check the incursions of the Welsh. A priory of the …
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