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A History of the County of York
… of the favour shown to Ripon by Athelstan, the harrying of Northumbria by his son Eadred about 948 was marked by the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Easingwould; containing 579 inhabitants. Egfrid, King of Northumbria, in 685 gave this place, with land extending …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… During the heptarchy it formed part of the kingdom of Northumbria, composed of the two smaller states of Bernicia …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in honour of Alkmund, son of Alured, the deposed king of Northumbria; who, being slain in battle while endeavouring to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… In the former part of the seventh century, Edwin, King of Northumbria, had a palace here, where his Queen Ethelburga, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a royal vill, and the occasional residence of the kings of Northumbria, of whom Edwin, on his conversion to Christianity … which he so completely laid waste that the kings of Northumbria never attempted its restoration. In 750, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the burial-place of Alchfrid, a brother of Alfred, King of Northumbria, who died in 705, and to whose memory an …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… till they were finally expelled in 756 by Egbert, king of Northumbria. Some historians identify the place, while in the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in Lancashire, as it did the kingdoms of Northumbria and Mercia during the heptarchy, when strong …
A History of the County of Chester
… was the destination of Edmund Ironside and Earl Uhtred of Northumbria in their attempt to raise support against Cnut in …