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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and the princes of Powys resided here till, in 778, Offa, King of Mercia, expelled them from their possessions, … his conquest, raised that stupendous barrier still called Offa's Dyke. In the reign of Alfred the Great, this place was … made frequent inroads; and the warlike Saxon monarch, Offa, partly to avert the evils attendant upon these …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… crowned king of the East-Angles, bequeathed to him by King Offa. Edmund is also said to have built a royal tower here, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… chief. It is said to have been given to the monastery by Offa, King of Mercia, 6 but the gift is mentioned only in a …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… of Staines which had been given to Westminster Abbey by Offa King of Mercia. 12 This charter is, however, of doubtful …
A History of the County of Hertford
… said to begin with the foundation of a monastery in 793 by Offa, King of Mercia, but that the martyrdom of St. Alban … the tomb had been lost, but was miraculously revealed to Offa, who discovered the saint's body with other relics of … by the pagans. It seems to have been preserved by Offa, when he was setting out the buildings of his new …
A History of the County of Hertford
… this aisle is a curious fifteenth-century painting of King Offa. On the floor is a row of grave stones with indents for … is the scourging of St. Alban, with a seated king, perhaps Offa, below. On the south side are figures of King Offa, and perhaps St. Oswin, the third figure being lost, and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… pre-Conquest buildings of the Benedictine Abbey founded by Offa II., king of the Mercians, in 793, now remains. The … Aisle of Presbytery: over arch at W. end, painting of King Offa, 15th-century; remains of colour decoration, masonry …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Middle Ages produced a pattern of compact, inclosed farms. Offa's Dyke 86 descends Wyegate hill to the floor of the … LRRO 5/7A, f. iv. Below, econ. hist. (agric.). C. Fox, Offa's Dyke (1955), 188-91. N.L.W., Dunraven MSS. 271. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… in his account of the murder of Ethelbert by King Offa. Leland, in the first half of the 16th century, saw here …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and royal residence, and was the seat of government under Offa, Cenwulf, Beornwulf, and others, at which period it had …