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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… who encamped here during the siege of Alchester by the Saxons. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the … or Gurmundus, a Saxon chief. After the conversion of the Saxons to Christianity, a synod was held at Amesbury, in the …
History Theses 1970-2014: Historical research for higher degrees in the universities of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… daughter of Cynan Tindaethwy, Egbert, King of the West Saxons, having desolated a great part of North Wales, … this period lost its ancient name of Mona among the Anglo-Saxons, who henceforward called it Angles-Ey, or, "the Englishmen's Isle." Anglesey was again invaded by the Saxons in 846, under the Mercian prince, Burrhed, who …