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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… it was frequently assailed; and upon the arrival of the Saxons it experienced considerable devastation in the wars … monarchs for the extension of their territories. By the Saxons the city was called Euro wic, Euore wic, or Eofor wic, … Wolds; and besides the Roman encampments, others of the Saxons and the Danes may be traced in the North and West …