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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… of a monastery founded by Cuthburh, sister of Ine, King of Wessex (688726). 1 The monastery was certainly in existence …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… New Forest, it became the capital of the Saxon kingdom of Wessex, and the residence of the conqueror, who was crowned … the fifth bishop. Egbert, who succeeded to the throne of Wessex in 800, after many severe struggles for empire, … of Winchester, which, from being the capital only of Wessex, became the metropolis of the kingdom. Ethelwolf, who …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… and was gradually sinking to the level of a local Wessex and West Country mart. The total receipts during the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… of Winchester is a possibly spurious charter of Edward of Wessex given in 9019 to Bishop Denewulf, in which the four …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… and suburb, and closed the great age of the capital of Wessex. The close juxtaposition of the soke and city, with …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… his head-quarters at Dorchester (Oxon), the bishopric of Wessex was administered from thence till his fourth successor … contain the bones purporting to be those of the kings of Wessex, Kynegils and Kenulf, with their successors the Saxon …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… these urns were globular ( Arch. J. CXIX (1962), 57). Two Wessex biconical urns in D.C.M. (Nos. 143, 144) are probably …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… was found near the surface (T. D. Reed, The Rise of Wessex (1947), 286). Diam. 100 ft., ht. 10 ft. (37) Barrow …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… edn.); W.R.O., tithe award; dates on bldgs. Finberg, Early Wessex Chart. p. 72. V.C.H. Wilts. ii, p. 118. Above, Easton, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Rogers, Rec. Yarlington, 73. Finberg, Early Charters of Wessex, 134; L. Abrams, Anglo-Saxon Glastonbury: Church and …