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A History of the County of Middlesex
… lake. Pinner.- See Harrow Weald. Wembley (xv, 4).-Horsa-Dun Hill, south-east of Harrow, shows slight traces of …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Morris, and Miss Vera Evison. For example, the Hengest and Horsa episode: SagaBook of Viking Soc. xiv (4), 273-90. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… In the battle above mentioned, which took place in 455, Horsa, the brother of Hengist, on the side of the Saxons, and … upright stones, erected, as is supposed, to the memory of Horsa; and three miles distant is another, called Kit's Cotty …
Old and New London
… of the 6th Geo. II., 1733, "the district of Horsey-down, Horsa-down, or Horsley-down (so called from its having been …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1938, and from 1942 army personnel were trained to fly Horsa heavy gliders. In 1943 two concrete runways were …
A History of the County of York
… The writer goes on to say that it was destroyed by Horsa and Hengist, refounded as a monastery of black monks …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… the city of Flensburgh is the metropolis. Hengist and Horsa came from this country of the Angles into Britain, … chiules, they put to sea under the conduct of Hengist and Horsa, the sons of Wetgiffel, greatgrandson of the celebrated … the victory fell to the Britons. In this sharp engagement Horsa, brother to Hengist, and Catigern brother to Vortimer, …
Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
… of the country, until driven back in 449 by Hengist and Horsa, two Saxon pirates, who became auxiliaries to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by the Romans, having been considerably strengthened by Horsa soon after the arrival of the two Saxon brothers, was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… This place is supposed to have derived its name from Horsa, the brother of Hengist, who is said to have been …