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Hace 2 días · Cynewulf Morris are a newly formed Morris Dancing group based in West Dorset who specialise mainly to the rhythmic stick and hanky dances of Cotswold origins. The name is derived from one of the first kings of Wessex, King Cynewulf, who ruled between 757 to 786. He was well known for his connections in the local area, particularly Uplyme.
Hace 3 días · In the latter part of the 7th century the whole district was probably conquered by Æthelred of Mercia, but was reconquered a few years later by Caedwalla of Wessex; it remained with Wessex probably till Offa restored the supremacy of Mercia by the defeat of Cynewulf at the Battle of Bensington near Dorchester in 777, and so it ...
Hace 4 días · It is noteworthy that the monastery of Repton is almost invariably spoken of as 'famous,' for instance, when Cynehard, King Sigebert's brother, was killed in battle with Cynewulf, king of Wessex, in 786, it is recorded that he was buried at Repton, 'quod tunc nobile coenobium erat et famosum.' And again, when St. Wystan had been ...
Hace 4 días · This innovative study is refreshingly different, both in its more thematic approach and in its exploration of an entire region: Wessex (defined as the historic counties of Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, Somerset, and Berkshire).
Hace 4 días · Eynsham, a former borough and market town and the site of a Benedictine abbey, lies 5 miles north-west of Oxford on the river Thames close to its confluence with the river Evenlode and to an important crossing of the Thames at Swinford. (fn. 25) The ancient parish was large, measuring 5,446 a. in 1876. (fn. 26) Although from 1869 Freeland (505 ...
Hace 5 días · Let’s delve into the lesser-known story of Prince Edward and Sophie Wessex, unraveling their decisions, duties, and the uncertain future that awaits them. Upon her marriage to Prince Edward in 1999, Sophie Wessex was offered the esteemed title of Duchess of Cambridge by Queen Elizabeth II.
Hace 21 horas · Alfred's grandfather, Ecgberht, became king of Wessex in 802, and in the view of the historian Richard Abels, it must have seemed very unlikely to contemporaries that he would establish a lasting dynasty.
