 | Richard Warner - 1809 - 384 pages
...found it to be elegant in design, and neat in workmanship; and bearing the following inscription : " KING ALFRED THE GREAT, " In the year of our Lord 879,...from his enemies for the space of a " whole year. He foon after resigned the possession of " his throne, and in grateful remembrance of the pro" tection... | |
 | Anglo-Saxons - 1850 - 204 pages
...pillar, bearing the following inscription:— " King Alfred the Great, in the year of our Lord 879 (878,) having been defeated by the Danes, fled for refuge...concealed from his enemies for the space of a whole year (scarcely six months.) He soon after regained possession of his throne, and in grateful remembrance... | |
 | 1851 - 582 pages
...following inscription, which you may think perhaps worthy of preservation in your useful pages : — " King Alfred the Great, in the year of our Lord 879,...protection he had received, under the favour of Heaven, he erected a monastery on this spot and endowed it with all the lands contained in the Isle of Athelney.... | |
 | George Philip Rigney Pulman - 1857 - 192 pages
...junction of the rivers Parret and Tone, there is a monument which bears the following inscription:— ' King Alfred the Great, in the year of our Lord 879,...remembrance of the protection he had received, under the favor 1 In ploughing the Gold at the site of the abbey, coins and relics of the building itself are... | |
 | Notes and queries - 1858 - 334 pages
...cakes, the angry housewife, and the castigated king. The pillar bears the following inscription: " King Alfred the Great, in the year of our Lord 879,...protection he had received, under the favour of Heaven, he erected a monastery on this spot and endowed it with all the lands contained in the Isle of Athelney.... | |
 | P.P. - London. - Notes and Queries - 1858 - 354 pages
...the queen's lodging, where the fading honours of royalty still surrounded Anne Boleyn. ATHELNEY. " King Alfred the Great, in the year of our Lord 879,...protection he had received, under the favour of Heaven, he erected a monastery on this spot and endowed it with all the lands contained in the Isle of Athelney.... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1859 - 300 pages
...relics have been found on the site. Sect. III. A stone pillar bears the following inscription : — " King Alfred the Great, in the year of our Lord 879,...protection he had received, under the favour of Heaven, he erected a monastery on this spot, and endowed it with all the lands contained in the Isle of Athelney,... | |
 | John Draper (artist.) - 1867 - 426 pages
...On the supposed site of the ancient monastery stands a memorial with the following inscription : — King Alfred the Great, In the Year of our Lord 879,...defeated by The Danes, fled for refuge To the forest of Atheluey, Where he lay concealed From his enemies for the Space of a whole year; — He soon after... | |
 | John Murray (publishers.) - 1869 - 570 pages
...and other relics, have been found on the site. A stone pillar bears the following inscription : — "King Alfred the Great, in the year of our Lord 879,...regained possession of his throne ; and in grateful remembrof the protection he had received, under the favour of Heaven, he erected a monastery on this... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1869 - 574 pages
...and other relies, have been found on the site. A stone pillar bears the following inscription : — "King Alfred the Great, in the year of our Lord 879,...defeated by the Danes, fled for refuge to the forest of Atheluey, where he lay concealed from his enemies for the space of a whole year. He soon after regained... | |
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King Alfred the Great, in the year of our Lord 879, having been defeated by the Danes, fled for refuge to the forest of Athelney, where he lay concealed from his enemies for the space of a whole year. He soon after regained possession of his throne, and... 
