Athelney is a village located between the villages of Burrowbridge and East Lyng in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, England. The name is believed to be derived from the Old English æþeling meaning "prince" + -ey meaning "isle".[1] The village is best known for once being the fortress hiding place of King Alfred the Great, from where he went on to defeat the Great Heathen Army at the Battle of Edington in May 878.
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Athelney is a village located between the villages of Burrowbridge and East Lyng in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, England. The name is believed to...
Athelney Abbey, established in the county of Somerset, England, was founded by King Alfred in 888, as a religious house for monks of the Order of St. Benedict...
that the character drew inspiration from Inspector Hopkins. Inspector Athelney Jones is a Scotland Yard detective who appears in The Sign of the Four...
took shelter in the marshes of Somerset, staying in the small village of Athelney. Over the next few months, according to the Anglo Saxon Chronicle, he built...
885–904), also known as John of Saxony or Scotus, was a scholar and abbot of Athelney, probably born in Old Saxony. He was invited to England by King Alfred...
Others are peninsulas or just coastal settlements. They include: Isle of Athelney Isle of Axholme Barrow Island Brown's Island, Rutland Water Cobholm Island...
before Domesday Book. In the Middle Ages, the monasteries of Glastonbury, Athelney and Muchelney were responsible for much of the drainage. The artificial...
he made a fort at Athelney in the marshes of Somerset, and from that fort kept fighting against the foe". From his fort at Athelney, an island in the...
rebuilt with a second track and at a higher level to avoid flooding – from Athelney to Curry Rivel Junction near Langport East. Passenger trains first ran...
wearetheenglish.com. Retrieved 14 May 2022. Dee, Edmund (2005). White Wyrm Rising. Athelney. p. 82. ISBN 1903313066. White, Ethan Doyle (2021). "In Woden's Shadow:...
career in 1949, as an amateur with the Bellingham Boxing Club based at Athelney St School in Bellingham which was run and founded by Albert Colley and...
conquered by the Danes (as at one point almost all of England was, except for Athelney marsh in Somerset) and became part of the Danelaw – with Watling Street...
is the name of: John the Old Saxon an Anglo-Saxon scholar and abbot of Athelney John I, Duke of Saxony (1249–1285, Duke 1260–1282) John of Saxony (astronomer)...
(circa 1675–1721). North Petherton is about 8 miles (13 km) away from Athelney, where King Alfred founded a monastery. A description of the Alfred Jewel...
of Northamptonshire (and at one point almost all of England except for Athelney marsh in Somerset), was conquered by the Danes and became part of the Danelaw...
spent the winter preceding the Battle of Edington in the Somerset marsh of Athelney, protected somewhat by the natural defences of the country. In the spring...
the winter at Chippenham, was without his army and was forced to flee to Athelney. Following Ubba's defeat to Odda, Ealdorman of Devon, Alfred managed to...
Battle of Cynwit. King Alfred was driven to seek refuge from the Danes at Athelney before defeating them in 878 at the Battle of Ethandun, usually considered...
of Romsey Æthelgar of Canterbury Æthelnoth of Canterbury Æthelwine of Athelney Æthelwold of Winchester Aldhelm of Sherborne Benignus of Glastonbury Beocca...
Among her troubles is her relationship with their Scotland Yard boss, DCI Athelney Jones. Back in New York, Bell impresses on Gregson the importance of making...
Yeovil–Taunton line Bristol & Exeter Rly (GWR) Taunton to Yeovil, via Athelney, Langport and Martlock 1964 (to all traffic) York–Beverley line North Eastern...
Episode title Location Original airdate 1 1 "The Guerrilla Base of the King" Athelney, Somerset 16 January 1994 (1994-01-16) 2 2 "On the Edge of an Empire" Ribchester...
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