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... hundred years from their first arrival , departed , and took their last farewell of Britain in the fifth century , sometime ( for authors are not agreed as to the exact date ) between the years 426 and 435 , the Saxon Chronicle placing ...
... hundred years from their first arrival , departed , and took their last farewell of Britain in the fifth century , sometime ( for authors are not agreed as to the exact date ) between the years 426 and 435 , the Saxon Chronicle placing ...
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... hundred , had landed upon the island , either accidentally , or attracted hither by curiosity or a spirit of martial enterprise : these leaders now recommended that an invitation should be sent to their countrymen for additional forces ...
... hundred , had landed upon the island , either accidentally , or attracted hither by curiosity or a spirit of martial enterprise : these leaders now recommended that an invitation should be sent to their countrymen for additional forces ...
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... hundred years , until the reign of Egbert , A. D. 800 ; at whose acces- sion England began to enjoy a few years of comparative quiet . Our district , being part of the large kingdom of Mercia , had suffered no doubt under the general ...
... hundred years , until the reign of Egbert , A. D. 800 ; at whose acces- sion England began to enjoy a few years of comparative quiet . Our district , being part of the large kingdom of Mercia , had suffered no doubt under the general ...
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... hundred loaves , and ten kilderkins of welsh ale ; one horse also each year , and thirty shillings , and one nights ' entertainment . " SAXON CHRONICLE , translated by Ingram , p . 93 . NEW SLEAFORD . ETYMOLOGY OF THE NAME , AND ...
... hundred loaves , and ten kilderkins of welsh ale ; one horse also each year , and thirty shillings , and one nights ' entertainment . " SAXON CHRONICLE , translated by Ingram , p . 93 . NEW SLEAFORD . ETYMOLOGY OF THE NAME , AND ...
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... hundred years from the Domesday record , the only change in the name of this place , with the exception of the final e , which was common to most nouns , has been in the transposition of one letter ; e being now placed after the letters ...
... hundred years from the Domesday record , the only change in the name of this place , with the exception of the final e , which was common to most nouns , has been in the transposition of one letter ; e being now placed after the letters ...
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