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ATHELNEY , a slight See also:eminence of small extent in the See also:low level See also:tract about the junction of the See also:rivers See also:Tone and Parrett in See also:Somersetshire, See also:England. It was formerly isolated by marshes and accessible only by See also:boat or artificial See also:causeway, and under these conditions it gained its See also:historical fame as the See also:retreat of See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Alfred in 878–879 when he was unable to withstand the incursions of the Danes. After regaining his See also:throne he founded a monastery here in gratitude for the retreat afforded him by the See also:island; no traces of it exist above ground, but remains have been excavated. There was also found here, in 1693, the celebrated Alfred See also:jewel, bearing his name, and preserved in the Ashmolean Museum.at See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford. An inscribed See also:pillar commemorating the king was set up in 18ox. The name of Athelney signifies the Isle of Princes (A.S. 2Ethelingaea). Athelney is a railway station on a See also:branch of the See also:Great Western See also:line.
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