 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Architecture - 1803 - 886 pages
...about the middle of the eighth century. Nothing more is known of this Monastery till the year 870, when it was burnt to the ground by the Danes, and...middle of the tenth century it was rebuilt by King Kdgar, as an atonement for his having violated the chastity of Wulf hilda, a beautiful Nun at Wilton,... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Architecture - 1810 - 842 pages
...is known of this Monastery till the year 870, when it was burnt to the ground by the Danes, and tbe Nuns .either slain or dispersed. It lay desolate about...to Gormund, the Danish Chief. About the middle of tbe tenth century it was rebuilt by King Edgar, as an atonement for bis having violated the chastity... | |
 | Daniel Lysons - London (England) - 1811 - 512 pages
...about the middle of the eighth century. Nothing more is known of this monaftery till the year 870, when it was burnt to the ground by the Danes, and the nuns either flain or difperfed. It lay defolate about i oo years, being within the territories which were ceded... | |
 | James Andrew Storer - Great Britain - 1818 - 222 pages
...passage for the holy man and his attendants. Very little more is related of this Abbey till the year 370, when it was burnt to the ground by the Danes, and the nuns slain or dispersed. About the middle of the tenth century it was rebuilt by king Edgar, as an atonement... | |
 | Duffield William Coller - Essex (England) - 1861 - 660 pages
...about the middle of the eighth century. Nothing more is known of this monastery till the year 870, when it was burnt to the ground by the Danes, and the nuns either slain or dispersed. It laid desolate about one hundred years, being within the territories which were ceded by Alfred to Gormund,... | |
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Ethelburgh, wife to Ina, King of the West Saxons, who was canonized; and Cuthburgh, sister of King Ina, who had been a Nun at Barking in the time of St. Hildelitha: she died about the middle of the eighth century. Nothing more is known of this Monastery... 