[114] Or South Wales.
[115] Kynwith castle stood on the river Taw. Camden, p. 35.
[116] Now called Brixton Deverill, in Wilts.
[117] Selwood Forest extended from Frome to Burham, and was probably much larger at one time.
[118] Or Iglea. Supposed to be Leigh, now Westbury, Wilts.
[119] Wedmore is four miles and three quarters from Axbridge, in Somersetshire.
[120] In the Saxon Chronicle (a.d. 878) it is said, that Gothrun was baptized at Aller, and his chrism-loosing was at Wedmore. The chrismal was a white linen cloth put on the head at the administration of baptism, which was taken off at the expiration of eight days.
[121] Inhabitants of Gloucester, Worcester, and part of Warwickshire.
[122] This expression paints in strong colours the unfortunate and divided state of England at this period, for it shows that the Danes had settled possession of parts of it. In fact, all traces of the heptarchy, or ancient division of the island into provinces, did not entirely disappear until some years after the Norman conquest.
[123] Not the river Stour, in Kent; but the Stour which divides Essex from Suffolk. Lambard fixes the battle at Harwich haven.