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	The Wiltshire Web - Edington Priory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In 1332 William of Edingon, Bishop of Winchester founded a college for priests in the village of Edington, Wiltshire.
		In the 15th century, William Ayscough who was Bishop of Salisbury and confessor to Henry VI, was forced to flee Salisbury because of a rebellion that happened during that time.
		He fled to Edington and took refuge at the Church but was unfortunately later discovered.
	www.wiltshire-web.co.uk /history/edington.htm (126 words)

	Edington (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Moving his standards thence the next morning, he came to a place called Edington, and with a close shield-wall fought fiercely against the whole army of the pagans; his attack was long and spirited, and finally by divine aid he triumphed and overthrew the pagans with a very great slaughter.
		William of 'Edington' inherited the village from the abbey of Romsey.
		William of Edington founded a college of twelve prebendaries and a dean- At the insistence of the famous Black Prince this was changed, and some Augustine monks of the order known as Bonhommes (Augstine Canons), who had a brotherhood at Ashridge' near Berkhampstead in Herts(their only settlement in the country), were introduced.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /davidjstokes/edington.htm (3256 words)

	Syndicate-Article.info - Battle of Edington FREE Articles for Websites and Newsletter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Battle of Edington (May 878) was a battle which took place near Edington in the county of Wiltshire in the south-west of England.
		After Edington, the Danes were contained in the Danelaw; Wessex, the last free English kingdom, was to remain free.
		The spiritual parenthood established by Alfred over Guthrum at Aller must inevitably have implied some level of cultural and political superiority, and Guthrum, as the spiritual son of Alfred, was in turn acknowledging the future on-going superiority of a king whose religion he was forced to adopt (83).
	www.syndicate-article.info /search.php?title=Battle_of_Edington (1524 words)

	Edington, Wiltshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Edington is a small village in Wiltshire, England, about five miles east of Westbury.
		It is home to Edington Priory and the annual Edington Music Festival.
		Although unremarkable in many ways, the village commands a vital place in English history, for it was here that Alfred The Great won a decisive battle against the Danes in the Battle of Edington, and arguably laid the foundations of modern England.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edington,_Wiltshire (127 words)

	The Mystery Worshipper: Edington Priory, Wiltshire
		Edington is the winner of the best kept medium-sized village in West Wiltshire award.
		This was the first major service of the Edington Festival, an annual celebration of music within the context of the liturgy for which it was written.
		As it was the last Edington Festival before the Millennium, the theme for the week was Advent.
	www.ship-of-fools.com /Mystery/2000/126Mystery.html (645 words)

	Descendants of DANIELL - pafg07.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Elizabeth was born in 1819/1820 in Imber, Wiltshire.
		Elizabeth was born in 1830 in Imber, Wiltshire.
		Henry DANIELS was born in 1853 in Imber, Wiltshire.
	www.mdani.demon.co.uk /family/danielofi/pafg07.htm (359 words)

	reagenealogy - pafg299 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		William Lewis was born in 1609 in Edington, Wiltshire, England.
		Ann Lewis was born in 1611 in Edington, Wiltshire, England.
		Edward Lewis was born in 1621 in Edington, Wiltshire, England.
	members.cox.net /garyrea/pafg299.htm (369 words)

	NFP: Images of Edington Priory, Wiltshire
		Edington is where King Alfred defeated the Vikings in AD 878.
		The church there has always belonged to Romsey Abbey in Hampshire and it was transformed into a priory in 1358 by William Edington, the Bishop of Winchester, who was born in the village.
		It was from Edington Priory that the Bishop of Salisbury was dragged and murdered during Jack Cade's rebellion of 1450!
	www.nashfordpublishing.co.uk /cathedrals/edington_priory.html (302 words)

	BBC - Wiltshire - Faith - Edington heads for the limelight
		Edington Priory Church and its world famous music festival are to be the stars of a new BBC TV series.
		The Edington Music Festival, held at Edington Priory Church, near Westbury, and which celebrated its 50th anniversary last year, is to become even more well publicised - it's to be featured in a national BBC TV programme.
		The Reverend Graham Southgate, Vicar of Bratton, Edington and Imber, Coultson and Earlstoke said; "I think more people could be attracted to the festival after the TV show goes out.
	www.bbc.co.uk /wiltshire/content/articles/2006/01/26/edington_priory_feature.shtml (651 words)

	Merry's of England - merg172 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Francis MERRYWEATHER was born in 1692 in Easterton, Wiltshire, England.
		Moses PIKE was born in 1762 in pos Edington, Wiltshire, England.
		Hannah MERRYWEATHER was born in 1762 in pos Edington, Wiltshire, England.
	www.xtal.info /merryweather/merg172.htm (589 words)

	George HALES
		She was born about 1825 of Edington, Wiltshire, England and of Edington, Wiltshire, England in 1851.
		M- Henry HALES; christened 25 DEC 1847 at Edington, Wiltshire, England and of Edington, Wiltshire, England in 1851.
		M- William HALES; christened 30 DEC 1849 at Edington, Wiltshire, England and of Edington, Wiltshire, England in 1851.
	www.hales.org /hg03.htm (7477 words)

	Edington photographs, maps, books & memories
		Be the first to add a memory of Edington or a Edington photograph.
		There are 13 books about Edington or Wiltshire.
		Use of this website signifies explicit acceptance of the Terms and Conditions of Use which should be viewed by clicking here.
	www.francisfrith.com /archive/england/wiltshire/edington/edington.htm (208 words)

	Gordon & Elena Davenport - pafg243 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Francis Smith STOKES [Parents] was born on 20 Jul 1823 in Bradford On Avon, Wiltshire, England.
		William STOKES [Parents] was born on 9 Dec 1790 in Highworth, Wiltshire, England.
		Robert STOKES [Parents] was born on 23 Oct 1722 in Westrop, Highworth, Wiltshire, England.
	users.bigpond.net.au /gdaven/pafg243.htm (516 words)

	James HALES
		She was born about 1826 of Edington, Wiltshire, England.
		F- Emma HALES; christened 14 JUL 1850 at Edington, Wiltshire, England.
		F- Elizabeth HALES; christened 12 JUL 1857 at Edington, Wiltshire, England.
	www.hales.org /hj04.htm (8164 words)

	Edington Village (Wilts) -- An online village community. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Edington is a rural village situated on and near to the B3908.
		It is a historically renowned village mentioned in the Doomsday book and famous for being the location of the Battle of Edington in 878 AD.
		The Edington Music Festival is held annually at the church, broadcast by the BBC.
	www.freewebs.com /edingtonvillage (184 words)

	Edington
		Edington is the name of at least two places:
		This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name.
		If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix that link to point to the appropriate specific page.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ed/Edington.html (53 words)

	Stop press
		All past regional winners from the competition’s nine year history in England and Wales, as well as past winners from the Calor Scottish Community of the Year competition, have been invited to enter this special one-off competition with the aim of finding one overall champion.
		Edington is up against Weobley (Herefordshire), Mere (Wiltshire), St Tudy (Cornwall), St Neot (Cornwall) and Cradley (Herefordshire) in the West England region of the competition.
		Edington will initially provide competition judges with a written entry covering six categories in all: Community Life, Business, Younger People, Older People, the Environment and ICT (Information Communication Technology).
	www.villageoftheyear.org /tenth-year/february/0602-edington.htm (721 words)

	Monarchy - Battle of Edington
		In early 878, from his hideout in the marshes of Athelney, Somerset, Alfred the Great began to carry out guerrilla warfare against the Danish commander Guthrum, who had declared himself king of Wessex in Alfred's place.
		The tower is located on the Stourhead estate in Wiltshire, signposted from the B3092 about 2.5 miles north of Mere.
		A brick folly, this was built in 1769-72 by the banker Henry Hoare II, owner of the Stourhead estate in Wiltshire (now part of the National Trust).
	www.channel4.com /history/microsites/M/monarchy/battles/edington.html (497 words)

	Bratton and Edington new town, Wiltshire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		To meet the extra housing needs of an expanding population in the next 20 years, an additional 11,000 to 12,500 new homes are to be built around the villages of Bratton and Edington in West Wiltshire.
		In 1821, one in every 100 people in Wiltshire lived in the Bratton and Edington area, but that dropped by 2001 to just one in 350.
		The RSS calls for 15,500 new homes in West Wiltshire in the next 20 years to handle an increase in population, and places 5000 in Trowbridge - the rest at the discression of the local District Council.
	www.wellho.net /mouth/938_Bratton-and-Edington-new-town-Wiltshire.html (751 words)

	Edington Family Crest
		The ancient roots of the Edington family are in the Anglo-Saxon culture.
		The name Edington comes from when the family lived in Eddington or Edington, places found in Berkshire, Northumberland, Somerset and Wiltshire.
		In the Edington coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement.
	www.houseofnames.com /xq/asp.fc/qx/edington-family-crest.htm (567 words)

	The Edington Festival of Music within the Liturgy - Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Edington is a small village on the edge of Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire.
		For one week in August every year since 1956, Edington has hosted a Festival of Music within the Liturgy in its magnificent fourteenth-century priory church.
		Singers from many of the great cathedral and collegiate choirs come together to take part in the week's daily services.
	www.edingtonfestival.org (134 words)

	Edington Priory Church, Edington - Southern England - UK Attraction
		In a quiet country village it is startling to find so impressive a church.
		It was built by an Edington-born man who had risen to become Bishop of Winchester.
		William of Edington first founded a chantry for himself in the parish church.
	www.ukattraction.com /southern-england/edington-priory-church.htm (182 words)

	Ship of Fools: The Mystery Worshipper
		The Mystery Worshipper who visited the Priory Church in Edington, Wiltshire, UK, for the final Sunday of The Edington Festival is to be admired both for his/her superb writing style and the reaction to that wonderful service.
		I am commissioned almost every year to write the words for a new hymn based on the theme for the day, with the composer John Barnard.
		Edington always leaves me wanting it to last for another 51 weeks.
	www.shipoffools.com /Mystery/corrections/126.html (146 words)

	Welcome to the Holloway Family Webpage!
		Sixteenth century records document the marriage of Barnabye Holloway and Katerine Greene, which took place in Baverstock, Wiltshire, on November, 16th, 1579.
		The christening of Daniel Holloway, son of Daniel and Sarah Holloway, took place in a church in Borden, Kent, on October 27th, 1764.
		David Holloway, son of William and Ann Holloway, was christened in a church in Edington, Wiltshire, on August 22nd, 1830.
	www.hollowayfamily.net (275 words)

	Sirmon Family DNA Project--dnahist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Note in the tracery the Heraldic glass showing four shields, most of it old, and the reference to the Niven family to which the film celebrity belonged.
		The third Edington Priory derived from William Edington Chancellor of England and Bishop of Winchester, Founder of Edington College.
		The shields of Edington Priory at the East end appear to be original.
	www2.netdoor.com /~sirmon/dna/dnadoc/buckland.html (1808 words)

	Wiltshire County Council - Wiltshire Community History Get Wiltshire History Question Information
		In the seventh week after Easter he rode to Egbert’s Stone east of Selwood and there came to meet him all the people of Somerset and Wiltshire and of that part of Hampshire which was on this side of the sea, and they rejoiced to see him.
		Although there are four claimants for the site of Egbert’s Stone, all of them in a fairly small geographical area, it is thought that the meeting was most likely to have been at Kingston Deverill, to the south of Warminster.
		Guthrum is most likely to have been at the old hill fort of Bratton Castle and Alfred approached from the south west across Salisbury Plain.
	www.wiltshire.gov.uk /community/getfaq.php?id=25 (401 words)

	The Wiltshire Web - Edington Priory
		Cricklade is midway between Cirencester and Swindon, just off the A419 and is the northernmost town in Wiltshire.
		The meadow is still managed through an ancient Court Leet, a kind of manorial court, which appoints a Hayward whose duty it is to supervise the grazing and upkeep of the meadow and collect fees due.
		Cricklade Museum is operated by Cricklade Historical Society, with curatorial help from the Wiltshire Museum Service.
	www.wiltshire-web.co.uk /history/crick/crick.htm (809 words)

	Edington, Wiltshire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Situated between Westbury and Erlestoke, just of fthe northern flank of Salisburyplain, is the village of Edington.
		The Battle of Edington was fought in 878AD, and Edington Priory and Monestry date from just a couple of hundred years later.
		From Melksham, you can reach Edington via the A350 Southbound, then the minor road through Steepleashton.
	www.wellho.net /share/edington.html (162 words)

	Dreweatt Neate - Edington, Wiltshire, Local Business Expands At Award Winning Development (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Chartered Surveyors Dreweatt Neate announce the recent letting of another Unit at the award winning Edington Station Yard rural industrial development at Edington, Wiltshire.
		Unit 7, comprising a workshop with office totalling 269 sq m (2900 sq ft) has been let to VP Products and Services for the design and manufacture of point of sale and display units.
		David Stubbs of Letting Agents Dreweatt Neate commented "The Edington Station Yard continues to be popular due to its rural environment and competitive rents.
	www.propertymall.com /press/article/5068 (203 words)

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