Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—W

Wessex

or West Saxon Kingdom, included Hants, Dorset, Wilts, Somerset, Surrey, Gloucestershire, and Bucks.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Westmoreland
Wesleyan
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

More on Wessex from Fact Monster:

  • Wessex - Wessex Wessex , one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in England. It may have been settled as early as ...
  • Æthelred, king of Wessex - Æthelred Æthelred , d.871, king of Wessex (865–71), son of Æthelwulf and ...
  • Æthelbert, king of Wessex - Æthelbert Æthelbert, d. 865, king of Wessex (860–65), son of Æthelwulf. ...
  • Alfred - Alfred Alfred, 849–99, king of Wessex (871–99), sometimes called Alfred the Great, b. ...
  • Edwy - Edwy Edwy or Eadwig, d. 959, king of the English (955–57) and king of Wessex (955–59), ...

Related Content