Leading the West Saxon forces was King Æthelred, and his younger brother, the future Alfred the Great. That year, the Danes ...

An inscribed tablet is set above the East-facing door together with a stone statue of King Arthur within a recessed Gothic ...

Alfred's grandson, Athelstan, pushed English power north as far as Scotland and was the first king to claim to be ‘King of all England’. One story tells how King Cnut stood on the shore and ...

Built to Honor King Alfred – King Alfred's Tower was built in the 18th century to celebrate King Alfred the Great’s victory against the Vikings in 878 AD. Symbol of Patriotism – It was meant to remind ...