• is buried at Tynemouth Priory. Offa arranges coastal defences to fend off Viking attacks. He forms an alliance with Essex, Kent and Sussex, in an attempt...
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    direct Mercian control in about 670, as Essex became gradually reduced in size and status. After the death of Offa of Mercia in 796, it was disputed between...
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    centuries, but the territory was taken by Offa of Mercia in 794. Mercia control lapsed briefly following the death of Offa but was reestablished. The Danish Great...
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    settlements in the areas that are now Edmonton and Bush Hill Park. In 790 King Offa of Mercia was recorded as giving the lands of Edmonton to St Albans Abbey...
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    called "Albanestou"), which included Watford, dating from a grant by King Offa of Mercia in AD 793. When King Henry VIII of England dissolved the monasteries...
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  • Independencia 2,006 Eighth largest province of the Dominican Republic. County Offaly 2,001 County in the Leinster province of the Republic of Ireland. Ayon Island...
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    called "Albanestou"), which included Watford, dating from a grant by King Offa in AD 793. The name Watford is first mentioned in an Anglo-Saxon charter...
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    Galway, south Roscommon, Dublin, Kildare, Laois, Louth, Meath, Wicklow, Offaly, and Westmeath, and yellow and orange wind and rain warnings for the rest...
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    and folk-customs are thought to be ancient, such as the tales featuring Offa of Angel and Wayland the Smith, others date from after the Norman invasion...
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    Dugdale states that he was a prince, a son of the house of King Offa, King of the Essex or the East Saxons; He may have been born in the Kingdom of Lindsey...
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  • “The Shining,” are featured. 38 6 "Attack of the Irish Elemental" County Offaly, Ireland – Leap Castle November 15, 2006 (2006-11-15) 1.800 Ireland's Leap...
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    (in Munster) John Burke (in Connacht) Edmund O'Dwyer (in Munster) Earl of Essex Earl of Manchester Thomas Fairfax Oliver Cromwell George Monck (in Scotland)...
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  • influence was at its strongest during this era in Japan. 795 29 July Death of Offa. Marks the end of Mercian dominance in England. 800 25 December Charlemagne...
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    of the age, the Frankish king Charlemagne, recognised the Mercian King Offa's power and accordingly treated him with respect, even if this could have...
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    though it was not constant. Aethelbald and Offa, the two most powerful kings, achieved high status; indeed, Offa was considered the overlord of south Britain...
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    evidence of Islamic influence in England dates to the 8th century, when Offa, the Anglo-Saxon king of Mercia, minted a coin with an Arabic inscription...
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    December 2020. Dennis, Farrington; Palfreyman, David (21 February 2011). "OFFA and £6000–9000 tuition fees" (PDF). OxCHEPS Occasional Paper No. 39. Oxford...
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  • boxer lands a blow for fitness", Globe and Mail, 22 February 2005, A7. "Adam van Koeverden". The House of Commons of Canada. Retrieved 13 June 2022. Who's...
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    estate to its close proximity to Winchcombe, which, during the reign of King Offa, was the capital of the Kingdom of Mercia. Under royal patronage, Winchcombe...
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    Retrieved 7 August 2020. Hosford P, Neville S (7 August 2020). "Kildare, Offaly and Laois residents not permitted to travel outside their counties". Irish...
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  • the nickname of the great reflecting telescope at Birr Castle, County Offaly, Ireland. JPL · 8813 8814 Rosseven 1983 XG William Brendan Parsons, Seventh...
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    the river's floodplain, by the ancient ford called Rhyd-y-groes, where Offa's Dyke meets the Severn. The ford retained strategic value: reportedly in...
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  • 14 March 1316 FitzGerald extant created Marquess of Kildare and Earl of Offaly in 1761 and Duke of Leinster in 1766 Earl of Louth 12 May 1319 Bermingham...
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    invasion attempts from Wessex ensued. Following a period of rule by King Offa of Mercia, Sussex regained its independence but was annexed by Wessex around...
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  • theologian (approximate date) Jia Dan, general of the Tang Dynasty (d. 805) Offa, king of Mercia (approximate date) Tarasios, patriarch of Constantinople...
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  • (For references and location detail see List of monastic houses in County Offaly edit) Return to top of page (For references and location detail see List...
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    at Larne, in the style of a round tower. Pele tower Rock of Cashel Alan Van Dine, Unconventional Builders, Doubleday Ferguson, 1977, p. 29, 34 Middleton...
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  • Plurinational State of Bolivia. pp. Article 6. "Canada.ca". 13 December 2013. "Offaly (South)". "La Ginesta, flor nacional de Catalunya" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-03-18...
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