-
Penselwood is a
village and
civil parish in the
English county of Somerset. It is
located 4
miles (6.4 km)
north east of Wincanton, 4
miles (6.4 km) south...
- The
English army led by
Edmund routed the
Danes near the
village of
Penselwood in the
ancient selwood forest. The
Battle of
Sherston was
fought after...
-
longships to cut off
communications up-river.
There was a
battle fought at
Penselwood in
Somerset – with a hill in
Selwood Forest as the
likely location – and...
-
inconclusive battles against the
Danes and
their English supporters at
Penselwood in
Somerset and
Sherston in Wiltshire. He then
raised the
siege of London...
- Britons, as Isca,
although David Nash Ford read it as a
reference to
Penselwood and
thought it more
likely to be
Lindinis (modern Ilchester). Nothing...
- road
towards Wincanton, and
adjoins the
villages of Bourton,
Dorset and
Penselwood, Somerset. Its name
comes from the Old
English sealh meaning a
small willow...
- the Wans****) in 652, and
further south at the
Battle of
Peonnum (at
Penselwood) in 658,
followed by an
advance west
through the
Polden Hills to the River...
- Cair
Mincip ("Fort Municipium": St Albans) Cair 'Pensa vel Coyt' ("Fort
Penselwood": Exeter? Ilchester?) Cair
Peris (Portchester?
Builth Wells?) Cair Segeint...
- "peak". An
element 'Pen' in
modern place-names in this area is
found in
Penselwood (Pen Selwood), near
Wincanton which is
called Penna in the
Domesday Book...
- divided, some
dealing with Edmund, some
besieging London. A
battle at
Penselwood, in
Somerset and a
subsequent battle at Sherston, in Wiltshire, fought...
