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Named by the Danes, Sewerby has had different spellings, including Sewarby and Suerby.

The monastery founded here in the 7th century by St Felix rivalled Ely until its destruction by the Danes in 870.

The bushes to the left hide the site of the old abbey at Abingdon, founded in 676 and again in 955 after the original had been destroyed by marauding Danes.

This ship was built to celebrate the 1500th anniversary of the landing of Hengist and Horsa and the incursions into Britain of the Anglo- Saxons and Danes.

In 910 Tettenhall was the scene of a great battle in which the Saxons under Edward the Elder and Ethelflaed (the son and daughter of Alfred the Great) decisively defeated the Danes.

No less than three bishops died fighting the Danes.

Great Malvern grew up around a Benedictine Priory said to have been founded by St Wrest, who found sanctuary here from marauding Danes.

The Minster Crypt 1886 There are many fine tombs within the Minster, including that of Saint Ethelred, a brother of Alfred, who was killed by the Danes in 873.

It was here that Edward the Elder of Wessex defeated the Danes.

The Saxons and the Danes fought two battles near to Charmouth, though the village's history recalls a later defeat, for Charles II passed this way as a fugitive after the Battle of Worcester.

At the beginning of the last millennium, marauding Danes landed on these sandy beaches and put the village of Exmouth to fire and sword.

Clifford's Tower was built by Henry III; it occupies the site of William the Conqueror's motte and bailey destroyed by the Danes in 1069.

Swanage may get its name from Swene's Wic, the Bay of Swene, perhaps commemorating the naval battle between Saxons and Danes in 877.

Built in the 1860s, the railway viaduct crosses three waterways - the old course of the River Weaver, the Weaver Navigation and the River Dane.

At the beginning of the last millennium, marauding Danes landed on these sandy Devon beaches and put the village of Exmouth to fire and sword.

On the edge of Romney Marsh, this village, with its broad street, was once a flourishing seaport and shipbuilding centre; it was captured by the Danes with a fleet of 250 ships in the 9th century.

In 910 Tettenhall was the scene of a great battle in which the Saxons under Edward the Elder and Ethelflaed (the son and daughter of Alfred the Great) decisively defeated the Danes.

At the beginning of the last millennium, marauding Danes landed on these sandy beaches and put the village of Exmouth to fire and sword.

It was cut out of the chalk in 1778, although legend suggests that a shape facing the other way was carved out to commemorate King Alfred's defeat of the Danes in AD 878.

Tradition has it that this was the landing-place of both the Danes and of St Augustine.

The town may get its name from Swene's Wic, the Bay of Swene, perhaps commemorating the great naval battle fought nearby between the Saxons and Danes in 877.

The abbey was founded in AD670 as a nunnery by Sexburga, widow of Ercombert, King of Kent; the original building was burnt by the Danes.

The beautiful church of St Clement Danes bestrides its centre, and was erected in 1688 from a design by Wren.

Much of the area was under water when King Alfred used the marshlands as a base for guerrilla operations against the Danes.