Baptismal name Athelstan and kept the peace for the rest of his life.    From Wordnik.com.  [Art and Literature] Reference

"The jezailchies'll stand though," said Athelstan.    From Wordnik.com.  [In The Time Of Light] Reference

M21 The London "frith-gild" under Athelstan, 925-940.    From Wordnik.com.  [London and the Kingdom - Volume I] Reference

Here is the famous Abbey founded by King Athelstan for.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter] Reference

Athelstan King had changed his very nature with his clothes.    From Wordnik.com.  [In The Time Of Light] Reference

Manor occupies the site of an ancient palace of King Athelstan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter] Reference

In the days of Athelstan, 'Exeter was not purely English; it was.    From Wordnik.com.  [Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts] Reference

Before that spark could start an explosion Athelstan interfered.    From Wordnik.com.  [In The Time Of Light] Reference

Aelflaed, Bishop Frithestan also having passed away, Athelstan, as.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance] Reference

Athelstan, the grandson of Alfred the Great, the first ruler of all.    From Wordnik.com.  [From John O'Groats to Land's End] Reference

Northumbria; Ripon and Beverley to Athelstan, and York to Edward the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Customs of Old England] Reference

King Athelstan founded a college here in commemoration of the Battle of.    From Wordnik.com.  [From John O'Groats to Land's End] Reference

"She hasn't passed Ali Masjid!" said his brother, and Athelstan nodded.    From Wordnik.com.  [In The Time Of Light] Reference

The original ecclesiastic seal bore the seated figure of King Athelstan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lynton and Lynmouth A Pageant of Cliff & Moorland] Reference

Athelstan defeated the Britons in their last desperate struggle for freedom.    From Wordnik.com.  [From John O'Groats to Land's End] Reference

All the villagers watched in dread, and Athelstan began to moan with terror.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pillars of the Earth]

Now Athelstan liked to think that he was a greater king than Harald Fairhair.    From Wordnik.com.  [Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12)] Reference

King Athelstan ruled all England and the capital of England was on this site.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-07-01] Reference

It was as if she paved the way for use of Athelstan and that was a sacred name.    From Wordnik.com.  [In The Time Of Light] Reference

This, you see, was Harald's way of thanking Athelstan for his gift of the sword.    From Wordnik.com.  [Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12)] Reference

"Athelstan King -- a British arrficer -- sent on his way to these 'Hills' to spy!".    From Wordnik.com.  [In The Time Of Light] Reference

After this battle in the light of the setting sun, Athelstan is said to have seen the.    From Wordnik.com.  [From John O'Groats to Land's End] Reference

Rather more than a hundred years later Athelstan strengthened the city by repairing the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts] Reference

And though Athelstan had offered Otto a choice, it was, we are told, "love at first sight".    From Wordnik.com.  [The life of an Anglo-Saxon princess] Reference

He was so nearly the image of Athelstan King that Ismail and Darya Khan stood up and stared.    From Wordnik.com.  [In The Time Of Light] Reference

One of the great events in Ripon history is the visit of Alfred's grandson = King Athelstan =.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric] Reference

Powerstock Castle that was built within the ramparts of an ancient earthwork by King Athelstan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter] Reference

She was daughter of Edward the Elder, and half-sister to Athelstan, the first king of all England.    From Wordnik.com.  [Remains of first king of England's sister found in German cathedral] Reference

Admiral Spry on the site of a priory founded by Athelstan, belonging later to the monks of Plympton.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cornwall Coast] Reference

Tradition claims that King Athelstan threw up defensive earthworks here, but the existing castle is attributed to Joel of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference

In Edward II. 's reign the burgesses petitioned for the restoration of rights bestowed by a pretended charter from Athelstan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference

Ethelwulf, however, in 852, assembled a numerous army, with the assistance of his brother Athelstan, met them at Okely, in Surry.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Museum for Young Gentlemen and Ladies Or, a Private Tutor for Little Masters and Misses] Reference

Ednoth, Bishop of Dorchester (Lincoln); Alfwyn, Elfgar, and Athelstan, severally Bishops of Elmham; and Brithnoth, Duke of Northumberland.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ely Cathedral] Reference