As a geographical term Wessex is capable of several interpretations and some misunderstandings.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter] Reference

This work led him to identify what he and others called the Wessex culture, noted for the rich grave goods of its burials.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Goddess and the Bull] Reference

If Alfred gives them London, Wessex is next and soon there will be little left to defend and England will be a Viking nation.    From Wordnik.com.  [“Sword Song: The Battle for London” by Bernard Cornwell (Harpercollins, 2008) « The BookBanter Blog] Reference

Here in Wessex the result was Cons first, for it’s that sort of place, UKIP second (result, thanks to PR) Labour fifth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ruralshire Constabulary – General Election Advice « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference

In 784 Egbert claimed to be heir of the kingdom called Wessex; but the people elected another man and Egbert had to flee for his life.    From Wordnik.com.  [Famous Men of the Middle Ages] Reference

Danes in Wessex provoked vengeance.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Parallel History of France and England; Consisting of Outlines and Dates] Reference

Travellers in agricultural England, either Wessex or.    From Wordnik.com.  [Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81.] Reference

White Dragon for Wessex, and the Raven for the Danes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Notes and Queries, Number 18, March 2, 1850] Reference

Then the Danes raided Wessex and terrible trouble began.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D.] Reference

Down in Wessex lies the scene of a memorable day with pike.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference

He was a native of Wessex, and resided with his father near.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bibliomania in the Middle Ages] Reference

Edgar, King of Mercia and Wessex, restorer of the monastery.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See] Reference

The name of the Danes inspired terror; Wessex was shattered.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gilbert Keith Chesterton] Reference

Alfred was to create a new centre, not in the North but in Wessex.    From Wordnik.com.  [Our Catholic Heritage in English Literature of Pre-Conquest Days] Reference

Hlothhere and Eadric, Withraed; those of Ine of Wessex, of Alfred.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1] Reference

Danes a large sum of money to leave Wessex in peace for four years.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D.] Reference

Egbert, king of Wessex, at length subduing the other princes of the.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Week of Instruction and Amusement, or, Mrs. Harley's birthday present to her daughter : interspersed with short stories, outlines of sacred and prophane history, geography &c.] Reference

She did but humble herself before the manifestation of a Wessex necessity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 7, 1892] Reference

This body chose as king, Harold, earl of Wessex, the leading man in England.    From Wordnik.com.  [Early European History] Reference

But at length Wessex over-powering the rest, formed them all into one monarchy.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Museum for Young Gentlemen and Ladies Or, a Private Tutor for Little Masters and Misses] Reference

Somerset, and the last of his triumphs, that of Badon Hill, somewhere in Wessex.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cornwall Coast] Reference

It is a familiar story how Alfred, king from 871 to 901 of the southern kingdom of Wessex.    From Wordnik.com.  [A History of English Literature] Reference

Mercia, contained all the middle countries from the Severn between East Anglia and Wessex.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Week of Instruction and Amusement, or, Mrs. Harley's birthday present to her daughter : interspersed with short stories, outlines of sacred and prophane history, geography &c.] Reference

Such was the state of affairs in England when Ethelwulf reigned over the kingdom of Wessex.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D.] Reference

Each of Alfred's three brothers reigned a short time before he became King of Wessex in 871.    From Wordnik.com.  [Our Catholic Heritage in English Literature of Pre-Conquest Days] Reference

Anglo-Saxon of Wessex, painted the scenery from the places that he and his readers knew best.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Book of Myths] Reference

They believed that they could find rich booty elsewhere and return to Wessex when they chose.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D.] Reference

When Alfred was nineteen the Danes raided England again, but did not enter the kingdom of Wessex.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D.] Reference

Mr. Clayton said that the matter examined by him was "merely wind-borne dust from the roads and lanes of Wessex.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of the Damned] Reference

Wessex was of very mixed bloods; I have given a fictitious Roman, Celt, and Saxon a part in the glory of Enthandune. '.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gilbert Keith Chesterton] Reference

For four years they continued their depredations "cruelly marking every shire in Wessex with burning and with harrying.".    From Wordnik.com.  [London and the Kingdom - Volume I] Reference

Halbertsma, in his "Lexicon Frisicum," gives it, among others, as a token that Frisians came into Wessex with the Saxons.    From Wordnik.com.  [Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect] Reference

EGBERT AND.THE SUPREMACY OF Wessex, 802-839 A.D. The beginning of the supremacy of Wessex dates from the reign of Egbert.    From Wordnik.com.  [Early European History] Reference

The coast swarmed with the pirate galleys and bands of marauders entered Wessex, plundering and burning in every direction.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D.] Reference

For four years the Danes left Alfred alone, but after the time agreed upon had expired they sent a powerful army into Wessex.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D.] Reference

By "this side of the Humber" Alfred means the south side, for now the center of learning was no longer Northumbria, but Wessex.    From Wordnik.com.  [English Literature for Boys and Girls] Reference