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Offa
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Offa (d. 796), King of the Mercians from 757. He gradually secured dominion, either directly or as overlord, over other parts of England south of the R. Humber. His dealings with
Hadrian I led to a visit by two Papal legates to England in 786 and the creation of a new archbishopric at
Lichfield in 787 (suppressed in 803); in 787 his son was anointed king—the first recorded consecration of an English king.
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Make Hay while you can: Rambling; Pat Roberts, member of Walkingworld.com, takes in part of Offa's Dyke Path around Hay-on-Wye There's always a little shopping to do after a walk around Hay-on-Wye.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 10/8/2005; 700+ words
; ...great centre for walking. This is where Offa's Dyke Path and the Wye Valley Walk part...their separate ways. Our walk today uses Offa's Dyke Path as its outward route, but...metres turn right down a lane signed 'Offa's Dyke Path'. Follow the Offa's Dyke...
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 "Western Daily Press (Bristol UK)")
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Space age lasers reveal offa's Dyke missing link
Newspaper article from: Western Daily Press (Bristol UK); 6/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...archaeologists believe could be a missing section of Offa's Dyke. Aerial laser technology, which...metre stretch of the Dyke built by King Offa between 757 to 796 AD to keep the English...looks like it could be a missing section of Offa's Dyke. Everybody assumed that particular...
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 "Daily Post (Liverpool, England)")
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days out: Garreg, Offa's Dyke and bluebell wood; weekend walk.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 5/17/2008; 700+ words
; ...glory. The walk also visits some remains of Offa's Dyke and Coed Penygelli Woods, covered...road crossing a low rise. The wood is on Offa's Dyke and the road crosses it (though the so-called Offa's Dyke Path is far away from here on the...
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 "Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)")
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Offa's Dyke trek to find ancient border trees.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 5/13/2008; 700+ words
; ...distinctive trees with-in half a mile of Offa's Dyke," Mr McBride said. "People...Gate of the Dead". Just one mile from Offa's Dyke, this tree has a girth of 10 metres...hunter Rob McBride at the northern end of the Offa's Dyke
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Offa lot of litter picked.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 8/10/2009; 409 words
; ...pick has been organised to clean up the Offa area of Wrexham. Wrexham''s Assembly...Griffiths, joined local people and members of Offa Community Council, staff from Wrexham...virtue of the fact this particular area of Offa has been cleaned up, it will encourage...
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 "Bexhill Observer (Bexhill, England)")
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King Offa celebrates centenary.
Newspaper article from: Bexhill Observer (Bexhill, England); 3/8/2007; 700+ words
; ...assembly quite like Wednesday's at King Offa. Today's pupils have worked for months...cutlers. Each leaf of a symbolic King Offa tree bears the name of a pupil - past pupils...assembly: "Every time I come to King Offa I enjoy it...." He recalled his own...
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FIT FOR A KING; in association with fish4 With Mercian King Offa's famous dyke nearby, Chloe Beesley finds a home fit for royalty.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 12/23/2006; 700+ words
; ...makes commuting to Chester or the rest of North Wales a doodle. Offa's Dyke footpath winds its way through the village on its 177...Prestatyn to Chepstow. Around eight centuries after the Mercian King Offa built his earthwork in 800AD, Hendre Bach sprang into life...
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OFFA'S DYKE: Has missing walker kept on going?(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 5/22/2002; 479 words
; ...walk from Pandy but did not arrive at his destination in Hay-on-Wye. Mrs Jones believes her father, who planned to walk Offa's Dyke from Chepstow to Prestatyn, may have fallen and suffered amnesia but could still be walking somewhere in Wales oblivious...
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Offa's Dyke walker missing.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 5/15/2002; 270 words
; THE SEARCH to find a 79-year-old man walking the Offa's Dyke path is continuing after he failed to arrive at a bed and breakfast in Hay-on-Wye on Monday night. Philip Blake, from Cheltenham, was last seen leaving the Park Hotel in Pandy on Monday morning.
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Colin treks for ex-comrades; Old soldier's walk along Offa's Dyke.
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 5/25/2009; 587 words
; ...at 15 and served 25 years, is planning a sponsored walk along Offa's Dyke from Sedbury near Chepstow to Prestatyn. He will set...co.uk CAPTION(S): Army veteran Colin Bush is walking Offa's Dyke for service charities Picture: JEFF PITT jp210509offasdyke...
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Offa
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Offa (d. 796), king of Mercia (757–...its midland base. By the end of his reign Offa had added the provinces of the Hwicce , the...retained it until 785. Cynewulf of Wessex fought Offa at Benson c. 779 and although he lost some...
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Offa's Dyke
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Offa's Dyke ancient entrenchment of W England...River. It was built in the 8th cent. by Offa, king of Mercia , as a barrier against the...similar work, roughly parallels a section of Offa's at a distance of c.2 mi (3.2 km...
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Mercia, kingdom of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
...briefly an archbishopric during the reign of Offa ) and the important royal centres of Repton...xC6;thelbald (716–57) and Offa (757–96), both of whom claimed...the 8th-cent. Mercian kings include Offa's Dike and the churches of Brixworth...
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Egbert
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...aspirant for the crown of Wessex against Beohtric (reigned 786-802). He took refuge at the court of Offa of Mercia, but the alliance of Offa and Beohtric drove him to the Frankish court, where he may have spent three years. At Beohtric's death...
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England, kingdom of
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
...settlement emerged the kingdom of Mercia. In the later 8th cent., Offa (d. 796) overran Kent and Essex, including London, pushed...Rex Anglorum. But Mercia's supremacy depended essentially on Offa's personal prestige and his country was in decline before the...
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