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Sutton Courtenay Manor, Oxfordshire, England=According to the 12th-century tradition of the house, the vill of SUTTON was given to Abingdon Abbey by King Ini (688–728). The story went on to relate how Abbot Hrethun in 801 gave 100 manentes of land here and £120 to Coenwulf, King of the Mercians, in exchange for Andersey Island. Be this as it may, Sutton remained a royal vill until the reign of ...
The Old Dee Bridge, Cheshire,England= The Old Dee Bridge in Chester , Cheshire, England, is the oldest bridge in the city. It crosses the River Dee carrying the road that leads from the bottom of Lower Bridge Street and the Bridgegate to Handbridge. A bridge on this site was first built in the Roman era, and the present bridge is largely the result of a major rebuilding in 1387. It is recorded ...