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view eastward on the statue of "King Alfred The Great" - the statue of a "King Alfred The Great" was designed by "Hamo Thornycroft, R.A.", and erected in 1899 to mark one thousand years since "Alfred's" death - excerpt form Wikipedia: "Alfred the Great", * 848 or 849 in Wantage, Oxfordshire; † October 26, 899) was King of the West Saxons (Wessex) from 871 and of the Anglo-Saxons from around 886. His special significance for English history lies in the fact that, after successfully repelling the Vikings, he laid the foundations for a unification of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms under the hegemony of Wessex and promoted the Old English language and literature. |
