FACTS ABOUT KING ALFRED AND SOMERSET STRONGHOLD REVEALED

Saxon kings granted land in Somerset by constitution from the 7th century onward. How and extent to which the Britons survived underneath the Saxons can be a debatable matter. On the other hand, King Ine's regulations make provision for Britons. Somerset initially shaped part of Wessex and latter became a individual "shire". Somersetshire appears t