History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Churches of Great Britain (Volume 3); Hereford. Lichfield. Lincoln. Landaff. St. Paul's. Norwich. Oxford pdf

History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Churches of Great Britain (Volume 3); Hereford. Lichfield. Lincoln. Landaff. St. Paul's. Norwich. Oxford. James Storer

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1817. Excerpt: ... OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH or yrtrrimr&fi. Respecting the ancient site of Medeshamstcd, or the city and Cathedral of Peterburgh, very little is recorded. Its original name, however, as well as the pleasant situation," would seem to indicate its having been at least a village, if not a considerable town, in the kingdom of Mercia, the largest state in the Saxon heptarchy. The eastern part of that kingdom being fenny, it was then called gyr, and the inhabitants were subsequently denominated by the Latin termination gyrvii, or fen-men. The earliest record of this place denominates it Medeshamstedce, i. e. meadow-village-site. The adjunct sted, place or site, which all writers concur in post-fixing to this name, is a presumptive proof that it had been "the busy haunt of men," long before the erection of the Abbey, though by what name it was designated it is now useless to inquire. Gunton derives the word Medes from a supposed gulf in the Nen, called Medes well; Bridges, more naturally, attributes it to the local peculiarity of rich meads or meadows, extending along the banks of the Nen; others convert the hamsted into a homestead, belonging to the extensive meadows eastward of the townf. The literal import of this name, however, is sufficiently clear and consistent with the usual practice of that age in denominating places. Although the early history of this conventual edifice is blended with some doubtful legends, still there is every reason to believe that the principal events recorded by the chroniclers of the monastery, are substantially correct. It appears that preparations for its construction were made (according to the abbot Hedda in 650) prior to the death of Penda, king of Mercia, who defeated and killed the Northumbrian king Oswald, the martyr and sain...

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