The Church of Grasmere: A HistoryArmitt, Mary L. (Mary Louisa)
History
The Church of Grasmere: A History
Armitt, Mary L. (Mary Louisa)
St. Oswald's Church (Grasmere, England)
[6] See Rhys' _Celtic Britain_ for a suggestion that Edwin's
conquest and Teyrnllwg may represent a considerable portion of
our district, also "Rydal" in _Westmorland Gazette_, May 2nd,
1903. Mr. Farrer, while noticing this point in _Victorian History
of Lancashire_, vol. ii., considers that better authority could
be desired. For the list of names of gifts to Ripon that have
come down to us, see Canon Raine's _Historians of the Church of
York_. Amounderness, between the Ribble and the Cocker, is one.
Cartmel is probably another. The region "dunutinga" may possibly
be referred to the Duddon and beyond, where still are manor and
fells called Dunnerdale, and the hamlet of Old Dunning Well and
Dumerholme. Donya is the name of some explored earthworks at
the junction of Bannisdale beck with the Mint, north of Kendal.
"Goedyne" suggests "Gadeni" or "Cadeni," a name applied to the
people of the Borders. See Prof. Veitch's _History and Poetry
of Scottish Borders_. The lands of William de Dunnington are
mentioned in the _Furness Abbey Coucher Book_, ccviii.
Whatever had been Alchfrith's intentions about Ripon, Wilfrith's
were clear in thus making it the church centre for a district as
wide as a diocese. In effect, it was a diocese; though only for a
short time was there a recognized Bishop of Ripon. And this was after
Ecgfrith and Wilfrith had unhappily quarrelled, and Wilfrith had
been expelled from Northumbria, when Theodore, the new archbishop,
who had been called north to re-organize the huge diocese, made
finally five bishoprics out of it; and Eadhed (after temporarily
ruling a see at Lindsey) became, according to Bede, the Bishop of
Ripon. But upon the reconciliation of Wilfrith with King Aldfrith,
who succeeded Ecgfrith, Eadhed retired from Ripon, and Wilfrith again
took possession of it, and ruled it--though only as abbot--until his
death.
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