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When Was Wessex Destroyed

Cnut the Great, who conquered England in 1016, created the wealthy and powerful earldom of Wessex, but in 1066 Harold Godwinson reunited the earldom with the crown and Wessex ceased to exist. The Kingdom of Wessex had thus been transformed into the Kingdom of England . Although Wessex had now… 

When Was Wethersfield Ct Founded

History. Founded in 1634 by a Puritan settlement party of “10 Men” including John Oldham, Robert Seeley, Thomas Topping and Nathaniel Foote, Wethersfield is arguably the oldest town in Connecticut, depending on one’s interpretation of when a remote settlement qualifies as a “town”. Along with Windsor and Hartford,… The Connecticut…