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Title: The counties of England, their story and antiquities
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson), 1854-1930
Subjects: Great Britain -- History England -- Antiquities
Publisher: London : G. Allen
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ained mastersof the country as far as the Picts and the Scots wouldpermit. Cheshire is far from Kent, where soon thedreaded Teutonic races made their appearance, andestablished their rule over the enfeebled Britons. Thecountry of the Dee-side remained at peace. Caer-Legion,or Caer Leon Vaur,^ as the Britons called it, heard onlythe smooth-tongued tones of Celtic speech, and nothingdisturbed its quietude, as far as is known, until in A.D. 613the fury of war burst upon the British people.Christianity had taught them many holy lessons of faith.Wales, with Cheshire, was a land of saints. Bede tells 1 The imagination of the Celtic mind has made Chester the Neomagus,founded by Magus, son of Samothes, son of Japhet, 240 years afterthe Flood. They say a giant named Leon Vaur, a conqueror of thePicts, built a city here, which was afterwards beautified by two Britishprinces, Caerleid and Caerleir. But, concludes the chronicler, theybe but raw antiquaries that will give credit to such relations.
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Cheshire 123 us that the monastery of Bangor, which may have beenthe Cheshire Banchor, about fifteen miles from Chester, flourished with learned men at the coming ofAugustine. SS. David, Asaph, and Padern allflourished after the Saxon had occupied England, andthe sixth century saw not only the foundation of theWelsh bishoprics, but also of the great Welsh monasteries,which were the especial glory of the Church in Wales.But the British Christians liked not Augustine, hishaughty ways, and his newfangled customs, and at acouncil refused subjection. So Augustine waxed wroth,and said that if they would not preach the way of lifeto the English, they should at their hands undergo theirvengeance. A terrible storm did burst upon the unhappy people.The heathen King Ethelfrid of Northumbria came downupon the fair land of Cheshire, defeated the Britons,captured and destroyed Chester. The monks of Bangorcame in crowds to the battle to offer prayers for thesuccess of their countrymen, and nearly 1,

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