shippey

Updated: July 3, 2026

Ethelwolf defeated the enemy in one great battle, but too late to prevent a hold-up upon the island of Thanet, and afterwards at Shippey, near London, where the enemy settled himself. He was gone a year, during which time very little reigning was done at home, and the Northmen kept making treaties and coming over in larger droves.

Bill Nye - Comic History of England