FACTS ABOUT KING ALFRED AND SOMERSET STRONGHOLD REVEALED

Saxon kings granted land in Somerset by charter within the 7th century onward. How and extent to which the Britons survived underneath the Saxons can be a debatable matter. Even so, King Ine's laws make provision for Britons. Somerset initially fashioned Section of Wessex and latter became a independent "shire". Somersetshire seems to happen to be