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(Newton), and at "Grille," and at "Oruaern" (Crewkerne), and 

 at " Hwitan-cyrcan " (Whitchurch, Dorset or Hants), and at 

 " Axanmuthan " (Axmouth), and at " Branecscumbe " (Brans- 

 combe) and at " Oolumtune " (Oolumpton), and at " Twyfyrde '' 

 (Twyford), and at " Mylenburnan " (Milborne, Dorset, or 

 Somerset), and at four other places, all which lands lay between 

 the east side of Hants and Cornwall. Then he says " That is 

 all that I have in 'Wealcynne,' " but " Triconscire " (Cornwall) ? 

 "Wealcynne" meaning " British Mn " or British race, for the 

 Saxons called all the Britons Wealas (foreigners), though -we 

 now confine the name "Wealas," or "Wealisc" to the Cymry 

 (the Welsh). From this word we have the word "walnut," in 

 Dorset "welshnut," or foreign nut, as brought from abroad. 

 Here, then, we learn from King Alfred's own words in his will 

 that Wessex was yet called "British kin," although he had 

 land in it. The mention of the battle of "Ethanduna" 

 by the Rev. J. J. Reynolds has brought to my mind a question 

 at one time not clearly answered Where was Ethandun ? 

 Ethandun would mean Furzedown or Furzydown, which might 

 help to mark the spot by a down that would have been furzy in 

 the time of King Alfred. 



