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preserves the name of Anlaf, the son of Sitric, who certainly 
was a Christian in his later years, and indicates the place 
of his death and burial. 
Eric was killed A.D. 952, (or 954 according to the 
Saxon Chronicle,) by Maco, son of Onlaf, therefore, very 
probably, the son of this king. The death of Eric paved 
the way for his resuming the kingdom ; but his reign must 
have been of very short duration, for in the same year 
Eadred obtained the kingdom of the Northumbrians, and 
all England was thenceforward united under one sovereign. 
That year, then, we may safely regard as the period of his 
death, and the erection of this monument. 
So remarkable a collection of fragments of sepulchral 
monuments of different dates, (and it is believed that the 
number actually found was even greater still,) indicates the 
existence, in early times, of a considerable religious estab- 
lishment on the site of the Parish Church of Leeds; and 
of such an establishment we seem to have two notices, which, 
owing to some blundering in the spelling of the names, have 
been hitherto overlooked. In the life of St. Gildas, who lived 
in the fifth century, it is said that his brother Mailoc, after 
being instructed in sacred learning, came to Luihes, in the 
district of Elmail, and there built a monastery, in which, 
continually serving God with prayer, praise, and fasting, he 
rested at length in peace. I believe that a mistake of one 
letter has been made in each of these names, and that for 
Luihes and Elmail, we should read Luides and Elmad, 
i.e., Leeds and Elmet. The extent of the district of Elmet 
in ancient times may be learned from an ancient Anglo- 
Saxon MS., published by Gale, in which it is said, 
" Elmedssetna continet sexcentas hidas," and as the hide 
signified land under cultivation, and most of this district was 
forest, this computation indicates an extent which will warrant 
us in believing that Leeds, which is about twelve miles from 
