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cole: bruxaxburh. 
hold them, and there was no earthly reason for their going there. 
The probabiUty is that they made for the Ouse, and landed their 
men off Wharf Mouth or Stillingfleet, within easy reach of York. 
I fancy Mr. Holderness is misled by the word "Eamot." He quotes 
Roger, of Howden, as saying that a treaty was signed between 
Athelstan and the confederates " at a place which is called Eamot," 
and he thinks that Eamot must mean Emmotland in Holderness. 
On the contrary, I am of opinion that Eamot is a corruption of 
Elmete. We know that Athelstan had a palace at Sherburn-in- 
Elmete, and often resided there. It is not far from the Roman 
road from Castleford to Tadcaster, and only a mile from a place 
in the parish called Huddleston, which is said to derive its name 
from Athelstan. Here, it may be observed, is a A'ast camp of fifty 
acres, surrounded by entrenchments, which I have often explored. 
What more likely than that the conqueror signed a treaty of peace 
at his dwelling in Elmete ? As if to corroborate this, it is a 
remarkable fact that, after the battle, Athelstan gave the manors 
of Sherburn-in-Elmete and Cawood to Holy Church, in thank- 
offering for his victory. The Archbishops of York became henceforth 
Lords of the Manor. ]May it not be that the battle of Brunanburh 
was actuallv fought in the neighbourhood — at Hook Moor, for 
instance, or Bramham Moor, or even Towton, whose river ran 
with blood many centuries after? History often repeats itself. 
At all events, this is the line of country where Ave might naturally 
expect the two contending armies to meet, and not in the East 
Riding. 
I have only one further observation to make, and that in 
reference to a correspondence which I have recently had with 
Mr. Napper, of Sussex. He adopts the view that the battle was 
fought in the East Riding, beginning at Burnby, and crossing the 
wolds to Brough on the Humber. In this he imitates Mr. Todd. 
But he ignores the fact that Athelstan advanced not from the 
north, but from the south. Moreover, he points to the tumuli 
on the wolds as indicating the scenes of the struggle. 1 had 
therefore to explain to him that the tumuli are of far more 
ancient date, and had nothing whatever to do with the battle 
