Houndsditch
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Houndsditch is a street running through parts of the Portsoken and Bishopsgate Without wards of the City of London, areas which are also a part of the East End of London. The road follows the line of
Houndsditch at dusk geograph.org.uk 1021517
1872 engraving of Houndsditch by Gustave Doré
Eadric Streona
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Eadric Streona was Ealdorman of Mercia from 1007 until he was killed by King Cnut. Eadric was given the epithet "Streona" in Hemming's Cartulary because he appropriated church land and funds for himse
Houndsditch
…the city. The ditch was reputedly known as a dumping ground for dead dogs, and a legend also recalls that Cnut had the body of infamous English traitor Eadric Streona dragged through the city by his heels, burnt with torches and then decapitated. His body was then ignominiously dumped over the wall, and into the ditch…
A page from Hemming's Cartulary, an 11th-century manuscript.
Ashingdon hill in Essex, the more likely location of the Battle of Assandun