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 Anglo-Saxon Chronicle : Year 902   901    903
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This year was the great fight at the Holme (39) between the men of Kent and the Danes.

(This year Elswitha died.)

(39) Or, in Holmsdale, Surry: hence the proverb -- "This is Holmsdale, Never conquer'd, never shall."

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Translation by Rev. James Ingram (London, 1823), with additional readings from the translation of Dr. J.A. Giles (London, 1847).