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Hereward

British

/ ˈhɛrɪwəd /

noun

called Hereward the Wake. 11th-century Anglo-Saxon rebel, who defended the Isle of Ely against William the Conqueror (1070–71): a subject of many legends

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The mural depicts the band's Abbey Road album cover, and is painted on the side of a Poundland store at Hereward Cross in the city centre, adjacent to a zebra crossing.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2025

Hereward, a novice monk, has to deliver the Holy Gospel of Lindisfarne to a monastery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2019

One clue comes from the genetic analysis of the dead conducted by University of Queensland researcher James Hereward.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 14, 2015

Hereward Holland is a freelance journalist and filmmaker based in London.

From National Geographic

Then the enemies of Hereward told the king that he had spoken evil of him, and persuaded him to arrest him for that and for having wounded Oger.

From The Boy's Book of Heroes by Helena Peake

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