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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 meets a fierce swordsman on the road and the skilled fighter protects him from a Viking death squad tasked with capturing the book.

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

Let us glance at Hereward as he bade farewell for many a year to the home of his youth.

From The Boy's Book of Heroes by Peake, Helena

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