Betheneyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Betheney was the original name of the town of Stafford (Stadford, Staffort, Stafforde) in Staffordshire, England. The name was said come from Berthelin, a hermit (later a Saint) who lived here. The first authentic mention of it is in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, where it is stated that Aethelflead, lady of the Mercians, in 913 built a fort at Stafford. It was a place of considerable importance in later Anglo-Saxon times, and the evidence of coins shows that a mint then existed here. Stafford is described as a borough in the Domesday Book, and at the time of the survey it was the chief place in the county though many of the houses were "wasted."