ATHELINGEY, or NOBLES' ISLAND, a fastness in Somersetshire, in which King Alfred concealed himself when the Danes overran his country. It is now a gentle eminence in a cultivated district; it was then a jungle of about 100 acres, surrounded by a deep morass, from which he issued in many successful assaults on his astonished enemies.
Athelstan It is commonly called Athelney, and is now occupied by a single farm-house.