The plot follows a group of ramblers as they attempt to recreate their conquest of the Offa's Dyke path 20 years earlier.
The school originally stood at the top of Ysgoldy Hill, opposite the church, but in 1858 moved to a new site on the Penycae road between Mill Farm and Offa's Dyke.
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26 July - Offa dies and is succeeded by his son Ecgfrith who reigns only until December; Wessex regains its independence.
Arthur's Dyke is a 2001 British film starring Pauline Quirke and Brian Conley.
Ælfflæd of Mercia, daughter of Offa, wife of King Æthelred I of Northumbria
The Battle of Bensington, a major battle between Offa's Mercia and the West Saxons in 779 AD
Land that had traditionally been on the borders of Mercia and Wessex were administered by the Mercian court, as is seen in Charters of Offa, and his son Ecgfrith.
Devil's Dykes, a series of Roman fortifications between Hungary and Serbia
According to a plaque at one entrance to the dyke, the land was presented by Lord Brocket in 1937 on the occasion of the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
The later Mercian kings Æthelbald, Offa and Ecgfrith were descended from Eowa; the period of their rule began in 716 following the death of Penda's grandson Ceolred and ended with Ecgfrith's death in December 796.
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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records the lineage of two Mercian king's of Eowa's blood, Æthelbald and Offa.
The Offa's Dyke Path long distance trail runs from north to south over the hill as does the Beacons Way.
The trails links with the Birmingham and Aberystwyth Walk, Black and White Village Trail, Clun Valley Walk, Elan Valley Way, Geopark Way, Leadon Valley Walks, Marches Way, Monnow Valley Walk, Mortimer Trail, Offa's Dyke Path National Trail, Ross Round, Teme Valley Walk, Teme Valley Way, Upper Lugg Valley Walk, Vaughan's Way and the Wye Valley Walk.
Subsequent programmes in the first series were on Boadicea, King Arthur and Alfred the Great, shown with a re-run of Offa over successive nights in March 1980.
They conflicted over land which they both claimed as theirs, and Jænberht refused to crown Offa's son Ecgfrith.
Regarded as a simpleton in youth, Offa fought the Saxons at Rendsburg on an island in the River Eider, thereby securing his southern border with them.
Some historians have suggested that it was Offa’s defeat of the Welsh and the West Saxons of Wessex that established the Mercian Supremacy, which remained unchallenged until 825 when Egbert of Wessex supported an East Anglian rebellion against Beornwulf of Mercia, whose death at Ellandun effectively brought the Supremacy to an end.
Pant has a few notable features: Llanymynech Golf Club is unique as the only 18 hole course in the UK to straddle the border between two countries; Llanymynech Ogof, a copper mine where many Roman artefacts have been found; Bryn Offa Church of England Primary School, a relatively new school built after the closure of four schools in the surrounding area; and a large gin wheel in the village.
But the sceat fabric survived in East Anglia under Beonna and until the mid 9th century in Northumbria, while the new-style coinages were not struck not only by Offa, but also by the kings of East Anglia, Kent, and Wessex, by two archbishops of Canterbury, and even in the name of Offa's queen, Cynethryth.
Later King Offa of Mercia built Offa's Dyke from the mouth of the River Wye near Chepstow to Chester and local remains can still be seen in the nearby Hudnalls Wood.
Wat's Dyke is a 40 mile (64 km) earthwork running through the northern Welsh Marches from Basingwerk Abbey on the River Dee estuary, passing to the east of Oswestry and onto Maesbury in Shropshire, England.