One of the first references to the site was made by King Alfred's tutor.

He died in 862 when King Alfred the Great was still a young man.

You inherited his luck from King Alfred, and paid with your love.

He was defeated by King Alfred in the 9th century.

There are two good things this time that were not so when King Alfred's man tried to fly from my tower.

This time the town held out until relieved by King Alfred.

Some claim the college was founded by King Alfred in 872.

But at King Alfred it is very different and very difficult.

King Alfred the Great was born here in the 9th century.

King Alfred's College trained thousands of teachers, at first men only, but women as well from 1960.