Offa

• “Hemel-Hempstead, with the name Offa rudely carved upon it.”

  Edwy the Fair or the First Chronicle of Aescendune

• ““Oh yes,” said I, “it was built by an old Saxon king called Offa, against the incursions of the Welsh.””

  Wild Wales : Its People, Language and Scenery

• “I had no fear that he would call Offa yet, or that Erling would suffer him to go to his comrades in the hall.”

  A King's Comrade A Story of Old Hereford

• “Sometimes the name Dykes may imply residence near some historic earthwork, such as Offa's Dyke, just as Wall, for which Waugh was used in the north, may show connection with the Roman wall.”

  The Romance of Names

• “Gareth Thomas MP, Labour's shadow universities minister drew attention to the fact that no institution had lowered its fees because of pressure from Offa.”

  The Guardian: Universities given go-ahead to charge £9,000 tuition fees

• “Final details of how much universities will charge undergraduates next year were released on Tuesday by the Office for Fair Access Offa, which has vetted proposals to widen participation in higher education.”

  The Guardian: Universities given go-ahead to charge £9,000 tuition fees

• “Offa revealed that negotiations took place with 52 institutions whose initial proposals did not meet the watchdog's expectations.”

  The Guardian: Universities given go-ahead to charge £9,000 tuition fees

• “They were still busy as I crossed to the western bank and slipped down along Offa's Dyke path – a tunnel here through tangled brakes of hazel and holly.”

  The Guardian: Country diary: Hay-on-Wye

• “Offa wants more universities to take students' backgrounds into account.”

  The Guardian: Universities raising fees must double spending on widening access

• “Offa said that universities that had the least diverse student population but were the most academically selective spent an annual average of £400 a student on widening access; from next year, they will be asked to spend up to £900.”

  The Guardian: Universities raising fees must double spending on widening access

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