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Died c. 800 (?). Two churches--at Middleham, Yorkshire, and Giggleswick, West Riding--are dedicated to Saint Alkeld. Local tradition claims that she was a Saxon princess (and probably a nun). Apparently she was strangled by Danish pirates (or their women), because that is how she is depicted in an ancient painting.

She was buried in a church at Middleham. Edward IV's patent survives that enabled his brother Richard (later Richard III) to establish the college of Middleham in honour of Christ, His Mother, and Saint Alkeld (Benedictines, Farmer).


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