 This situation altered with the coming of Athelstan to power in England in 927.On 12 July 927, Eamont Bridge (and/or possibly the monastery at Dacre, Cumbria, and/or the site of the old Roman fort at Brougham) was the scene of a gathering of kings from throughout Britain as recorded in the "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" and the histories of William of Malmesbury and John of Worcester.Present were