The vale of Holms-Dale
Was never won, ne never shall.
Holms-Dale lies partly in Surrey and partly in Kent. Several battles were formerly fought here between the Saxons and invading Danes, in which the former proved victorious; which, probably, gave rise to the proverb: but it was undoubtedly won by William the Conqueror, who marched his army through it in his way to London.
