Hingwar drowns in the Kennet

A Viking chief, a winter river, and a town that took his name, or so they said.

An old legend says that Hingwar the Dane, better known as Ivarr the Boneless, drowned by accident while crossing the River Kennet at Hungerford. The town, the story goes, was named after him. Wikipedia explains that the tale grew from a mistaken belief that the Battle of Ethandun was fought at Eddington, beside Hungerford, rather than at Edington in Wiltshire or Somerset. The name more probably has nothing to do with Vikings. No second fetched source repeats the tale, so treat it as a single-source story tied loosely to the river crossing.

One sourceOnly one written account of this legend has been found so far.