E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Dragon’s Hill (Berkshire)
is where the legend says St. George killed the dragon. A bare place is shown on the hill, where nothing will grow, and there the blood of the dragon ran out.
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In Saxon annals we are told that Cedric, founder of the West Saxon kingdom, slew there Naud, the pendragon, with 5,000 men. This Naud is called Natan-leod, a corruption of Naudan ludh (Naud, the people’s refuge).
