 The Anglo @-@ Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals in Old English chronicling the history of the Anglo @-@ Saxons . The original manuscript of the Chronicle was created late in the 9th century , probably in Wessex , during the reign of Alfred the Great . Multiple copies were made of that one original and then distributed to monasteries across England , where they were independently updated . In one case , the Chronicle was still being actively updated in 1154 . 
