History of Herefordshire
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title:
History of Herefordshire
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The known history of Herefordshire starts with a shire in the time of King Athelstan (r. 895–939), and Herefordshire is mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in 1051. The first Anglo-Saxon settlers, the 7th-century Magonsætan, were a sub-tribal unit of the Hwicce who occupied the Severn valley. The Magonsætan were said to be in the intervening lands between the Rivers Wye and Severn. The undulating hills of marl clay were surrounded by the Welsh mountains to the west; by the Malvern Hills to th
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History of the English county
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Herefordshire
date created:
2004-12-17T20:31:40Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T08:49:23Z
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