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Bridgnorth

Bridgnorth is a market town on the River Severn in Shropshire, England. Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, built a burh, or fortified town, there in 912 against the Vikings, who had camped nearby in 895–896. In 1102 Henry I besieged and took the castle of the rebel Robert of Bellême at Bridgnorth, and the town grew on its sandstone ridge above the river.

Bridgnorth
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Bridgnorth. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/bridgnorth
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