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Æthelflæd Æthelflæd (from The Cartulary and Customs of Abingdon Abbey, c. 1220) Lady of the Mercians Reign 911–918 Predecessor Æthelred Successor Ælfwynn Born c. 870 Died 12 June 918 (aged c. 48) Tamworth, Staffordshire Burial St Oswald's Priory, Gloucester Spouse Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians Issue Ælfwynn, Lady of the Mercians House Wessex Father Alfred the Great Mother Ealhswith ...
Chester city walls consist of a defensive structure built to protect the city of Chester in Cheshire, England. Their construction was started by the Romans when they established the fortress of Deva Victrix between 70 and 80 [CE]. It originated with a rampart of earth and turf surmounted by a wooden palisade.
1445: Fee-farm (rent payable to the Crown) for Chester is halved from £100 to £50, attributed to silting of the River Dee; further reductions agreed in 1484 and 1486. [ 62 ] 1450 : A group of Cheshire gentry successfully petitions the Crown against the introduction of a parliamentary subsidy.
The Chester city walls surround what was the extent of the English city of Chester in the medieval period. They started as a defensive structure for the fortress of Deva Victrix during the Roman occupation of Britain. Originating between 70 and 90 AD, they consisted of earth ramparts surmounted by wooden palisades. At intervals there were ...
A bridge had been built by 1086, when the Domesday Book records that the Provost of Chester Castle could summon a man from every hide of land in Cheshire to rebuild Chester's walls and bridge. [5] The bridge was reached by a causeway , which according to a manuscript in the Harleian Collection was built for Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester ...
Survey work was carried out at the Little Chester Site between 1986 and 1990 and notes "Refurbishments to the defences in the late Saxon period may be associated with the Danish incursions of the 9th century and Little Chester could be the site of the battle of 917" [7] The battle itself is not well attested to.
Chester is a cathedral city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, close to the England–Wales border. With a built-up area population of 92,760 in 2021, [1] it is the most populous settlement in the borough of Cheshire West and Chester. It is also the historic county town of Cheshire and the second-largest settlement in Cheshire after ...
In a 2011 production for the Chester Heritage Trail called Aethelflaeda: Saxon Queen she was played by Lisa-Marie Hoctor. In the television series The Last Kingdom she was played by Millie Brady from 2017-2022. [7] Arman, Joanna (2017). The Warrior Queen : the Life and Legend of Aethelflaed, Daughter of Alfred the Great. Stroud, UK: Amberley.