Event: Burh - buildingĘthelflęd 4.building of burh ęt Weardbyrig
Scholarly Info
Description |
[Ęthelflęd 4 built] that [burh] ęt Weardbyrig. |
Year |
915 |
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Primary Source Info
Original Text |
... ža ęt Weardbyrig ... |
Date from Source |
[915] B, 915 C: in the next year [after Ęthelflęd 4 built the burh at Warwick] after midwinter |
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Notes:
*@Swanton 1996, p. 99, translates the phrase as 'then that at Weardbyrig', but 'then' is not justified in this context. He suggests (loc. cit, n. 8) that 'ęt Weardbyrig' is '[p]erhaps Warburton on the south bank of the River Mersey, Cheshire.'
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