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In 1974 Herefordshire was merged with Worcestershire to become part of the county of Hereford and Worcester, and Hereford became a district of the new county. Hereford had formed a historic borough and was reformed by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. [20] On 1 April 1998 the County of Hereford and Worcester was abolished, and Herefordshire ...
Oct 4, 2024 · Hereford, city, unitary authority and historic county of Herefordshire, west-central England, on the River Wye. Hereford was founded as a settlement near the Welsh March—the politically unstable belt of territory flanking Wales on the east in medieval times—after the West Saxons had crossed the River Severn early in the 7th century.
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Mar 14, 2021 · Saxon Hereford. Hereford means the Ford used by the army. The Saxons arrived in this part of England in the 7th century and a settlement grew up at the ford. In 676 AD it was made the seat of a bishop. By 700 AD Hereford had grown into a town. In 760 a battle was fought between the English and the Welsh at Hereford.
Hereford is a cathedral city and the county town of Herefordshire. ... Hereford became the seat of Putta, Bishop of Hereford at some time between 676 and 688, after ...
Oct 5, 2024 · Herefordshire probably originated as a shire in the time of the English king Athelstan (reigned 925–939). The county was the scene of constant border warfare with the Welsh under Gruffudd ap Llewelyn, prince of Gwynedd. Harold Godwinson (later Harold II of England), whose earldom included this county, restored order in 1063.
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Hereford became a burgh by the early 10th century and its defences withstood a Danish assault in 914 AD. The fortifications were strengthened around 1050 with the building of the first castle at Hereford. This is believed to have been a Motte and Bailey type of castle, built by the Saxon leader Ralph the Timid prior to the Norman Conquest of 1066.
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Jan 16, 2021 · At the beginning of the second millennium AD, in the days of King Ethelred (the Unready,978-1016), Hereford had become one of the principal centres ofSaxon England. Evidence suggests that there could well have been a market in Hereford as early as958. The county itself, however, was not referred to as Herefordshire until the reign of Canute […]
