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69-678: The Burton Brewery Company was one of the largest brewers in Burton upon Trent , England in the 19th century. The company was founded in 1842 by Henry and Thomas Wilders, who came from a family of tanners . They built their brewery on their leather-working premises in Burton High Street. It grew remarkably quickly and was the third largest brewery in 1861 with 297 employees. The company also had maltings in Ashby-de-la-Zouch . Along with many other breweries Burton Brewery Co.

138-628: A Burton-based brewery and process engineering company established in 1732 by Samuel Briggs. Famous for its manufacturing innovation and craftsmanship across the world, Briggs moved from its works in New Street to Derby Street having taken over its rival Robert Morton DG in 1988. The former site is now occupied by the Octagon Shopping Centre. Established in 1740, Thornewill and Warham was a metal hardware and industrial metalwork manufacturer, later an engineering company that became

207-581: A fortified place" along the River Trent and dates from the 8th century. According to the town's charter the official name of the town is Burton upon Trent. However, the form 'Burton-on-Trent' is used for the post town by Royal Mail and for the town's railway station . Rykneld Street , a Roman road, ran north-east through what later became the parish of Burton, linking settlements at Letocetum ( Wall ), near Lichfield and Derventio (Little Chester) near Derby . Between 666 and 669 Wilfrid ,

276-645: A growth in native breweries, supplemented by outside brewing companies moving into the town, so that over 30 breweries were recorded in 1880. However at the beginning of the 20th century there was a slump in beer sales, causing many breweries to fail; the industry suffered from the Liberal government 's anti-drinking attitudes. This time no new markets were found and so the number of breweries shrank by closure and consolidation from 20 in 1900 to 8 in 1928. After further mergers and buy-outs, just three main breweries remained by 1980: Bass , Ind Coope and Marston's . Burton

345-566: A non-county borough within Staffordshire, but this was not implemented. Under the Local Government Act 1972 , the town became on 1 April 1974, an unparished area in the new district of East Staffordshire . The town became entirely parished on 1 April 2003, when the parishes of Anglesey , Brizlincote , Burton , Horninglow and Eton , Shobnall , Stapenhill , and Winshill were created. Burton parish itself only covers

414-530: A notable producer of steam engines and railway locomotives. It also constructed two footbridges across the River Trent in Burton. It too was acquired by S. Briggs & Co, in 1929. A market has been held on Thursdays in Burton since a charter was granted to the abbot by King John on 12 April 1200. Burton today has an indoor and an outdoor market, which are owned by East Staffordshire Borough Council. In 2011

483-470: A number of parish councils covering different parts of the urban area. There is a parish called Burton which just covers the central part of the town. Burton is the administrative centre for the borough of East Staffordshire and forms part of the Burton and Uttoxeter constituency . The local Member of Parliament (MP) is the Labour Party 's Jacob Collier , who has represented the constituency since

552-620: A number of well known rock bands appeared at the 76 Club nightclub in Burton, including Dire Straits and the Sex Pistols . Bloodstock Open Air is an annual festival of heavy metal music , which takes place in August and has been held at Catton Hall in Walton-on-Trent , 8 miles south-west of Burton since 2005. Burton Operatic Society is a musical theatre company based in Burton and produces two productions each year. The town

621-873: A permanent camp on the Isle of Sheppey in south east England and settling followed from 865, when brothers Halfdan Ragnarsson and Ivar the Boneless wintered in East Anglia . Halfdan and Ivar moved north and captured Northumbria in 867 and York as well. Danelaw – a special rule of law – was soon established in the settled areas and shaped the local cultures there for centuries. Cultural remains are still noticeable today. The Danes first arrived in Ireland in 795 CE, at Rathlin Island , initiating subsequent raids and fortified trade settlements, so called longphorts . During

690-418: A significant number of warehouses based in Burton (and nearby Fradley Park ). Notable businesses with distribution centres and warehouses include B&Q , Boots , Hobbycraft , Holland & Barrett , DHL , Waterstones , Clipper and Amazon . The main venue for live theatre and other performing and visual arts is The Brewhouse , which is run by East Staffordshire Council. During the 1970s and 1980s

759-474: Is known for its brewing . The town grew up around Burton Abbey . Burton Bridge was also the site of two battles, in 1322 , when Edward II defeated the rebel Earl of Lancaster and in 1643 when royalists captured the town during the First English Civil War . William Lord Paget and his descendants were responsible for extending the manor house within the abbey grounds and facilitating

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828-486: Is a market town in the borough of East Staffordshire in the county of Staffordshire , England, close to the border with Derbyshire . At the 2021 census , it had a population of 76,270. The demonym for residents of the town is Burtonian . Burton is located on the River Trent 11 miles (18 km) south-west of Derby and 20 miles (32 km) south of the Peak District National Park . Burton

897-429: Is about 50 metres above sea level; the village of Winshill and the suburb of Stapenhill rise to 130 m and 100 m respectively. Burton became a centre for the brewing industry due in part to the quality of the local water, which contains a high proportion of dissolved salts, predominantly caused by the gypsum in the surrounding hills. This allowed a greater proportion of hops, a natural preservative, to be included in

966-518: Is at the easternmost border of the county of Staffordshire with Derbyshire, its suburbs and the course of the River Trent forming part of the county boundary. It is also near the south-eastern terminus of the Trent and Mersey Canal . Burton lies within the northern boundary of the National Forest . The town centre is on the western bank of the River Trent in a valley bottom; its average elevation

1035-584: Is based in Bridge Street, with six pubs in and around Burton. It produces a number of traditional beers including Bridge Bitter, Stairway to Heaven, Damson Porter and Golden Delicious. Tower Brewery is a microbrewery off Wharf Road. Old Cottage Brewery is based in Hawkins Lane. Its beers include Oak Ale and Halcyon Daze. Black Hole Brewery is based at the Imex Centre. Gates Brewery microbrewery

1104-661: Is in Reservoir Road. Burton is also the corporate headquarters of the pub operators Punch Taverns plc and Spirit Pub Company which was brought by Greene King so doesn't have a headquarters there anymore, which were spun out of Bass in 1997. In addition, the White Shield microbrewery remains open alongside the National Brewery Centre (formerly the Bass Museum of Brewing). A by-product of

1173-578: Is still an important part of its economy. The town is currently home to eight breweries; Coors Brewers Ltd : formerly Bass Brewers Ltd, and now the UK arm of Molson Coors Brewing Company – which produces Carling and Worthington Bitter ; Marston's , Thompson and Evershed plc, bought by Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries now renamed Marstons plc . The Marston's Brewery produces its own brands, draught Marston's Pedigree, draught Hobgoblin and also draught Bass under licence from InBev . Burton Bridge Brewery

1242-488: Is the principal shopping area, opened in 1970 by the Princess Alexandra but since considerably upgraded with a roof being added in the mid-1990s. The older Riverside Shopping Centre (known as Bargates) is now demolished. An additional shopping centre is The Octagon Shopping Centre on New Street, constructed in the mid-1980s. There is another, much smaller shopping centre, Burton Place Shopping Centre , which

1311-409: The 2001 Census . Stapenhill and Winshill were treated separately and together had a further population of 21,985 according to this source. According to the 2001 census, In the 2021 Census, the population of Burton was recorded at 76,270. The town's ethnicity composition was recorded at: The town's religious composition was recorded at: For centuries brewing was Burton's major trade, and it

1380-532: The 2024 general election , winning the seat from Kate Kniveton of the Conservative Party . Burton upon Trent was an ancient parish , which historically straddled the boundary between Staffordshire and Derbyshire . The parish was divided into five townships , being Winshill in Derbyshire, and Branston , Horninglow , Stretton and a Burton upon Trent township (covering the central part of

1449-623: The Dani were of the same stock as the Suetidi ("Swedes") and expelled the Heruli and took their lands. The Old English poems Widsith and Beowulf , as well as works by later Scandinavian writers (notably by Saxo Grammaticus ( c. 1200)), provide some of the original written references to the Danes. According to the 12th-century author Sven Aggesen , the mythical King Dan gave his name to

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1518-553: The ITV Central (West) region, again based in Birmingham. The suburbs of Winshill, Brizlincote and Stapenhill to the southeast of the town lie along a green-belt area, in place to stop uncontrolled development which could cause Burton to, in time, merge with neighbouring Swadlincote . The majority of this green belt lies in Derbyshire, with small tracts within Staffordshire. The town had an estimated population of 43,784 in

1587-460: The Local Government Act 1894 said that parishes could no longer straddle borough boundaries, and so the parts of Stapenhill parish outside the borough were transferred to the neighbouring parishes of Bretby and Drakelow , the rural parts of Winshill went to Newton Solney , the rural part of Horninglow became a new parish called Outwoods and the parts of Branston inside the borough were transferred to Burton Extra. The five urban parishes inside

1656-651: The Loire Valley on larger raid expeditions. Many large scale raids followed all across the coasts and in-land rivers of Western Europe in subsequent decades. In the beginning of the 900s, Vikings had established an encampment and base in the lower parts of the Seine river around Rouen . In an effort to stop or reduce the relentless raids, Charles the Simple made a treaty in Saint-Clair-sur-Epte with

1725-462: The Manor House and the former Infirmary . The Infirmary became known as The Abbey and is now an inn. The Paget family's lands and title were restored to them by James I in 1604 and they owned considerable estates around Burton for over 150 years. In 1699, William Lord Paget obtained an Act of Parliament to extend navigation on the River Trent from Nottingham up to Burton, but nothing

1794-662: The Danelaw in England and countryside and newly established towns in Ireland, the Netherlands and northern France. In the early 11th century, King Cnut the Great (died 1035) ruled the extensive North Sea Empire for nearly 20 years, consisting of Denmark, England, Norway, southern Sweden and parts of northern Germany. During the 10th century the royal seat of the Danes was moved from Lejre to Jelling in central Jutland, marking

1863-534: The Danes in the Iron Age. There are several archaeological artefacts in and from Denmark however, made as early as the 500s, depicting Daniel among the lions, so the Danes must have had some knowledge of and influence from Arian cultures. In the Nordic Iron Age, the Danes were based in present-day Zealand and Scania (and neighbouring parts of present-day Sweden). Until around the 6th century, Jutland

1932-969: The Danes. The Danes spoke Proto-Norse which gradually evolved into the Old Norse language by the beginning of the Viking Age . They spoke dǫnsk tunga (Danish tongue), which the Danes shared with the people in Norway and Sweden and later in Iceland and the Faroe Islands. Like previous and contemporary people of Scandinavia, the Danes used runes for writing, but did not write much apparently, as they have left no literary legacy except for occasional rune stones and carvings in wood and various items like weapons, utensils and jewellery. As previous and contemporary peoples of Scandinavia (the Vikings),

2001-518: The Town Hall. Eatough's (sometimes Etough's) was a shoemaking firm from Leicestershire that opened a factory in Burton Road, Branston in 1920. It was the first British shoe factory to introduce music in the workplace (1936), and washable children's sandals ('Plastisha' 1957), but it closed in 1989 as a result of competition from cheap imports. Briggs of Burton (formerly S. Briggs & Co.) is

2070-847: The Trent at Burton by Wulfric Spott , a thegn . He is known to have been buried in the abbey cloister in 1010, alongside his wife. Burton Abbey was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it was said to control lands in Appleby Magna in Leicestershire , and Mickleover , Winshill , Stapenhill , Coton in the Elms , Ca(u)ldwell (in Stapenhill Parish) and Ticknall , all then in Derbyshire . The monastery

2139-477: The Trent was in poor repair by the early 16th century, it served as "a comen passage to and fro many countries to the grett releff and comfort of travellyng people", according to the abbot . The bridge was the site of two battles, first in 1322 when Edward II defeated the rebel Earl of Lancaster and also in 1643 when the Royalists captured the town during the First English Civil War . Under Henry VIII

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2208-583: The Viking Age, they established many coastal towns including Dublin (Dyflin), Cork , Waterford (Veðrafjǫrðr) and Limerick (Hlymrekr) and Danish settlers followed. There were many small skirmishes and larger battles with the native Irish clans in the following two centuries, with the Danes sometimes siding with allied clans. In 1014 CE, at the Battle of Clontarf , the Vikings were eventually defeated and

2277-459: The abbey was dissolved in 1539, to be refounded in 1541 as a collegiate church for a dean (who had been the last abbot) and four prebendaries . It was again dissolved in 1545 and granted to Sir William Paget . Paget began planning to expand the Manor House within the abbey precincts, known to have existed since at least 1514, into a grand mansion. To provide the materials for this project,

2346-690: The beer, thereby allowing the beer to be shipped further afield. Much of the open land within and around the town is protected from chemical treatment to help preserve this water quality. There is some confusion as to whether Burton is in the West Midlands or the East Midlands , even though the entire urban centre is southwest of the River Dove , which forms the Derbyshire/Staffordshire boundary. Being in Staffordshire,

2415-403: The borough were then Burton upon Trent, Burton Extra, Horninglow, Stapenhill and Winshill, which were amalgamated into a single Burton upon Trent parish in 1904. In 1891 the council was given the former St Paul's Institute and Liberal Club on King Edward Place, which had been built in 1878. They substantially extended the building to serve as their headquarters, renaming it Town Hall . Burton

2484-508: The brewing industry is the Marmite factory in the town. The original Marmite factory (now demolished) was at the corner of Cross Street and Duke Street before they moved to the current factory on Wellington Road in the 1960s. The production of Marmite has in turn generated the production of Bovril . Both are owned by multinational company Unilever . Burton is also home to CAMRA 's National Breweriana Auction that takes place each October in

2553-529: The coast of Aquitaine . Several other smaller skirmishes with aggressive Vikings from primarily Danish territory have been recorded, including the first raid on the Seine in 820, but it was not until the year 834 before Viking activity in France took off on a grand scale. In that year, Danes established a lasting base on Noirmoutier island, a central spot for the European salt trade at the time, and poured into

2622-400: The council contracted out responsibility for market stall rentals to private letting agency Quarterbridge. The Market Hall was built in 1883 from designs by Dixon & Moxon of Barnsley and opens from Tuesday to Saturday. A fish market was added to the hall in 1925. The outdoor market is held every Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 8.30am until 4pm. The Coopers Square shopping centre

2691-517: The development of the trade of Burton India Pale Ale (an ale specially brewed to keep during the long sea voyage to India ). New rail links to Liverpool enabled brewers to export their beer throughout the British Empire . Burton came to dominate the brewing trade, and at its height one quarter of all beer sold in Britain was produced here. In the second half of the 19th century there was

2760-481: The extension of the River Trent Navigation to Burton. Burton grew into a busy market town by the early modern period. The town is served by Burton-on-Trent railway station . The town was also the start and terminus of the now defunct South Staffordshire Line which linked it to Lichfield, Walsall , Dudley and Stourbridge . The name Burton upon Trent derives from the meaning "a settlement at

2829-629: The first written accounts of Denmark's history, and hence the Danes, his sources are largely surviving legends, folk lore and word of mouth. The royal seat and capital of the Danes was located on Zealand near Lejre and constituted what has later been dubbed the Lejre Kingdom, ruled by the Skjöldung dynasty. Some time around the middle of the First Millennium , both Jutland and Angeln became part of Danish kingdom or kingdoms. So

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2898-518: The foundation and consolidation of the Kingdom of Denmark. In the British Isles , Danes landed three Viking ships at the isle of Portland, Dorset in 786 CE, where they met and killed a local reeve and his men. In 793 CE, a Viking raid and plunder of the monastery at Lindisfarne took place, but no further activity in England followed until 835 CE. In that year, the Danes raided and built

2967-526: The large number of chain stores in the town centre. Since then events such as a French market have been organised to bring more footfall into the town centre. Media services include the Burton Mail , BBC Radio Derby , and Capital Mid-Counties . Due to Burton's relative location in the centre of England and its transport links which allow easy access to Birmingham (the second largest UK city), Derby, Nottingham, Leicester and other locations, there are

3036-463: The largest settlement in Scandinavia and remained so until its eventual destruction in the later half of the 11th century. From around 800 CE, the Danes began a long era of well-organised raids across the coasts and rivers of Europe. Some of the raids were followed by a gradual succession of Danish settlers and during this epoch, large areas outside Scandinavia were settled by the Danes, including

3105-565: The late Viking Age, but the transition was not rapid and definitive and older customs from the Norse religion remained to be practised to various degrees. Some sources, such as the Beowulf , point to a very early Arianism in Denmark, but it has been a matter of intense academic debate for many years whether these sources reflect later adjustments or an actual early Germanic Christianity among

3174-467: The legend of St Modwen or Modwenna, an Irish abbess. It is likely that any surviving religious house would have been destroyed during the Danish incursion into the area in 874. Place names indicate Scandinavian influence, and several personal names of Scandinavian origin were still used in the area in the early 12th century. In 1003 a Benedictine abbey was established on a new site on the west bank of

3243-597: The north end of High Street was part of a major east–west route using the bridge over the river. A royal charter was granted on 12 April 1200 by King John to the Abbot to hold a market in Burton every Thursday. This charter was later renewed by King Henry III and King Edward IV . There were four annual fairs for trade in horses, cattle and produce: on Candlemas Day , 5 April, Holy Thursday , and 29 October (the feast of St Modwen) although as in other British towns this practice has died out. While Burton's great bridge over

3312-404: The old abbey buildings were to be cannibalised. There were major alterations to the house over the next three centuries. Sir William died in 1563. In 1585 it was suggested that Mary, Queen of Scots might stay at Burton while Tutbury Castle was cleaned, but it was said that it was "a ruinous house, the buildings scattered and adjoining a very poor town, full of bad neighbours". The Paget family

3381-439: The parish) in Staffordshire. The rural parts of the Burton township became a separate township called Burton Extra in the sixteenth century. Such townships were all reclassified as civil parishes in 1866. Burton had been an ancient borough from the twelfth century, giving some degree of self-government for the town, but by the seventeenth century its borough corporation had ceased to operate and its borough status lapsed, with

3450-463: The pro-Roman bishop of York, exercised episcopal functions in Mercia , whose Christian king, Wulfhere , gave him land in various places, on which he established monasteries . Burton was almost certainly one of the sites: the name Andresey given to an island in the river Trent near the parish church means "Andrew's isle" and refers to a church there dedicated to St Andrew . The island is associated with

3519-617: The remaining Danish settlers gradually assimilated with the Irish population. The first Vikings appeared in Frisia , now part of the Netherlands and Germany, in 800 CE, when Danes plundered coastal settlements and later the trade town of Dorestad became a frequent target of raids. During this time, Frisia was ruled by the Franks and in the mid-9th century, the Danish chieftain of Roric received

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3588-439: The town being administered by the parish vestry and manorial courts instead. More urban forms of local government returned to the town in 1779 when a body of improvement commissioners was established, initially just covering the Burton township. Their district was extended in 1853 to take in parts of the townships of Burton Extra and Horninglow, and again in 1878 to take in the rest of Burton Extra, more of Horninglow (including

3657-422: The town centre, with the other parishes covering various suburbs. The urban area now also extends into the adjoining parishes of Branston, Outwoods and Stretton, which had all been outside the pre-1974 county borough. Burton is about 109 miles (175 km) north west of London , about 30 miles north east of Birmingham , the UK's second largest city and about 23 miles east of the county town Stafford . It

3726-737: The town officially lies within the West Midlands region. Several factors contribute to the ambiguity of the town's status. The local vernacular shares more similarities with East Midlands English than West Midlands English ; the town was formerly within the East Midlands Utility (electricity/gas) areas and has Derby postcodes (DE13-DE15). However, it is served by the BBC Midlands (West Midlands) region based in Birmingham and before consolidation exercises formed part of

3795-548: The town: two plays, a musical and a youth production. Danes (Germanic tribe) The origin of the Danes remains undetermined, but several ancient historical documents and texts refer to them and archaeology has revealed and continues to reveal insights into their culture, cultural beliefs, beliefs organization and way of life. The Danes first appear in written history in the 6th century with references in Jordanes' Getica (551 CE), by Procopius , and by Gregory of Tours . In his description of Scandza , Jordanes says that

3864-484: The tribal Danes were practitioners of the Norse religion . Around 500 CE, many of the gods of the Norse pantheon had lost their previous significance, except a few such as Thor , Odin and Frey who were increasingly worshipped. During the 10th century of the late Viking Age, the Danes officially adopted Christianity , as evidenced by several rune stones, documents and church buildings. The new Christian influences also show in their art, jewellery and burial practices of

3933-469: The village), parts of Branston and Winshill, and part of the neighbouring Derbyshire parish of Stapenhill . Later in 1878 the improvement commissioners' district was incorporated as a municipal borough called Burton upon Trent. When elected county councils were created in 1889 boroughs were no longer allowed to straddle county boundaries, and so the Derbyshire parts of the borough (Stapenhill and Winshill) were transferred to Staffordshire. Six years later

4002-402: The western parts of the Netherlands as a fief and established here. The Danes were probably involved in Frisia much earlier as Gregory of Tours (c. 538–594 CE) mentions a Danish king Chlochilaichus who was killed there while invading Frankish territory in the early 6th century. The first known Viking raid in what now constitutes France, commenced in 799, when an attack was fought off on

4071-403: Was also home to the Burton School of Speech and Drama on Guild Street where many professional and amateur actors and actresses learned their craft. Following the closure of the school in July 1984, its in-house amateur company, the Little Theatre Players, continued life as an independent amateur drama company called The Little Theatre Company. LTC currently stages at least four productions a year in

4140-412: Was being sold in 1712. A number of breweries opened in the second half of the 18th century. The Napoleonic blockade badly affected overseas trade, leading to some consolidation and a redirection of the trade to London and Lancashire via canals. When Burton brewers succeeded in replicating the pale ale produced in London, the advantage of the water's qualities, in a process named Burtonisation allowed

4209-417: Was built in 1986 and originally known as Worthington Walk. Also located in the town centre is Middleway Retail Park , which includes a Cineworld multiplex cinema, Mecca Bingo , Matalan and restaurants, including Bella Italia and Nando's . In 2005 a report by the New Economics Foundation rated Burton at 13.3 out of 60 for "individuality", putting it in the top ten clone towns in England, because of

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4278-430: Was elevated to become a county borough in 1901, making it independent from Staffordshire County Council, having reached the 50,000 population required. It never substantially exceeded the population of 50,000, and with a population of 50,201 in the 1971 census it was the second smallest county borough in England after Canterbury . The Local Government Commission for England recommended in the 1960s that it be demoted to

4347-456: Was home to the Peel family, who played a significant role in the Industrial Revolution . The family home is still visible in the town as Peel House on Lichfield Street. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II visited the town on 3 July 2002 during her Golden Jubilee celebrations. There are three tiers of local government covering Burton, at county , district and parish level: Staffordshire County Council , East Staffordshire Borough Council , and

4416-420: Was immediately done. In 1711 Lord Paget leased his rights to George Hayne , who in 1712 opened the River Trent Navigation and constructed a wharf and other buildings in the precinct of the old abbey. This led to the development of Burton as the major town for brewing and exporting beer , as it allowed Burton beer to be shipped to Hull , and on to the Baltic Sea and Prussia , as well as to London , where it

4485-480: Was implicated in Catholic plots against Queen Elizabeth I , the manor house along with most of the family estates were confiscated, with the Manor House leased to Richard Almond in 1612. Parts of the abbey church may have been retained for parish use, however these were demolished and replaced by a new church in 1719–1726. Some fragments remain of the chapter house nearby, but little of the rest remains. Two buildings were converted to residential use—a part known as

4554-451: Was in financial difficulties in 1907. Plans to combine with Thomas Salt and Co and Samuel Allsopp & Sons fell through and the company went into receivership. It was bought in 1915 by Worthington and Co , and Worthington brand beers continued to be brewed at the High Street brewery even after Worthington was taken over by Bass in 1927. Burton upon Trent Burton upon Trent , also known as Burton-on-Trent or simply Burton ,

4623-492: Was southern Schleswig (now the northernmost part of Germany) – the site of Danevirke , a large set of fortifications reportedly built by Danes to mark the southern border of their realm. It was extended several times in later centuries. Beginning in the 8th century, the Danes initiated the construction of trading towns across their realm, including Hedeby , Ribe , Aarhus and Viborg and expanded existing settlements such as Odense and Aalborg . Hedeby quickly grew to become

4692-459: Was the homeland of two other Germanic tribes: the Jutes in what is now North Jutland, and the Angles in South Jutland (especially Angeln ). The Widsith mentions two semi-mythical kings in relation to the Danes of the Iron Age. Sigar who ruled the "Sea-Danes" and Offa who ruled both Danes and Angles . Centuries later, Saxo lists for the first time the Danes entire lineage of semi-mythical kings, starting from King Dan. As Saxo's texts are

4761-419: Was the most important in Staffordshire and by the 1530s had the highest revenue. It is known that there were frequent Royal visits to the abbey, including those by William I , Henry II and Edward I . In the 12th and 13th centuries, streets were laid out off the west side of High Street, the earliest being New Street, which stretched from the abbey gates towards the line of Ryknild Street . Horninglow Street at

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