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The Wessex Burhs

The Wessex Burhs

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Thirty of the burhs listed in the Burghal Hidage were in the Kingdom of Wessex. Buchingham, Worcester and Warwick were in the Kingdom of Mercia

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The Burghal System The Wessex Burhs The Burghal Hidage: Graph Burghal Towns Re-used Towns of Roman Origin New Towns on Promontory Sites New Towns on Open Sites Burghal Forts Re-used Iron Age and Roman Forts New Burghal Forts Creation of the Burhs Order of Citation of the Burhs