| HER Number (PRN): | 08481 |
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| Name: | Pre-Conquest settlement of Chirbury |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| Protected Status: | Conservation Area: Chirbury |
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Monument Type(s):
Summary
This site represents: a settlement of late Saxon date.
| Parish: | Chirbury with Brompton, South Shropshire, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SO29NE |
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| Grid Reference: | SO 2640 9840 |
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Related records
| 08251 | Parent of: Burh at Chirbury (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events
- ESA5524 - 1999-2000 Historic landscape characterisation of Bro Trefaldwyn (Ref: CPAT 761)
Description
Chirbury (Cyricbyrig) is recorded in the Anglo Saxon Chronicle for 915. The reference is to the construction of Aethelflaeda's burh [PRN 08251], but the name of the settlement means 'the fort with a church' and indicates that Chirbury was already a religious centre. ->
-> In the Domesday Survey, the settlement is recorded as Cireberie and was the principal manor of the hundred of Witentreu. At the time of the Conquest it had been waste, presumably having suffered from the campaigns of Gruffudd ap Llywelyn in the 1040s, but it had recovered by 1086 <1>
<01> Britnell William J et 2 al, 2000, Bro Trefaldwyn historic landscape: historic landscape characterisation, p75-76 (Historic landscape survey report). SSA21363.
Sources
| [01] | SSA21363 - Historic landscape survey report: Britnell William J et 2 al. 2000. Bro Trefaldwyn historic landscape: historic landscape characterisation. CPAT Rep. 356. p75-76. |
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 14 2004 3:46PM |
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