| 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
Chirbury is mentioned in 915 in the Anglo-Saxon Charters (cf. PRN 08251). The placename is believed to mean 'fort with a church'.
| Parish: | Chirbury with Brompton, South Shropshire, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SO29NE |
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| Grid Reference: | SO 2614 9842 |
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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>
The town of Chirbury was mentioned in 915 in the Anglo-Saxon Charters, which named the town as Cyricbyrig. The Domesday book called the town Cireberie, while the Book of Fees in 1226-28 called the town Chiresbir. The name Chirbury is thought to mean `burg, or fort, with a church'. <2>
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. |
| [02b] | SSA1220 - Monograph: Whitelock D (ed). 1961. The Anglo Saxon Chronicle. p64. |
| [02a] | SSA2164 - Monograph: Thorn F & Thorn C (eds). 1986. The Domesday Book: Shropshire. Vol 8. |
| [02] | SSA6170 - Monograph: Ekwall E. 1960. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names. p105. |
| Date Last Edited: | May 2 2024 11:32AM |
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