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SUMMARY:A very interesting local history talk
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DESCRIPTION:Please join us for an illustrated talk by Mr David Guest\, loc
 al historian and author at Chetton Village Hall on Saturday 19th September
  2pm - 4pm on The Saxons\, Vikings and the Making of England.\nTo purchase
  tickets which are limited (£6 cash – tea\, coffee and cake included) c
 ontact Nick Tofiluk on 07896 558530.\nProceeds to Chetton Church.\nTickets
  will be on sale at Chetton Village Hall on Wednesday 2nd September (betwe
 en 5pm and 6pm) and Saturday 5th September (between 10am and 11am).\nDisco
 ver the dramatic Mercian story behind the Battle of Tettenhall (910)\, Lad
 y Æthelflæd and two of Shropshire’s most fascinating historic towns.  
 This illustrated talk explores how the crushing defeat of a Viking raiding
  army in 910 helped secure Mercia and laid the path for the English reconq
 uest of the Danelaw and a unified English monarchy.  It also reveals Æthe
 lflæd’s remarkable leadership as Lady of the Mercians: builder of forti
 fied burhs such as Bridgnorth\, strategist\, patron (Much Wenlock) and pow
 erbroker.  Bridgnorth’s commanding position on the River Severn and Much
  Wenlock’s religious heritage show how local places were bound into a mu
 ch larger national story of war\, faith\, identity and political survival.
   From Viking raids and battlefield uncertainty to royal patronage and fro
 ntier defence\, the talk brings the so-called Dark Ages vividly to life an
 d explains why these events matter to the history of the Shropshire\, the 
 Midlands and England.
LOCATION:Chetton Village Hall
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/10624/service-and-events/events/
 1351145/
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