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Chirbury
Hob Uid: 925177
Location : Shropshire Chirbury with Brompton
Grid Ref : SO2615098340
Summary : Medieval town, first mentioned in Anglo-Saxon Chronicles in 915. Also mentioned in Domesday Survey and in 1226-28.
More information : (SO 2615 9834) Chirbury medieval town The town of Chirbury was mentioned in 915 in the Anglo-Saxon Charters, which named the town as Cyricbyrig(1a). The Domesday book called the town Cireberie(1b), while the Book of Fees in 1226-28 called the town Chiresbir(1c). The name Chirbury is thought to mean `burg, or fort, with a church'.(1)

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Source details : E.Ekwall The Concise Dictionary of English Place-Names, (4th ed.) 1985 pg.105, Oxford University Press
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Source Number : 1a
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Source details : The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 915AD
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Source Number : 1b
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Source details : Domesday Book, London, 1783-1816. This reference also includes the Exon Domesday. Both date to 1086.
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Source Number : 1c
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Source details : Book of Fees 1226-28
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Monument Period Name : Early Medieval
Display Date : First recorded 915
Monument End Date : 915
Monument Start Date : 915
Monument Type : Town
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Town
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SO 29 NE 26
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Relationship type : General association

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