Bridgnorth founded

Name: Bridgnorth founded
Start: 1101

1101 CE.

Shown on the map at 52.535°, -2.420°.

Bridgnorth is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, named after a bridge over the River Severn. The river divides the town into High Town and Low Town, the upper town on its right bank and the lower on its left bank. The population at the 2011 Census was 12,079.

Text from the Wikipedia article Bridgnorth, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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