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Herefordshire (Hereford, Ross-on-Wye, Leominster, Ledbury,
Bromyard, Kington)
The beginning of the medieval period is
often accredited to the Norman Conquest of 1066, an event which
opened up England to a new form of culture, government and society.
The England that the Normans found themselves faced with was very
different to the lands that they had just left.
The Normans quickly established
themselves as feudal lords of a countryside that had very few towns
and a widespread population. As soon as they had settled they began
to create towns, villages, churches and castles. It organised the
country and enabled the Normans to introduce control to a conquered
territory.
Herefordshire and the Border had been unsettled before the arrival
of the Normans with the region being an attractive proposition for
both the Saxons and the Welsh. The Normans had to contend with these
Border skirmishes as well as trying to consolidate their existing
hold on the county.
Until the 1060?s the Welsh had the advantage and were led by two
fearsome men, Gruffydd ap Rhydderch and Gruffydd ap Llewellyn, who
raided Herefordshire as far as Leominster, until he was slain by
Harold Godswinson and his half brother Tostig.
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