A01=Roy Lewis
Author_Roy Lewis
Category=NHD
Category=WQH
edric the wild
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heavy engineering
king alfred
local history
Phillimore
royal charter
shoe manufacturing
Stafford
Staffordshire
Product details
- ISBN 9781860770494
- Weight: 520g
- Dimensions: 189 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 01 Nov 1997
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Stafford was already an important place when King Alfred’s daughter fortified the town against the Danes; she made it both a royal borough and a market town. William the Conqueror destroyed much of the town to build a castle after the defeat of Edric the Wild. The town then flourished with a magnificent new church and a royal charter. By Tudor times the population suffered a sharp decline, but then a few wealthy families revived its trade. In the 18th century shoe manufacturing became the dominant industry and the railways attracted heavy engineering.
