Nottingham — where the Great Heathen Army had first fortified itself in 868 — submitted to Edward. The Chronicle notes that both the Danes and the English of Nottingham submitted, reflecting the reality of fifty years of Danish settlement: the populations were now intermingled. Edward built a second burh on the south bank of the Trent linked to the existing fortress by a bridge, demonstrating sophisticated town planning as a military tool.
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