After his sister Aethelflaed's death, Edward the Elder moved quickly to secure Mercia and continued the campaign against the Danelaw. Nottingham was retaken and — uniquely for this period — the Chronicle records that English and Danish inhabitants lived together under English authority. Edward built a second burh south of the Trent to guard the bridge. The recovery of Nottingham was part of the final consolidation of English control south of the Humber.
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