The Chronicle records Cenwalh of Wessex fighting the Welsh (Britons) at Bradford-on-Avon. This was part of the continuing West Saxon push westward into Somerset and Dorset, displacing the residual British population. Bradford-on-Avon later became significant for its remarkable pre-Norman church of St Laurence, showing the area's importance in early Christian Wessex.
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