The Chronicle records Aethelflaed building a burh at Hereford in 914. The entry describes fighting against the Welsh — specifically that 'the men of Hereford and Gloucester and the nearest fortresses of the Mercians' fought off a Viking force that had come over from Brittany and was raiding Wales and Herefordshire. Hereford's position on the Wye River made it the key to controlling the southern Welsh Marches. Its burh became the foundation of the medieval city and later the county's cathedral town.
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