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Shaftesbury in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Shaftesbury in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records1 event labels2 people980–980

Historical events in Shaftesbury

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Burial
Edward the Martyr · House of Wessex

Re-interred "with great ceremony" at Shaftesbury Abbey by Elfhere of Mercia

980
Burial
Elfhere of Mercia · House of Mercia

Edward the Martyr is re-interred "with great ceremony" at Shaftesbury Abbey by Elfhere

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