This "Story of Shrewsbury" video is about the period just after he first settlers arrived in Shrewsbury.
When the citizens of Wroxeter settled in what we now call Shrewsbury, they called their new town Pengwern.
Pengwern means simply "the fenced-in hill-top with Alders". So, it was here that the Britons stayed and since it commanded the River Severn whose board valley provide done of the only safe means of passage into the mountains of Wales, it grew in importance.
You can also view this on the YouTube website here.
In the year 617 Briochel Yscithrog, King of Powys, which at that time included a large part of modern-day Shropshire, chose Pengwern as his capital. The connection continued and his descendents ruled from the town until about 760.
When the citizens of Wroxeter settled in what we now call Shrewsbury, they called their new town Pengwern.
Pengwern means simply "the fenced-in hill-top with Alders". So, it was here that the Britons stayed and since it commanded the River Severn whose board valley provide done of the only safe means of passage into the mountains of Wales, it grew in importance.
You can also view this on the YouTube website here.
The importance of the strategic position of Pengwern was soon recognised.
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