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Word: FORT
pLACE-NAME: bROSELEY
The name Broseley means ‘the open woodland of the fort-guardian’, and it was created from two Old English words: burhweard and lÄ“ah. Old English was the language of the Anglo-Saxons. It suggests that in the Anglo-Saxon period, a person who was a fort-guardian lived there, although we don’t know anything about the fort that the guardian looked after.
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Helpful story hints: Who was the fort-guardian? What do you think the fort was for? Who did it protect? And who did it guard against? How old was the fort?
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