Ludlow [1] [2] is a city in Shropshire , not far from the border of England and Wales . From 1489 to 1689 it was the unofficial capital of Wales [3] . It was the seat of the Council of Wales and Marche and the home of the princes of Wales .
| City | |||
| Ludlow | |||
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| English Ludlow | |||
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| A country | |||
| County | Shropshire | ||
| Unitary unit | Shropshire | ||
| History and Geography | |||
| Based | 1066 | ||
| First mention | 1138 | ||
| Timezone | |||
| Population | |||
| Population | 11,000 people | ||
| Digital identifiers | |||
| Telephone code | +44 1584 | ||
| Postcode | SY8 | ||
| ludlow.org.uk | |||
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History
The city and the castle were founded by the Norman nobles of Lassi . Walter Lassi received land on the border of England and Wales from William I the Conqueror for his participation in the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Walter and his descendants founded the city in the bend of the Tim River and equipped it with strong fortifications. According to the Norman tradition, the Mott and Bailey were first built - an embankment hill and a wooden defensive tower. Later, between 1086 and 1094, the son of Walter Lassi, Roger, built the stone part of the castle. In 1130, the main tower of the fortress was erected.
The city was expanded by the efforts of the Lassi family and was first mentioned in documents in 1138, and in 1177 the population of the city was already 1,172 inhabitants.
In 1306, the city and the castle were inherited by the noble family of Mortimer .
During the War of the Scarlet and White Roses , Ludlow Castle was briefly the headquarters of the leaders of the York house: Edward IV gathered his supporters here in the late summer of 1459, but, however, faced the larger army of Margarita of Anjou and lost the battle on Ladford Bridge , which led to the ruin of the city and the preliminary victory of the house of Lancaster .
In the late Middle Ages, the city was the residence of the princes of Wales .
Population
In 2001, according to the census, 9548 people lived in Ludlow, another 395 people lived in neighboring Ludford [4] .
In 1377, a poll tax was imposed on 1172 of the residents of the district [5] . In this regard, Ludlow can be considered the 35th most populated city in England [6] .
| Ludlow population growth since 1801 [4] [7] | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census | 1801 | 1811 | 1821 | 1831 | 1841 | 1851 | 1881 | 1891 | 1901 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | 1951 | 1961 | 2001 |
| Population | 3897 | 4150 | 4820 | 5253 | 5064 | 4691 | 5035 | 4460 | 4552 | 5926 | 5674 | 5642 | 6456 | 6796 | 9548 |
Famous Natives
- Henry Peach Robinson (1830-1901) - founder of pictorialism, artist and pioneer of photography.
Notes
- ↑ Great Britain. Ireland. Reference card. Scale 1: 1500000. - M.: Roskartografiya, 2007.
- ↑ Ludlow // Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries / resp. ed. A.M. Komkov . - 3rd ed., Revised. and add. - M .: Nedra , 1986. - S. 187.
- ↑ A Brief History Ludlow of (English) . www.ludlow.org.uk. Date of treatment December 22, 2012. Archived January 19, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 Ludlow AP / CP: Historical statistics / Population . A Vision of Britain Through Time. Date of treatment April 2, 2012. Archived January 19, 2013.
- ↑ Fenwick The poll taxes of 1377, 1379 and 1381 , p. 376
- ↑ Pallister The Cambridge Urban History of Britain , p. 758
- ↑ Area: Ludlow CP (Parish) –Parish headcounts . Office for National Statistics. Date of treatment April 2, 2012. Archived January 19, 2013.
Links
- Geograph - photos of Ludlow and surrounding areas