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Hlydanford is Defenascīre tūn.  Siððan Ælfredes Cyninges dagum oþ ƿæs hē burgscipe.

Dēopu hrace and stealcu ymbegangeþ Hlydanford on tƿǣm rīmum, hƿærin ierneð Hlyda ēa.  Ælfred Cyning timbrode burgƿeall betƿuh his ecgum, se abīdeþ todæg.  Ēac ƿæron nīƿe strǣta legde þā abīdaþ, ac hie nabbaþ hūs.

In 997 comon Ƿicingas to Hlydanforda, 7 ælc þing bærndon 7 slogon þe hi gemitton.

Myneter ƿæs æt Hlydanforde in Æþelrædes dagum Cyninges and hē ƿeard þære scīre mæsta stede oð Ƿillelmes ylde.

Castel stent hrēorig onmiddan þæm tūn.  In þære castle be "Hlydanford Lage", sƿa secgþ man, þæs Eorles þegnas dōn unriht þonne þanon tōþegnede hē Tinore Lage and Deorfrið Lage. Leod secgþ þe þær mōt man ahangan mann and heoldan his gefandunge æfter.

Nū ræceþ brycg ofer Hlydanford-hrace.

Byrig on Defenum