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Wulfrun. Wulfrun (a) ( c. 935 - c. 1005 [1]) was a Mercian noblewoman and landowner who held estates in Staffordshire . Today she is particularly remembered for her association with Hēatūn, Anglo-Saxon for "high or principal farm or enclosure", which she was granted in a charter by King Æthelred II (Æthelred the Unready) in 985, and where ...
- Wulfruna
- c. 935, Mercia
- before 990s-1005
Wolverhampton was born at a time of national turmoil and the woman from whom the city and its inhabitants derive their names was in the thick of it. Wulfruna was a Saxon noblewoman who lived over a thousand years ago in the Kingdom of Mercia. The exact dates of her birth and death are not known but the Saxon Chronicles of that time give us ...
Mar 1, 2010 · The Lady Wulfrun is noted as having endowed the Collegiate church of Wolverhampton with a Dean and Prebendaries and giving her name to the town; Wulfrun’s Heanton (High Town). Often known as “Wulfruna’s Well”, it started life as a drinking fountain. The inscription on it says that it is “In remembrance of the Lady Wulfruna A.D. 994”.
Unveiled: November 1974. Lady Wulfruna (d.after 994) was an Anglo-Saxon noble woman and landowner with several estates in Staffordshire. She was granted a charter for Hēatūn, Anglo-Saxon for ‘high or prinicpal farm of enclosure’ by Aethelred II (Aethelred the Unready) in 985.
Nov 6, 2023 · Wulfrun(a) (c. 935-c. 1005) was a Mercian noblewoman and landowner who held estates in Staffordshire. Today she is particularly remembered for her association with Hēatūn, Anglo-Saxon for "high or principal farm or enclosure", which she was granted in a charter by King Æthelred II (Æthelred the Unready) in 985, and where she endowed a collegiate church in 994.
Lady Wulfruna. In AD 985 King Ethelred grantged a land charter to Lady Wulfruna. With this grant the Saxon settlement that had been on the site since the 7th century became known as "Wulfrun Heantun". "Heantun" is a Saxon word meaning settlement and many old English towns with names ending in "hampton" were originally Saxon settlements or ...
It commemorates the site of Wulfruna's well. The Lady Wulfrun (a) is noted as having endowed the Collegiate church of Wolverhampton with a Dean and Prebendaries, AD 994, giving her name to the town: Wulfrun's Heantun (High town).
