Five Burghs
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Location of the Five Burghs.
The Five Burghs or more usually The Five Boroughs or The Five Boroughs of the Danelaw were the five main towns of Danish Mercia (what is now the East Midlands). These were Derby, Leicester, Lincoln, Nottingham and Stamford. The first four would later become county towns.
[edit] See also
- Danelaw
- Treaty of Wedmore
- Five Boroughs of New York City
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