CIC PROJECT HUB SHOWCASE

A project to permanently celebrate Aethelflaed, Lady Of Mercia, & the beginning of Anglo-Saxon England through the battles of Tettenhall (Tettenhall) and Wodensfield (Wednesfield), 910AD is currently being developed as a proposed permanent Art/Educational trail.

Appointed Project Lead, Rebecca Cresswell is currently helping the District Trust to develop a refined project plan and help secure further funding to now progress the project's proposed phases.

The amazing community work of Rachel Arnold (local artist and creative director) working with Creative Blackcountry,  has already laid laid down wonderful creative foundations for this project with continued free workshops in the community, presentations and display stands at Cup Cake Lane Cafe, Tettenhall and at The Heritage Weekend Wightwick Manor, Wolverhampton. 

Creating a permanent record of Aethelflaed and Tettenhall’s place in history.

The project is consulting with the local community, in both Tettenhall and Wednesfield, to inform them as to what installations, tourist attractions, artwork or commemorative record(s), the local community wish.

The project aims to have Lady Aethelflaeda written back into history as the female ruler who saved the Tettenhall area, and the Kingdom of West Mercia, from the Vikings, and so began the start of Anglo Saxon England.

Significant battles in English History, changing the rule of the land, include;

- The Battle Of Hastings – 1066, beginning Norman rule

- The Battle Of Market Bosworth – 1485, beginning the Tudor Dynasty

- The Battle Of Naseby – 1645, beginning the Interegnum under Cromwell

The Battle of Tettenhall & Wodensfield 910AD, and Aethelflaeda, are largely unknown and uncelebrated even locally. These battles and our local history began Anglo-Saxon England ending the Danelaw.