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title: Swanborough Tump Memorial, Wiltshire
author: Bikeboy
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20633/swanborough-tump-memorial-wiltshire/
format: machine-readable-alternate
license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 2025-06-26
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# Swanborough Tump Memorial, Wiltshire

_Authored by Bikeboy_

## Image File

[![Swanborough Tump Memorial, Wiltshire](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/20633.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/20633.jpg)

## Image Caption

The Swanborough Tump Memorial records a meeting between King [Aethelred](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Aethelred/) of Wessex (reign 865-871) and his brother, [Alfred the Great](https://www.worldhistory.org/Alfred_the_Great/) (reign 871-899), in 870, where they made provisions for the inheritance of various estates to the children of whoever died first.

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