After Aethelred's death Aethelflaeda and Edward The Elder her brother continued to fight the Danes in Wales and in the borders,finally succeeding in taking back the city of York into English control and achieving submission from the Danish leaders..
Sadly 'The Lady of The Mercians' never lived to see the full extent of what she had achieved in re-uniting England as she died shortly afterwards at Tamworth where a small statue was erected in the 19th century which shows her with her daughter .
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Mark Taylor went to Ravenswood School in Kent with, amongst others, David Bowie and Peter Frampton.
He enjoyed his time in the very first specialised school-based art form from where he progressed to study fine art at Croydon College Of Art.
His paintings have been internationally exhibited and featured on BBC programmes such as Country Tracks and The One Show.He has recently had his work displayed in a feature article in 'Pagan Dawn' magazine.