Tamworth is a large market town and borough in Staffordshire, England. Located in the Tame Valley, Tomtun ("Tame-town") was founded by Anglian settlers who had fled Denmark due to rising sea-levels and flooding following the end of Roman rule in Britain. Tamworth became the royal center of the kingdom of Mercia under King Offa, and it became the largest town in the Midlands until the growth of Birmingham. Tamworth was sacked by the Danish Vikings in 874, and it remained a ruin until 913, when Lady Aethelflaed rebuilt the town as a burh. In the 11th century, following the Norman conquest of England, a Norman castle was built at the site of the Saxon fort, and it became a small market town of Medieval England. Much of the town burned in a fire in 1345, but it was soon rebuilt and grew in size. During the Industrial Revolution, Tamworth grew rapidly due to the rise of coal mining in the region. Gaslights arrived in 1835, followed by the railways in 1847. In 1900, the first council houses in Tamworth were built, and more were built during the Interwar period and after World War II. In 2011, Tamworth had a population of 76,900 people (97% white British, 1% Scottish, and .95% Irish), and, in 2013, 30.7% of its inhabitants were obese.
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