<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngesikhathi sokubusa kweNkosi u-Offa 757-796 iTamworth yayiyinhloko-dolobha yaseMercia. U-Offa waba ngumuntu onamandla kunabo bonke kulokho manje okuyiNgilandi, futhi lokhu kwabonakala eTamworth; U-Offa wakha lokho okwachazwa njengesigodlo sasebukhosini eTamworth, noma kunjalo lokhu cishe kwakuyinkuni nokwakhiwa kwe-thatch njengoba kwakunjalo  <response>: izakhiwo eziningi e-Anglo-Saxon England ezashiya umkhondo omncane ngokomzimba, ngakho-ke indawo yesigodlo sika-Offa ayikaze ikhonjwe, yize ukumbiwa enyakatho yeBolebridge Street ngo-1968 kuveze lokho okwakubonakala kuyisimo sesakhiwo esikhulu saseSaxon. Omunye wemibhalo yokuqala esekhona ekhuluma ngoTamworth uvela ngesikhathi sokubusa kuka-Offa; ukunikezwa komhlaba ezinduna eWorcester kusukela ngo-781, okusayinwe ngu-Offa, iNkosi yaseMercia, ebhekiswe esigodlweni sakhe sasebukhosini e Tamworthie. ITamworth kwakuyidolobha elikhulu kunawo wonke eMidlands yaseNgilandi lapho idolobha elikhulu kakhulu namuhla iBirmingham lisakhula. Lokhu kungenxa yesimo saso esihle lapho kuhlangana khona imifula iTame ne-Anker, okwenza leli dolobha libe isikhungo sokuhweba nezimboni. 