Ætla, who lived in the 7th century, is believed to be one of many Bishops of Dorchester during the

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period. The village of

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is named after him, as he is credited for the construction of a bridge ('brycg' in Old English) there. Ætla was attested about 660.Powicke ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 219 In the 670s, the seat of his bishopric was at Dorchester-on-Thames, which was then under Mercian control.Kirby ''Earliest English Kings'' p. 49 He does not seem to have had any comparable predecessors or successors in that see.

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* * Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde ''Handbook of British Chronology'' 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961

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* Bishops of Dorchester (Mercia) 7th-century English bishops {{UK-bishop-stub