878 AD Battle of Edington

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  • Battle of Edington

    At the Battle of Edington an army of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex under Alfred the Great defeated the Great Heathen Army led by Guthrum on a date between 6 and 12 May AD 878. Danelaw became a Norse Kingdom with Northumberland.
    Danelaw circa comprised 14 shires; York, Nottingham, Derby, Lincoln etc.
    Wessex remaining as English territory.