What the records say
- When
- 12 Jan 871
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 51.53° N, 1.23° W
- Description
- 871 battle in Berkshire
Battle of Ashdown
Battle between West Saxon and Danish Vikings in 871
The Battle of Ashdown was a West Saxon victory over a Danish Viking army on about 8 January 871. The location of Ashdown is not known, but may be Kingstanding Hill in Berkshire. Other writers place the battle near Starveall, a short distance north of the village of Aldworth and south east of Lowbury Hill.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Ashdown: The West Saxons, led by Æthelred I and Alfred, gather at the Berkshire Downs”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht von Ashdown besiegt Æthelred von Wessex das Invasionsheer der dänischen Nordmannen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire d’Alfred le Grand sur les Danois à la bataille d'Ashdown”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва при Эшдауне”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page