What the records say
- When
- 26 Mar 871
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 53.83° N, 2.42° W
- Description
- 9th-century battle between Saxons and Viking invaders in England
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
2 sources record it
- 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 Meretum: The West Saxons, led by Æthelred I and Alfred, are defeated by the Danes”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page