What the records say
- When
- 485
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 50.93° N, 0.43° E
- Description
- 485 battle fought in the conquest of the Kingdom of Sussex
Battle of Mercredesburne
Battle fought in the conquest of the Kingdom of Sussex
The Battle of Mercredesburne was one of three battles fought as part of the conquest of what became the Kingdom of Sussex in southern England. The battles were fought between the Saxon leader Ælle's army and the local Britons.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Aelle of Sussex, king of the South Saxons, fights the Britons at the stream of Mercredesburne”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page