What the records say
- When
- 917
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 52.17° N, 0.30° W
- Description
- 0917 battle
Battle of Tempsford
In 917, the group of Danes who had previously been based in Huntingdon relocated to Tempsford in Bedfordshire, together with other Danes from East Anglia. They built and fortified a new burh there, to serve as a forward base for attacks on English territory.
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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 Tempsford: The English army led by Edward the Elder defeats the Danish Vikings at Tempsford”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Wikingerzeit: Angelsachsen unter König Eduard dem Älteren besiegen dänische Wikinger in der Schlacht von Tempsford”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page