What the records say
- When
- 18 Nov 655
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 53.83° N, 1.43° W
- Description
- 655 battle
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of the Winwaed
655 battle between Mercia and Bernicia
The Battle of the Winwaed was fought on 15 November 655 between King Penda of Mercia and Oswiu of Bernicia, ending in the Mercians' defeat and Penda's death. According to Bede, the battle marked the effective demise of Anglo-Saxon paganism.
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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 the Winwaed: King Oswiu of Bernicia defeats his rival, King Penda of Mercia at Cock Beck, near what later will be Leeds (Yorkshire)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “König Oswiu von Northumbria siegt in der Schlacht von Winwaed über König Penda von Mercia, der im Kampf fällt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “15 novembre (ou 654) : défaite et mort de Penda, roi de Mercie allié aux Gallois contre les Saxons de Oswy de Northumbrie à la bataille de Windwaed Field”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Вторжение Пенды в Бернисию”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Winwaed, entre Penda de Mercia y Oswiu de Northumbria, que concluye con la derrota de Mercia y la muerte de su rey”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page