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Battle of Stamford 918

Marker: recorded battle location (no official boundary).

Key facts

Date (year)918Wikidata P585 point in time
Century10th centuryderived
PeriodEarly medieval, Anglo-Saxon & Vikingderived
CountryEnglandderived
War / conflictViking activity in the British IslesWikidata

About the battle

The Second Battle of Stamford occurred when King Edward assaulted Stamford in late May 918. It soon fell to his army of Wessex. Later that year, Edward built a second burh on the south side of the River Welland. The ramparts of the northern burh may have been approximately 3100 ft (c. 750 hides) from Roffe, and the Edwardian burh around 2700 ft (c. 650 hides).

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Location

  • Approximate location: the point for Stamford, the place Wikidata gives as the battle’s location: 52.6556, -0.4837

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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Battle of Stamford (918) (revision 1370589884), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations removed. No text added.

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