Battles in Wiltshire
9 battles fought in Wiltshire (England), in date order. Every battle is on the map; click one for its official boundary (where there is one), date and history.
What battles were fought in Wiltshire?
This site maps 9 battles in Wiltshire, from the Battle of Beran Byrig (556) to the Battle of Roundway Down (1643).
How many battlefields in Wiltshire are officially listed?
1 of them is on the Historic England Register of Historic Battlefields: Battle of Roundway Down. Their official boundaries are drawn on each battlefield page.
The war with the most battles here is the Anglo-Saxon settlement of England (2).
All battles in Wiltshire
- Battle of Beran Byrig 556Anglo-Saxon settlement of England
- Battle of Woden's Burg 592Anglo-Saxon settlement of England
- Battle of Woden's Burg 715anglo-saxon
- Battle of Ellandun 825anglo-saxon
- Battle of Chippenham 878Viking activity in the British Isles
- Battle of Edington 878Viking activity in the British Isles
- Battle of Wilton 1143The Anarchy
- Battle of Aldbourne Chase 1643First English Civil War
- Battle of Roundway Down 1643English Civil War · officially listed battlefield
Counties: ceremonial counties in England (Yorkshire as the whole historic county), council areas in Scotland, principal areas in Wales and counties in Ireland, assigned from each battle’s map position using Natural Earth boundaries (public domain). Battles near a border may fall on the other side.