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Battle of Marton

Index Battle of Marton

The Battle of Marton or Meretum took place on approximately 22 March 871 at a place recorded as Marton, perhaps in Wiltshire or Dorset. [1]

23 relations: Alfred the Great, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Æthelred of Wessex, Battle of Basing, Danelaw, Dorset, Grafton, Wiltshire, Halfdan Ragnarsson, Heahmund, Hursley, Killed in action, London Borough of Merton, Marden, Wiltshire, Merton, Oxfordshire, Norse activity in the British Isles, Oxfordshire, River Stour, Dorset, Vikings, Wessex, Wiltshire, Wimborne Minster, Wimborne Minster (church), Winterborne St Martin.

Alfred the Great

Alfred the Great (Ælfrēd, Ælfrǣd, "elf counsel" or "wise elf"; 849 – 26 October 899) was King of Wessex from 871 to 899.

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Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals in Old English chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons.

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Æthelred of Wessex

Æthelred I (Old English: Æþelræd, sometimes rendered as Ethelred, "noble counsel"; – 871) was King of Wessex from 865 to 871.

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Battle of Basing

The Battle of Basing was a battle on 22 January 871 at Old Basing in what is now the English county of Hampshire.

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Danelaw

The Danelaw (also known as the Danelagh; Dena lagu; Danelagen), as recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, is a historical name given to the part of England in which the laws of the Danes held sway and dominated those of the Anglo-Saxons.

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Dorset

Dorset (archaically: Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast.

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Grafton, Wiltshire

Grafton is a civil parish in Wiltshire, England, in the Vale of Pewsey about southeast of Marlborough.

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Halfdan Ragnarsson

Halfdan Ragnarsson (Hálfdan; Halfdene or Healfdene; Albann; died 877) was a Viking leader and a commander of the Great Heathen Army which invaded the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England, starting in 865.

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Heahmund

Heahmund was a medieval Bishop of Sherborne.

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Hursley

Hursley is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England with a population of around 800 in 2005.

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Killed in action

Killed in action (KIA) is a casualty classification generally used by militaries to describe the deaths of their own combatants at the hands of hostile forces.

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London Borough of Merton

The London Borough of Merton is a borough in south-west London, England.

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Marden, Wiltshire

Marden is a small village and civil parish southeast of Devizes in the county of Wiltshire, south west England.

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Merton, Oxfordshire

Merton is a village and civil parish near the River Ray, about south of Bicester in Oxfordshire, England.

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Norse activity in the British Isles

Norse activity in the British Isles occurred during the Early Medieval period when members of the Norse populations of Scandinavia travelled to Britain and Ireland to settle, trade or raid.

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Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from Oxonium, the Latin name for Oxford) is a county in South East England.

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River Stour, Dorset

The River Stour is a river which flows through Wiltshire and Dorset in southern England, and drains into the English Channel.

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Vikings

Vikings (Old English: wicing—"pirate", Danish and vikinger; Swedish and vikingar; víkingar, from Old Norse) were Norse seafarers, mainly speaking the Old Norse language, who raided and traded from their Northern European homelands across wide areas of northern, central, eastern and western Europe, during the late 8th to late 11th centuries.

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Wessex

Wessex (Westseaxna rīce, the "kingdom of the West Saxons") was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the south of Great Britain, from 519 until England was unified by Æthelstan in the early 10th century.

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Wiltshire

Wiltshire is a county in South West England with an area of.

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Wimborne Minster

Wimborne Minster (often referred to as Wimborne) is a market town in East Dorset in South West England, and the name of the Church of England church in that town.

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Wimborne Minster (church)

Wimborne Minster, known locally as the Minster, is the parish church of Wimborne, Dorset, England.

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Winterborne St Martin

Winterborne St Martin, commonly known as Martinstown, is a village and civil parish in southwest Dorset, England, situated south-west of Dorchester, beside Maiden Castle.

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Redirects here:

Battle of Meretun, Battle of Merton, Battle of merton.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Marton

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