Battle of Buttington

The Battle of Buttington was fought in 893 between a Viking army and an alliance of Anglo-Saxons and Welsh. The annals for 893 reported that a large Viking army had landed in the Lympne Estuary, Kent and a smaller force had landed in the Thames estuary under the command of Danish king Hastein.

The Battle of Buttington was fought in 893 between a Viking army and an alliance of Anglo-Saxon and Welsh forces in Powys. The Vikings were defeated, marking a rare Welsh victory against the Norse and demonstrating the effectiveness of coordinated Anglo-Saxon and Welsh resistance during the later Viking Age.