What is recorded here
The Battle of Englefield was a West Saxon victory against a Danish Viking army on about 31 December 870 at Englefield, near Reading in Berkshire. It was the first of a series of battles that took place following an invasion of Wessex by the Danish army in December 870.
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- Date
- 0871-01-04
Places near here
Sir John Englefield monumentMonument or public art · 258 yd
Church of St. MarkListed building · 289 yd
The Boiler House, Chimney, Sawmill and Joiner's Shop, Englefield Estate YardListed building · 308 yd
Top of the milestoneMonument or public art · 1293 yd
Moor CopseNature reserve · 1.3 mi
Park WoodWood · 1.5 mi
Sheffield Bottom LockPicnic place · 1.6 mi
Statue in the apseMonument or public art · 1.8 mi
Falkland Islands MemorialMemorial · 2.3 mi
ReadingVisitor information · 3.1 mi
Hermit's HillMountain / peak · 3.5 mi
Poplar IslandIslet · 3.8 miPictures: Richard Croft, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Stuart Logan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Chris Allen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Bill Nicholls, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Claire Willatt, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Des Blenkinsopp, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Steve Daniels, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; andy dolman, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Oscar Taylor, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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