Battle Of Edington
Coordinates: 51°26′25″N 02°14′32″W / 51.44028°N 2.24222°W / 51.44028; -2.24222
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At the Battle of Edington an army of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex under Alfred the Great defeated the Great Heathen Army led by Guthrum on a date between 6 and 12 May AD 878. The primary sources locate the battle at "Ethandun" or "Ethandune", and until a scholarly consensus identified its location with the present-day Edington in Wiltshire it was known as the Battle of Ethandun, a name which continues to be used.
The battle soon resulted in the Treaty of Wedmore later the same year.
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