The 835 sacking of Sheppey is the first large-scale Danish raid recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for southern England and inaugurated decades of escalating Viking pressure on Kentish and Thames estuary targets.
Danish raiders: c. 500-2,000 (5-20 ships). Kent inhabitants: c. 200-500.
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