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Early Medieval

Guthrum Receives East Anglia 880

880
Norfolk, England
Also known as: Guthrum settles East Anglia 880 · Danish kingdom of East Anglia founded 880
Era
Early Medieval
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Norfolk, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
East Anglian English
Forces
Guthrum established as king with c.5,000–8,000 Danish settlers.
VS
Victor
Guthrum (Athelstan)
Forces
Settlement negotiation; no pitched battle
Outcome
Guthrum settled East Anglia as a Christian Danish king; land distributed to followers
The Battle

History & Significance

The settlement of Guthrum in East Anglia as a baptised king named Athelstan established a stable Danish kingdom in the east that coexisted uneasily with Alfredian Wessex for a generation.

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Scheduled Monuments near Guthrum Receives East Anglia 880

Site of town ditch: Icknield Way allotments
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Site of Saxon town including site of St John's churchyard on playing fields
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Site of Saxon town: primary school grounds, Hilary Road
Scheduled monument · ~0.2 miles
Bank and ditch NE of London Road
Scheduled monument · ~0.2 miles
Priory of the Canons of the Holy Sepulchre and part of Saxon town
Scheduled monument · ~0.2 miles
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