Norse forces wintered on Sheppey in 855, and in the same year raided up the Thames. Kentish ealdormen organised resistance along the Swale and Medway but were unable to dislodge the entrenched Danes. King Aethelwulf was on pilgrimage to Rome, leaving Wessex under Aethelbald and reducing coordinated response.
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