The Chronicle records Cerdic and Cynric killed a British king called Natanleod and five thousand men at Cerdicesford, which most scholars identify with Charford on the Avon in Hampshire. Natanleod is a difficult name but the battle marked a decisive step in West Saxon expansion from the coast into the interior.
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