After leaving Wareham and before their surprise attack on Chippenham, Guthrum's army moved through Dorset and overwintered, seizing about a third of Mercia. The Chronicle records that half the Mercian army was divided to settle in that portion. The gradual encirclement of Alfred's Wessex from north (Chippenham), west (Exeter), and now the occupied southeast Midlands shows the sophisticated strategic planning of the Danish command.
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any location in Britain — drawing on Domesday records, scheduled monuments, Victorian OS maps, geological data and archaeological archives to tell the full story of a place.
Research a location near Dorset