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Early Medieval

Battle of Wippedesfleot

465
Kent, England
Also known as: Battle of Ebbsfleet
Era
Early Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Kent, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Britons (Welsh)
Forces
c. 1,000–2,500 Welsh Britons; c. 12 leaders killed.
VS
Victor
Jutes
Forces
c. 1,000–2,500 Jutes (Hengist, Aesc)
Outcome
Jutes victorious; twelve British chieftains slain
The Battle

History & Significance

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records Hengist and Aesc fighting the Welsh (Britons) at Wippedesfleot, killing twelve British leaders. Part of the progressive Jutish conquest of Kent, this engagement consolidated Germanic control over the Thames estuary approaches.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Battle of Wippedesfleot

Dent-de-Lion medieval gatehouse
Scheduled monument · ~3.7 miles
Quex Park settlements
Scheduled monument · ~4.2 miles
Salmestone Grange
Scheduled monument · ~4.3 miles
Group of ring ditches 400yds (360m) NW of Great Brooks End Farm
Scheduled monument · ~4.6 miles
Settlement one mile (1610m) E of village
Scheduled monument · ~4.7 miles
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