Alfred force stormed the Viking fortified camp at Benfleet while Haesten was away raiding, capturing his wife and sons and destroying the Danish supply base in Essex.
Wessex: c. 2,500–3,500. Viking garrison: c. 500–800.
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 Essex