The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records the first Danish raid on Sheppey in 835. This was the beginning of sustained Danish pressure on the southern English kingdoms, following years of raids on the northern and eastern coasts. Sheppey island position at the mouth of the Thames made it highly vulnerable and it would be raided repeatedly.
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