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Early Medieval

Battle of Stamford (918)

918
England
Era
Early Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Vikings
VS
Victor
Anglo-Saxons
Outcome
Anglo-Saxon victory.
The Battle

History & Significance

The Second Battle of Stamford occurred when King Edward assaulted Stamford in late May 918. It soon fell to his army of Wessex. Later that year, Edward built a second burh on the south side of the River Welland. The ramparts of the northern burh may have been approximately 3100 ft (c. 750 hides) from Roffe, and the Edwardian burh around 2700 ft (c. 650 hides).

The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Battle of Stamford (918) lies on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Battle of Stamford (918)

Stamford Castle (remains of)
Stamford Castle (remains of)
Scheduled monument · ~0.1 mi

Stamford Castle is a Norman castle established in the late eleventh century at Stamford in Lincolnshire. The castle occupies a strategic position overlooking the River Welland and was constructed following the Norman Conquest as part of the consolidation of Norman power in the East Midlands. Toda…

Richard Croft / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Site of St Peter's Church
Site of St Peter's Church
Scheduled monument · ~0.1 mi

Site of St Peter's Church is a scheduled monument in Lincolnshire representing the remains of a medieval parish church. The site is documented as a significant ecclesiastical monument within the local landscape, though much of the structure has been lost or substantially degraded over time. The c…

Des Blenkinsopp / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Norman arch at No 11 St Mary's Hill
Norman arch at No 11 St Mary's Hill
Scheduled monument · ~0.1 mi

The Norman arch at No 11 St Mary's Hill is a twelfth-century architectural fragment preserved within a later building in Lincolnshire. The arch represents surviving masonry from the Norman period and demonstrates the high-quality stone construction typical of ecclesiastical or domestic buildings…

Richard Croft / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Austin Friars Priory
Austin Friars Priory
Scheduled monument · ~0.3 mi

Austin Friars Priory is a medieval religious house located in Lincolnshire, England. The priory was founded in the 13th century as a house of the Augustinian friars, an order of mendicant religious practitioners who played an important role in urban and rural ecclesiastical life during the later…

Michael Dibb / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Brasenose Gate
Brasenose Gate
Scheduled monument · ~0.4 mi

Brasenose Gate is a medieval gatehouse located in Lincolnshire. The structure dates to the medieval period and represents a surviving example of fortified domestic or manorial architecture from that era. The gate exhibits the characteristic features typical of its period, including stonework and…

Richard Croft / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Ruins and site of St Leonard's Priory
Ruins and site of St Leonard's Priory
Scheduled monument · ~0.7 mi

St Leonard's Priory is a medieval Benedictine religious house located in Lincolnshire, England. Founded in the twelfth century, the priory served as an important monastic settlement during the medieval period until its dissolution in the sixteenth century. The surviving ruins and archaeological r…

Richard Croft / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Area of medieval town by Barnhill House
Scheduled monument · ~0.1 miles
Tower of city wall, West Street
Scheduled monument · ~0.2 miles
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