The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records Cuthred of Wessex defeating Aethelbald of Mercia at Burford in Oxfordshire — one of the few successful West Saxon challenges to Mercian hegemony in the mid-eighth century. The battle briefly restored West Saxon independence and demonstrated that Mercian dominance could be contested on the battlefield.
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