Part of Edward the Elder's extraordinary 917 campaign. Colchester — one of the oldest Roman cities in Britain — was stormed and the Danish garrison killed. Like Tempsford and Maldon, this was part of a coordinated campaign that broke Danish military power in East Anglia in a single season. The speed and coordination of these multiple simultaneous operations suggests sophisticated staff planning.
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.
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