Albion adventures viking attack at the battle of tettenhall. I am a huge fan of your books as i am very interested in british history and i love. The village stands on the stafford and birmingham canal, 2 miles wnw of wolverhampton r. Tettenhall towers, city of wolverhampton 1201906 historic.
He has contributed many articles to military history, wargaming and family history magazines, and his major publications include warlords of china. Towards the end of his life, he allowed his wife ethelfleda to exercise many of his powers, and when he died after the battle of tettenhall she succeeded him. According to the anglosaxon chronicle, the battle of tettenhall sometimes called the battle of wednesfield took place at tettenhall, near wolverhampton on 5 august 910. What ensued was the battle of tettenhall, in what is now wolverhampton, on the 5 august 910. The battle of wednesfield or tettenhall took place in 910 and was the scene of an important victory of a combined force of mercian and wessex troops under ethelred, earldorman of mercia, and his wife ethelfleda, over an army of danes. A history of the british monarchysaxon rulersedward the elder. Central to those events was the decisive english victory at the battle of tettenhall in 910, one of the most significant military events of the anglosaxon period. During the reign of his father alfred the great, edward the elder had taken an active role in his campaigns against the vikings. Im sad that your next book war lord will be the last in the series but im excited to. A saxon settlement, the battle with the vikings, the wrottersleys, and later telfords cutting through the rock.
Whats more, she is the only queen in english history to have passed her. Tettenhall, or tettenhall regis and clericorum, is a large and fertile parish, extending from two to five miles w. Earl aethelred of mercia academic dictionaries and. Wolverhampton military studies series military history books. Popular culture bernard cornwell s sword song 2007 isbn 9780007219711, the fourth in his the saxon stories series of books, features him. Instead, it was the battle of tettenhall in modernday wolverhampton eight. Staffordshire, 1974 the builder in 24 january, 1880 legal this building is listed under the planning listed buildings and conservation areas act 1990 as amended for.
Did you know the battle of tettenhall was a real battle. Where did the battle of tettenhall or wodnesfeld actually take place. History the college was founded in 1863 by a group of prominent local businessmen and industrialists, most of who were associated with the queen street congregational church. Minor grjpe from me, but please continue your excellent series about uhtred. Alfred, and on his instructions, its annals recording the history. The battle saw the defeat of the last great danish army to ravage england. Lichfield on his way to the battle of tettenhall, but hey, it was your book. May 06, 2020 even the circumstances of the battle are reversed, with the danes ambushing edwards army they won the battle, but aethelwold died in the fighting, making it somewhat pyrrhic. A subreddit for the last kingdom, the bbcnetflix television show set in medieval england. Aug 05, 2010 buy notes and materials on the battle of tettenhall 910 a. Eowils and halfdan, august 5, battle of marton, battle of ashdown, battle of maldon.
I have however taken it out of print to have it professionally edited, this will. Aethelflaed, the greatest english heroine history forum. On the 8 june 793, vikings raided the abbey at lindisfarne in northumbria. A battle, very disastrous to the danes, was fought here in 907 or 910. Battle of tettenhall, 5 august 910 battle in staffordshire fought by edward the elder of wessex against the invading danes from york.
Apr 22, 2020 instead, it was the battle of tettenhall in modernday wolverhampton eight years earlier in 910 that secured her image as victorious warrior queen. This work seeks to investigate in detail the period leading up to the battle, to analyse early accounts of the conflict, to identify the possible battlefield site, and not least to. The battle of tettenhall in 910 was the turning point in the battle against the danish viking invaders by the united forces of edward the elder of wessex and ealdorman. The anglosaxon chronicle records the battle of tettenhall sometimes called the battle of wednesfield or wodnesfeld as taking place near tettenhall, staffordshire, on 5 august 910 ad.
Past discoveries is a genealogical and family history research company offering a friendly and efficient service to those who wish to find out more about their family history. It has proved more difficult however, in researching the history of a real battle that took place near my former home in wolverhampton tettenhall is near wolverhampton, or was then. Chris peers is a leading expert on the history of ancient and medieval warfare and has written widely on the subject. Tettenhall transport heritage centre, henwood road.
Wrottesley hall, the seat of lord wrottesley, is a handsome mansion erected in 1696, situated in an extensive park. Oct 24, 2012 chris peers is a leading expert on the history of ancient and medieval warfare and has written widely on the subject. My family the johnsons were market people, my gran had a sweetshop just at the bottom of the hill towards clargate just off tettenhall lights, my grandfather joe, he was a panel beater at dowty and my mother also worked captans at dowty while my father was in burma fighting the japs, but he was over. I liked the 40,000 word length of a novella, rather than a novel. A combined force of mercians and west saxons slaughtered a raiding army of northumbrian vikings somewhere near wolverhampton. Posts about battle of tettenhall written by rexfactor.
Forces from mercia and wessex combined to defeat the northumbrian vikings. So did his son, edward the elder, and so did his son, athelstan. Battle of ashdown project gutenberg selfpublishing. The battle of tettenhall sounds like a classic pincer movement, it also looks to have the advantage of using two factions in separate operations, which reduces friction, there is further evidence in that on aethelraeds death within a year, aethelflaed is declared lady of the mercians which is queen in all but name, also as i point out in. Tettenhall, staffordshire genealogy heraldry and history.
Whilst in the process of publishing that first book, i committed myself to writing a sequel. Here, we recap the real history behind the story so far, and whats covered in. Tettenhall towers was built by wolverhampton industrialist colonel thomas thorneycroft as a house for him and his family. Instead, it was the battle of tettenhall in modernday wolverhampton eight years earlier in 910 that secured her image as victorious warrior queen. Alfred the great, king of wessex, defeated the vikings several times. The battle of tettenhall took place, according to the anglosaxon chronicle, near tettenhall on. Buy notes and materials on the battle of tettenhall 910 a. It forms part of the wolverhampton south west constituency. Filmed at lower green, tettenhall, wolverhampton in april 2008.
Edward the elder ruled england from the year 899 to the year 924. Books and journals tettenhall towers 19801985 pevsner, n, the buildings of england. Even the circumstances of the battle are reversed, with the danes ambushing edwards army they won the battle, but aethelwold died in the fighting, making it somewhat pyrrhic. It is situated on the western edge of the city, bordering south staffordshire and the oxley, st peters, park and tettenhall wightwick wards. In 909 the vikings had begun rampaging again, but a major party was met by the united, formidable forces of mercia, under aethelflaed, and wessex, under her brother edward. As recorded in the anglo saxon chronicle the battle of tettenhall took place on 5 august 910 when the allied forces of mercia and wessex met an army of northumbrian vikings who had travelled up the river severn to raid mercia. About the time of the battle of tettenhall a rapid development of. The danes raided in 910 and the king marched his army to staffordshire to intercept them. Family history tettenhall wood united reformed church trace.
The show is an adaption of bernard cornwells bestselling series of historical novels known as the saxon stories. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most. The chronology of the reign of edward the elder jstor. It saw the crushing defeat of the last of the large danish viking armies to ravage the land, including the deaths of the danish kings, eowils and healfdan. With the death of alfred the great in 899, his son edward succeeded to the wessex crown. Local school near here, wednesfield high, recently had reenactment if the battle of tettenhall there is debate locally as to where battle took place tettenhall, wednesfield or somewhere else. Season four of the last kingdom is widely expected to cover books. Edwards apple seems to have fallen fairly far from the tree, because the record his court produces during his reign is spare even by anglo saxon standards. Tettenhall, staffordshire map showing england around 910, at the time of aethelflaed the site of the battle of tettenhall is marked according to the anglosaxon chronicle, the battle of tettenhall sometimes called the battle of wednesfield took place at tettenhall, near wolverhampton on 5. Battle of tettenhall news newspapers books scholar jstor march.
But even with all of its contradictory statements and black holes, the chronicle. Different versions of the chronicle record that the battle took place on august 5 or 6, and at tettenhall or wednesfield the different placenames are easily explained because theyre only four miles apart see map, so the real site is presumably near both. Some give the location as tettenhall, close to wolverhampton, while others suggest wednesfield or seisdon. Both the head living and that of tettenhall wood are vicarages in the diocese of lichfield. History of tettenhall, in wolverhampton and staffordshire. Battle of tettenhall, 5 august 910 home book shop wars battles biographies timeline weapons blog full index subjects concepts country documents. The allied forces of mercia and wessex met an army of northumbrian vikings in mercia. A description of tettenhall from william whites history, gazetteer, and directory of staffordshire published in 1851. But when the danish leaders saw the saxon camping ground. Content from both the books and the tv series are welcome. She presided over the victory of the battle of tettenhall in ad 910, sometimes referred to as the battle of. Many pictures exist of tettenhall and the lower green which was once much bigger than it is today. There is so much that the chronicle hides from us after the death of alfred. Battle of tettenhall, 5 august 910 military history.
It was in the distant ages, some centuries ago, the gallant saxons of our land went forth to meet the foe, and at a place called seisdon, near wolverhampton town, they sallied forth to fight the danes for mercias king and crown. This includes some books whose main theme is the technical details of how armed forces have worked, some books on wars and battles, and some books that re. On the great alfreds death the succession was disputed between edward or eadweard and ethelwald, the son of alfreds elder brother ethelred i. See more ideas about medieval history, history, medieval. Oct 16, 2008 a reenactment of the battle of tettenhall or wednesfield depending on the source in 910, as described in the anglo saxon chronicle. Michael wood on athelstans great war to unite anglosaxon england. A reenactment of the battle of tettenhall or wednesfield depending on the source in 910, as described in the anglo saxon chronicle. Notes and materials on the battle of tettenhall 910 a. Staffordshire, 1974 the builder in 24 january, 1880 legal this building is listed under the planning listed buildings and conservation areas act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest. Svartland living history society battle of tettenhall. The battle of tettenhall sometimes called the battle of wednesfield or wodnesfeld took place, according to the anglosaxon chronicle, near tettenhall on 5 august 910.
Tettenhall, staffordshire map showing england around 910, at the time of aethelflaed the site of the battle of tettenhall is marked according to the anglosaxon chronicle, the battle of tettenhall sometimes called the battle of wednesfield took place at tettenhall, near wolverhampton on 5 august 910. Battles involving mercia battles involving the vikings military history of staffordshire 910s conflicts 910 10th century in england. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. A history of the parish of tettenhall, in the county of stafford james p. I learnt that during the battle of tettenhall they had war dogs like wolf hounds and. Sandwiched between the two anglosaxon forces, the danes suffered a tremendous defeat. On 5 august edward won a convincing victory and extended his kingdom as far north as the humber. Its possible the battle was nearer to presentday wednesfield than to tettenhall, but theories are still being explored.
This decisive battle, a pivotal point in our history, is known as the battle of tettenhall. Tettenhall, a village, a parish, and a subdistrict, in wolverhampton district, stafford. The modern ward of tettenhall regis is one of two covering the tettenhall area, the other being tettenhall wightwick. Aug 05, 2016 5 august 910 last major viking army is defeated the vikings were beaten by combined forces from the anglosaxon kingdoms of mercia and wessex at the battle of tettenhall in presentday staffordshire. The english armies killed very many of the vikings, and put the rest to flight. Most of the content of these webpages is taken from my medieval history books, the first one to be published was dark ages to the vikings 410 to 1050 and was a minor success, only being outsold at one point by michael wood and his bbc promoted books. Tettenhall wood professional family history, family trees, genealogy, house and ancestry research service by professional genealogist uk and local history research. Tettenhall boasts a history second to none in wolverhampton.
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