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2 unusual facts about Ceawlin of Wessex


Æthelberht of Kent

Bede names Æthelberht as the third on the list, after Ælle of Sussex and Ceawlin of Wessex.

Wroughton

Occupation of the area continued into the early Middle Ages (AD 410–1066) when two battles are understood to have taken place in the area: Breahburh (AD 567), thought to have been fought by Ceawlin of Wessex on the slopes of Barbury Hill, and Ellandun (AD 825) at Elcombe Hall by Egbert of Wessex.



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