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In 814, King Egbert of Wessex ravaged Cornwall "from the east to the west", and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that in 825 the Cornish fought the men of Devon. In 838 the Cornish in alliance with Vikings were defeated by the West Saxons at the Battle of Hingston Down . [ 30 ]
19 AD: Total eclipse in Cornwall. [1] 43 AD: Claudian invasion of Britain begins. Roman control of Cornwall comes much later, but at an uncertain date. 55–60 AD: Construction of Nanstallon Roman fort near Bodmin, one of only a few Roman sites in Cornwall. Roman villa at Magor Farm near Camborne occupied. [5]
He gave each of his Wessex counties a fictionalised name, such as with Berkshire, which is known in the novels as "North Wessex". [citation needed] In the book and television series The Last Kingdom, Wessex is the primary setting, focusing on the rule of Alfred the Great and the war against the Vikings. [47] Wessex remains a common term for the ...
Maps that depict Cornwall as a county of the Kingdom of England and Wales include Gerardus Mercator's 1564 atlas of Europe, [25] and Christopher Saxton's 1579 map authorised by Queen Elizabeth I. [26] A miniature "epitome" of Ortelius' map of England and Wales, published in 1595, names Cornwall; the same map displays Kent in an equivalent ...
Map of Britain in 878, showing territory held by the Danes in pink. In 871, the Great Summer Army arrived from Scandinavia, led by Bagsecg. [41] The reinforced Viking army turned its attention to Wessex but the West Saxons, led by King Æthelred's brother Alfred, defeated them on 8 January 871 at the Battle of Ashdown, slaying Bagsecg in the ...
Monks leave Lindisfarne, which is being invaded by Vikings, with the body of Saint Cuthbert, and settle at Chester-le-Street. [1] Donyarth, last recorded King of Cornwall, drowns in what is thought to be the River Fowey. [3] Vikings led by Guthrum invade Alfred's territory, taking Wareham [12] but are forced out following a siege by Alfred. 876
Cornwall (/ ˈ k ɔːr n w ɔː l,-w əl /; [5] Cornish: Kernow; Cornish pronunciation: [ˈkɛrnɔʊ]; or [6]) is a ceremonial county in South West England. [7] It is recognised by Cornish and Celtic political groups as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people.
In 815 King Egbert raided Cornwall 'from east to West' which, given later battles at Gafulford and Hingston Down probably indicates the conquest of the remaining parts of West Devon. This was the last recorded battle between the Cornish and the West Saxons and ended roughly a century of warfare that began at the Battle of Llongborth in 710 (see ...