Regional871 CE

Battle of Merton

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United Kingdom

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Merton (871), part of the Viking Wars in Britain. Danish Vikings defeated Wessex.

Belligerents2

Danish Vikings
Wessex

Conflict graph

PART OFViking Invasions of England

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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Cite as: Battle of Merton (871 CE). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/battle-of-merton · Sources & methodology