Battle of Tempsford

In 917, the group of Danes who had previously been based in Huntingdon relocated to Tempsford, together with other Danes from East Anglia. They built and fortified a new burh there, to serve as a forward base for attacks on English territory. Later that year, after launching an unsuccessful attack on Bedford, they were attacked by an English army led by King Edward the Elder, as part of his widespread offensive which in that year overwhelmed the Danish territories in East Anglia and south-eastern Mercia. The burh was stormed and a Danish king, probably that of East Anglia, was killed, along with the Jarls Toglos and Manna and many of their followers, while the rest were captured.

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Coordinates: 52°10′14″N 0°17′46″W / 52.1706°N 0.2962°W / 52.1706; -0.2962

Tempsford

Coordinates: 52°10′03″N 0°17′53″W / 52.16748°N 0.29804°W / 52.16748; -0.29804

Tempsford is a village and civil parish in the English county of Bedfordshire.

The village is split by the A1 Great North Road and is located just before the junction with the A428 at the Black Cat Roundabout. To the east of the village is the site of the former RAF Tempsford airfield.

It was served by Tempsford railway station.

History

In 917 Tempsford was a fortified Danish burh where, following an unsuccessful attack on Bedford, the Battle of Tempsford took place. The Danes were defeated by an English army led by King Edward the Elder.

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Media related to Tempsford at Wikimedia Commons