Burford, battle of
Burford, battle of, c.752. Æthelbald of Mercia was defeated by Cuthred of Wessex, enabling Wessex temporarily to extend its territories north of the Thames. Henry of Huntingdon gives a very detailed account, some of which may be authentic. On the evidence of place-names, Stenton denied that Beorhford could be Burford in Oxfordshire. Wessex's gains were wiped out by Offa's victory at Benson c.777.
J. A. Cannon
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