Battle of Tempsford

In 917, the group of Danes who had previously been based in Huntingdon relocated to Tempsford in Bedfordshire, 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 from the territories of 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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917  Wikidata
battle, Anglo-Saxons, Kingdom of Mercia, 

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Location: 52.1706, -0.2962, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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39 — 40 Caligula's German-British campaigns

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1326 Capture of Cambridge

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1643 Battle of Olney Bridge

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict		Carausian Revolt	rebellion	Wikidata
event	armed conflict		Great Conspiracy	military campaign	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	39	Caligula's German-British campaigns	Roman Empire, Suebi, military campaign, Celtic Britons	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	917	Battle of Tempsford	Anglo-Saxons, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1326	Capture of Cambridge	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1643	Battle of Olney Bridge	battle, Roundhead, Cavalier	Wikidata
site	bunker		Bedford Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters	Royal Observer Corps, Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters, bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Cambridge Regional War Room	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Cambridgeshire South Cambridgeshire District Emergency Centre	civil defense center, South Cambridgeshire District Council	Wikidata
site	bunker		The Avionics Building	bunker	Wikidata
site	castle		Huntingdon Castle	motte-and-bailey castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1100	Bedford Castle	archaeological site, motte-and-bailey castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1200	Kimbolton Castle	historic house museum, castle	Wikidata
site	military base		RAF Henlow	Royal Air Force station, military museum, Royal Air Force, air base	Wikidata
site	military base	1938	RAF Bassingbourn	Royal Air Force station, military museum, Royal Air Force Bomber Command, air base, Royal Air Force	Wikidata
site	military base	1941	RAF Twinwood Farm	Royal Air Force station, military museum, air base, Royal Air Force	Wikidata
site	museum		Blacked-out Britain War Museum	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1966	Military Intelligence Museum	independent museum, military museum	Wikidata