I have listed the battles that I know of (I have a very limited knowledge here - combat not being my thing) so feel free to email me with all the ones I've missed or updates.

Place
Date
Details
Victor
Aegelesthrep 455 Hengest and Horsa Vs Vortigern Vortigern defeated
Maserfeld, Southumbria 641 Oswald Vs Penda Penda
Tamar river 710 Ine attacks Dumnonia
Woodborough (Wilts) 715 Coelred fought Ine of Wessex
Hayle River (Cornwall) 721-2 Saxons vs Ine Ine
Hereford (760) English v Welsh
Otford (Kent) 776 Mercians Vs Kentish Offa defeated
Bensington (Oxon) 779 Cynewulf Vs Offa Cynewulf defeated
Rhuddlan (Flint) 796
Ellendun (Wilts) 825 Egbert Vs Beornwulf. Egbert
Galford 825 Battle between the Britons and the men of Devon.
Hingston Down (Cornwall) 838 Britons and Danes Vs Egbert. Egbert
Wilton (Wilts) 871 Alfred Vs Vikings Vikings
Basing (Hants) 871 Æthelred and Alfred Vs Vikings Vikings
Ashdown (Berks) 8th January 871 Æthelred and Alfred (Anglo-Saxons) Vs Bagsecg and Halfdan (Vikings) Anglo-Saxons
Ethandun (Edington) May 878 Alfred (Anglo-Saxons) Vs Guthrum (Vikings) Anglo-Saxons (Vikings sued for peace)
Farnham (Surrey) 891
Tettenhall (Staffs) 909 Edward attacks the Danes
Brunanburh 937 Athelstan (Anglo-Saxons) Vs Olaf Guthfrithson and Constantine of the Scots (Vikings) Anglo-Saxons
Maldon 991 Olaf (Vikings) Vs Brihtnoth (Anglo-Saxons) Vikings
Sherston (Wilts) 1016 Danish victory.
Assandun (Ashingdon, Essex) 18th October 1016 Cnut and the Danes (Vikings) Vs Edmund and Edric (Anglo-Saxons) Vikings


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