Battle of Wodensfield
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Battle of Wodensfield
Image: © John M Taken: 18 Jan 2018
Tiled display in a passageway under the 1960s shops. The actual location of the battlefield is unknown but it is thought to be somewhere nearby. In recent years it has been celebrated by re-enactors Image A combined army from Mercia and Wessex trapped a large force of Vikings and inflicted a crushing victory with many thousands killed. This is sometimes referred to as the Battle of Tettenhall (some four miles away).
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Image Location
Latitude
52.600012
Longitude
-2.081603