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Alton, First Battle of

Years: 1001 - 1001

The First Battle of Alton is a skirmish in 1001 between the English and the Vikings.

According to the Anglo Saxon Chronicle, it took place at somewhere called, in Old English, Æthelingadene.

Traditionally, the site was believed to have been what is now Alton, Hampshire.

[ However, it is thought more likely to have been in the East and West Dean area of modern day West Sussex.

“History isn't about dates and places and wars. It's about the people who fill the spaces between them.”

― Jodi Picoult, The Storyteller (2013)