Stained glass window from the cloister of Worcester Cathedral showing the death of Penda of Mercia
Date
15 November 655 AD
Location
Possibly the Cock Beck in present-day Yorkshire
Result
Northumbrian victory
Belligerents
Northumbrian Kingdom of Bernicia
Kingdom of Mercia Kingdom of East Anglia
Commanders and leaders
King Oswiu of Bernicia
King Penda of Mercia † King Æthelhere †
Strength
800 Bernician Forces
1,400 Mercian Forces 800 East Anglian Forces
Casualties and losses
500 Killed
450 Killed in battle, 500 Drowned
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Anglo-Saxon invasions and the founding of England
Timeline
Groans of the Britons
Guoloph
Aylesford
Treason of the Long Knives
Wippedesfleot
Mercredesburne
Badon
Beranburh
Alclud Ford
Argoed Llwyfain
Deorham
1st Wodensburh
Raith
Catraeth
Degsastan
Chester
Cirencester
Cefn Digoll
Caer-Uisc
Hatfield Chase
Heavenfield
Maserfield
Winwaed
Peonnum
Two Rivers
Trent
Nechtansmere
2nd Wodensburh
Hehil
Pencon
Hereford
Otford
Bensington
Ellandun
Hingston Down
Scotland
Brunanburh
The Battle of the Winwaed (Welsh: Maes Gai; Medieval Latin: Strages Gai Campi[1]) was fought on 15 November 655[notes 1] between King Penda of Mercia and Oswiu of Bernicia, ending in the Mercians' defeat and Penda's death.[6] According to Bede, the battle marked the effective demise of Anglo-Saxon paganism.
^Annales Cambriae [B], p. 8.
^The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, translated and edited by M. J. Swanton (1996), paperback, ISBN 0-415-92129-5.
^S. Wood, "Bede's Northumbrian dates again", The English Historical Review, Vol. 98, No. 387, April 1983, pages 280–296
^D. P. Kirby, "Bede and Northumbrian Chronology", The English Historical Review, Vol. 78, No. 308, July 1963, pages 514–27
^Annales Cambriae at Fordham University
^Selwood, Dominic (15 November 2016). "On this day: Britain's last great pagan king is struck down by Christians at the Battle of the Winwaed". The Telegraph. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
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