The Second Battle of Stamford occurred when
King Edward assaulted Stamford in late May 918. It soon fell to his army of Wessex. Later that year, Edward built a second burh on the south side of the
River Welland
The River Welland is a lowland river in the east of England, some long. It drains part of the Midlands eastwards to The Wash. The river rises in the Hothorpe Hills, at Sibbertoft in Northamptonshire, then flows generally northeast to Market ...
. The ramparts of the northern burh may have been approximately 3100 ft (''c.'' 750 hides) from Roffe, and the Edwardian burh around 2700 ft (''c.'' 650 hides).
Roffe: Stamford Origins.
Retrieved on 15 January 2008.
See also
* Battle of Stamford (894)
References
910s conflicts
Battles involving Wessex
Battles involving the Vikings
Battles involving the Anglo-Saxons
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