Aylesford
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Aylesford is a village and civil parish on the River Medway in Kent, England, 4 miles northwest of Maidstone.
Medieval bridge over the River Medway at Aylesford
Detail of the Aylesford Bucket in the British Museum.
The Shrine at The Friars
St Peter and St Paul's church sitting above the village
Battle of Aylesford
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The Battle of Aylesford or Epsford was fought between Britons and Anglo-Saxons recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and the Historia Brittonum. Both sources concur that it involved the Anglo-Saxon le
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…of the Battle of the Medway during the Roman invasion of Britain although there is no direct evidence of this. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records the Battle of Aylesford taking place nearby in 455, when the Germanic Hengest fought the Welsh Vortigern; Horsa (Hengist's brother) is said to have fallen in this battle…
Anglo-Saxon Migration in the 5th century