Anglo Saxon Chronicles - 473AD - Welsh Flee again (Henghest and Æsc)
The entry from the Chronicles
Original text Her Hengest ⁊ Æsc gefuhton wiþ Walas ⁊ genamon unarimedlico herereaf, ⁊ þa Walas flugon þa Englan swa þær
fyr.
Translation 473AD. This year Hengest and Esc fought with the Welsh, and took immense Booty. And the Welsh fled from the English
like fire.
What does this mean
We have no details of this location, however there would be very few places near to Kent where there would have been a
lot of Booty, therefore the most likely place would have to be London.
Possible interpretation of the Chronicles
London would be quite a valuable place to take, however there is no location recorded so this is just
conjecture.
Map showing the Battles of Henghest and Horsa
Map generated using Google My Maps 2024 - showing the
Landscape, modern Counties and sea in 455AD
Please Note: this map is my interpretation of the Anglo Saxon Chronicles entries relating to Henghest, Horsa and Aesc
and their take over of Kent, the purple line shows the modern Kent boundary.
The logic for the coastal changes and the Forest of Andredsweald can be viewed on the following pages:
