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==History==
==History==
At [[Tettenhall]] (which now forms a western suburb of Wolverhampton) in 910 AD a battle (known as the Battle of Tettenhall or the Battle of Wednesfield) took place between the [[Anglo-Saxon]] kingdoms [[Mercia]] and [[Wessex]] against the [[Scandinavian]] [[Vikings]] of the [[Danelaw]]. Edward of Wessex had been allied with the Mercians through his sister Æthelflæd, who would later rule as Lady of the Mercians. The battle marked a significant turning point in the Anglo-Saxon attempts to ward of Viking incursions as it saw the crushing defeat of the last of the large Danish Viking armies to ravage the land, including the deaths of the Danish Kings, Eowils and Healfdan
The settlement was established by 985 AD, when Ethelred the Unready granted the lands of ''Heanton'' to a Lady Wulfrun.
The settlement was established by 985 AD, when Ethelred the Unready granted the lands of ''Heanton'' to a Lady Wulfrun.
[[Category:England]]
[[Category:England]]
[[Category:Settlements in Staffordshire]]
[[Category:Settlements in Staffordshire]]