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Radio Merseyside,10 Feb 2026,10 mins

The Battle of Bromborough?

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A long-running debate over the location of one of the most important battles fought in medieval England may finally be nearing an answer. A new book argues that the Battle of Brunanburh, fought in 937, took place at Bromborough on the Wirral, bringing fresh clarity to a question that has occupied historians for more than a century.

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