Finding the Battle of Brunanburh, 10th March, 7pm, Linghams

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 study 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.

Authors of Finding the Battle of Brunanburh, Paul Cavill, Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham, and Steve Harding, Professor Emeritus in Applied Biochemistry at the University of Nottingham, present what they describe as the most comprehensive analysis of the available evidence yet undertaken. Hear them offer their compelling argument as to why they believe Brunanburh equates to nearby Bromborough – a momentous revelation for local historians – and have your chance to ask your own questions about this, thus far, medieval mystery.