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Gafulford
Gafulford (alternatively Gafulforda, Gafolforda or Gavelford〔The first three names are variant spellings found in the extant versions of the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'', ''Gavelford'' is found in Henry of Huntingdon's ''Historia Anglorum''.〕) is the site of a battle in South West England known from the first entry in the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' for 823 AD (usually corrected to 825 AD): "Her waes Weala gefeoht Defna aet Gafulford". A translation is: "there was a fight between the Weala and the Defna at Gafulford".
The whereabouts of Gafulford is not known today, though it is generally assumed to be in the west of Devon or the east of Cornwall. Of the several locations that have been proposed, Camelford in Cornwall and Galford near Lew Trenchard in West Devon have had the widest acceptance.
==Historical setting==
The battle at Gafulford was one of a series of encounters between the British (''Wealas'') and the Saxons (here called ''Defnas'') that took place during the westward expansion of the Saxons under King Egbert, ruler of Wessex from 802 to 839 AD. It is known, on the basis of charters that he signed, that Egbert was at Crediton on 19 August 825,〔Alexander (1922). p. 193.〕 and he was in Southampton by 26 December 825.〔Alexander (1922). p. 196.〕 Not long afterwards he went on to defeat the Mercians at the Battle of Ellandun.
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