Ellandun was the site of the Battle of Ellandun between Egbert of Wessex and Beornwulf of Mercia in 825. Sir Frank Stenton described it as "One of the most decisive battle of English history". Egbert emerged victorious and became the eighth Bretwalda and the first Anglo-Saxon king to be styled "ruler over all England". Accounts of the Battle King Egbert of Wessex was building military power to reinforce his rule and expand his territory. Having campaigned in Cornwall, he returned home to his kin… (More on Ellendun)