the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, in Bosham, West Sussex. The discovery comes after a re-analysis of previous excavations ...

has been located in Sussex. Archaeologists from Newcastle and Exeter universities have pinpointed the political centre of England's last Anglo-Saxon king in the village of Bosham, near Chichester.

After Alfred, Anglo-Saxon kings took the Danelaw territories back from the Vikings. Alfred's grandson, Athelstan, pushed English power north as far as Scotland and was the first king to claim to ...

a place perhaps in Sussex or possibly near Bath. The victory halted the Saxon advance for at least half a century. Whether Arthur was actually a king or merely a warrior, however, is less clear.

After Alfred, Anglo-Saxon kings took the Danelaw territories back from the Vikings. Alfred's grandson, Athelstan, pushed English power north as far as Scotland and was the first king to claim to ...