Editing Elstree (section)

=== 5th century: Battle of Ailestreu (Elstree) ===
In the 5th century, [[Britons (historical)|British]] warlord [[Vortigern]] and his two sons, [[Vortimer]] and [[Catigern]], took part in the Battle of Elstree, then called the Battle of Ailestreu,<ref>Edw Stillingfleet, Origines Britannicae; or, the antiquities of the British churches. Publisher University Press, 1842, 582 pages ([https://books.google.com/books?id=fNAAAAAAcAAJ&dq=ailestreu+vortimer&pg=PA482 page 482])</ref> where the Saxon [[Horsa]] was killed. It's possible there is confusion with the [[List of Anglo-Welsh Wars#Fifth Century|Battle of Aylesbury]]. George Moberly writes:

:"[[Nennius]], [[Monumenta Historica Britannica|MHB]] p. 69, calls the place of battle where [[Hengist and Horsa|Hors]] fell Episford; Britannicè 'Sathenegabail' = the Saxon battle. The Saxon Chronicle, ad a. 455, calls it Ægæles-threp, and [[Henry of Huntingdon]], M.H.B. p. 708, Ailestreu. This would naturally be Elstree, of which name there is a place in Herts; but [[Beda]]'s description of its situation has caused it rather to be referred to [[Aylesford]] in Kent, near which is a small village called Horsted."<ref>Venerabilis Baedae, George H. Moberly (ed.), ''Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, Historia abbatum, et Epistola ad Ecgberctum, cum Epistola Bonifacii ad Cudberthum; Publ. 1881 Oxonii: E Typographeo Clarendoniano ([https://books.google.com/books?id=9nLPAAAAMAAJ&q=elstree&pg=PA37 page 37])</ref>