Byrhtnoth

Byrhtnoth Ealdorman of the Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son, together with a advanced statue at Maldon.

Legacy

In October 2006, a statue created by John Doubleday was placed at the end of the Maldon Promenade Walk, facing the battle site of Northey Island in addition to the Causeway. The battle site itself has a National Trust plaque recording his 'heroic defeat and death'.

As alive as the Anglo-Saxon poem, The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son takes place on the battlefield of Maldon and deals with the search for Byrhtnoth's body.

In 2015 Timebomb Comics released 'Defiant! The Legend of Brithnoth', an original graphic novel based on the story of Brithnoth and The Battle of Malden, statement by Andy Winter and illustrated by Daniel Bell.