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The next year they held the city when the Northumbrians tried to retake it; the army left the same year putting a local puppet king in charge of York and the area around York they controlled. The army returned in 875 and its leader Halfdan took control of York.
Sep 5, 2023 · From about AD 600, York started to become important again, becoming the capital of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Deira. When that realm united with the neighbouring kingdom of Bernicia, forming the much-larger and more powerful kingdom of Northumbria, York remained a key city.
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Reclamation of parts of the town was initiated in the 7th century under King Edwin of Northumbria, and York became his chief city. [20] The first wooden minster church was built in York for the baptism of Edwin in 627, according to the Venerable Bede. [21]
3 days ago · In the 7th century Paulinus became the first archbishop of York, and Edwin, king of Northumbria, built a church where the present Minster stands. The Danes conquered York in 867 and retained it as their Northumbrian capital.
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A history written 150 years later records how the Viking army ‘rebuilt the city of York, cultivated the land around it, and remained there’. Eoforwic had become Jorvik , and was soon transformed into the capital of a kingdom of the same name, roughly corresponding to Yorkshire today.
In 866, Danish Viking invaders ransacked the city and changed it’s name to Jorvick. A Viking kingdom which stretched from the River Tees in the north to the River Thames in the south, was under Danish control (Danelaw). By AD1000 York had expanded and had some 8,000 inhabitants.
The city was founded in about AD 71 when the 5,000 men of the Ninth Legion marched from Lincoln and set up camp. Eboracum, as the Romans called York , was born. Read more
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