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- 867 – 21 March: Danes defeat a Northumbrian counterattack against York, killing their kings Osberht and Ælla and installing a puppet ruler, Ecgberht. 876 – Danes capture southern Northumbria and found the Kingdom of York perhaps under Halfdan Ragnarsson.
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The history of York, England, as a city dates to the beginning of the first millennium AD but archaeological evidence for the presence of people in the region of York dates back much further to between 8000 and 7000 BC.
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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
6 days ago · A History of the County of York: the City of York The volume takes both a chronological and a thematic approach to the history of the City of York from before the Norman Conquest to the twentieth century.
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.
- Pragya Vohra
5 days ago · If the king seldom ruled from York, the city was far more important as a centre of local and provincial administration. In addition to being the capital of the northern province of the Church, it was also the headquarters of the Sheriff of Yorkshire.
York's own charter came three years earlier, in 1212, when King John allowed York’s citizens, rather than the Sheriff, to collect and pay the annual tax to the Crown, to hold their own courts and to appoint a mayor. From then on, until local government reorganisation in 1974, York was a self-governing city under its own mayors.
