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8th Century
700-799 AD in Northern England:
- 8th June 793 AD: the first Viking raid on Britain at Lindisfarne
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Reconstructed Viking longboat "Hugin"
- Photo by "Midnightblueowl", 1 August 2008, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
Added by
Simon Cotterill
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Coin of of Ælfwald of Northumbria
- "A silver sceat [coin], .5 fine, 1 5grains, of King Ælfwald I of Northumbria, King Eadberht's grandson, who ruled from 778 until his murder in 788." Public Domain image c/o …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
from https://commons.wikimedia.org…
Reconstructed Viking longboat "Hugin"
- Photo by "Midnightblueowl", 1 August 2008, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
Added by
Simon Cotterill
from https://commons.wikimedia.org…
Coin of of Ælfwald of Northumbria
- "A silver sceat [coin], .5 fine, 1 5grains, of King Ælfwald I of Northumbria, King Eadberht's grandson, who ruled from 778 until his murder in 788." Public Domain image c/o …
Added by
Simon Cotterill