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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
 
                         
 
 
 
 
                                 
                                 
                                        
                                     
                                        
                                     
                                        
                                    