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This Medieval City Was a Viking Fortress, a Wool-trading Center, and a Railway Hub — and Now It's the Perfect History-focused GetawayDiscover 2,000 years of history amid the picturesque streets of York. A Roman fortress, then a Viking stronghold, followed by a Medieval wool-trading center, then an Industrial railway hub ...
When the Vikings came to Repton in the winter of 873 AD, they transformed the sacred church of St Wystan into a fortress. It was an important step in their bold attempt to take the whole of England.
For four months the starving Britons held out, until the true death blow - the fortress's well dried up. At that point the Vikings broke in, plundering the kingdom of its treasures and taking a ...
The City Wall and York Minster in York, England during sunset ...
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