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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the principal settlements of those rapacious invaders, the Danes, who kept possession of it till Atheistan demolished … entered and made themselves masters of it. The successful Danes then proceeded northward, and after subduing the … Scotland. William, attributing the first success of the Danes to the treachery of the citizens, took signal vengeance …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… in 1068 as a motte and bailey, but it was destroyed by the Danes in September 1069 and rebuilt before the end of that …