The capture of York by the Great Heathen Army — a massive coalition force that had landed in East Anglia in 865 — was the single most consequential Viking military action in England. York became Jorvik, the capital of a Scandinavian kingdom that would endure until 954. The Chronicle records that the two rival Northumbrian kings briefly united, stormed the city in March 867, broke through the walls, but were defeated with great slaughter inside.
Both Northumbrian kings and most of their nobility killed
This battlefield is listed on the Register of Historic Battlefields — a national designation identifying Britain's most significant battle sites for protection and further research. Reference: ENG 50.
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