When Yorkshire accepted Eric Bloodaxe as king, Eadred of England invaded and burned the ancient Minster at Ripon as punishment. On his return south, a Yorkshire rearguard ambushed his army at Castleford. The ambush was repulsed but the episode illustrated Yorkshire's resistance to southern English control even when nominally submitting to English overlordship.
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