The Great Heathen Army — which had already destroyed Northumbria — moved to Nottingham in 868. The combined Mercian and West Saxon armies (including the future Alfred the Great) gathered to besiege it but could not take the fortified Danish position. A humiliating peace was made. This is the first recorded major Viking presence in the Midlands and marks Nottingham's strategic importance on the Trent. The Danes returned to York for the winter.
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