At the height of Scottish expansion during the Anarchy, David I's forces reached as far south as Lancashire. Lancaster was briefly under Scottish influence or control. This extraordinary southward extension of Scottish power — made possible by the complete breakdown of royal authority in England — was never repeated. The Scottish withdrawal after Stephen's recovery left no permanent trace of these advances.
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any location in Britain — drawing on Domesday records, scheduled monuments, Victorian OS maps, geological data and archaeological archives to tell the full story of a place.
Research a location near Lancashire