The sub-king Oswin of Deira dissolved his army to avoid civil war with his cousin Oswiu of Bernicia, and was betrayed to Oswiu by a nobleman at Gilling (now Gilling West, North Riding). His murder effectively ended Deira as a separate kingdom and united all of Northumbria under Oswiu. Bede recorded Oswin as a holy martyr; a monastery was built at Gilling to pray for his soul. The episode is a key moment in Yorkshire's early medieval history.
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 North Riding