The burning of Allerdale and the Cumbrian plain extended the Harrying into territory that had only recently acknowledged English overlordship, creating a wasteland buffer zone on the Scottish frontier.
William I: c. 1,000–1,500 troops. Cumbrian communities: civilian populations.
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