After sharing out Yorkshire farmland among his followers, Halfdan led his army north through Bernicia, ravaging as far as the Tyne and Solway. The bishop of Hexham was driven from his see; the Lindisfarne community began their long wandering with the body of St Cuthbert. The devastation of Bernicia in 875 was distinct from the more settled Viking occupation of Deira (Yorkshire) and explains the different character of Viking impact north and south of the Tyne.
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