It was over-run by the [[Anglo-Saxons]] and [[Vikings]] during the course of their incursions and the French attacked at various times during the [[Middle Ages]]. In [[World War II]] it was the most heavily bombed town in England after London. | It was over-run by the [[Anglo-Saxons]] and [[Vikings]] during the course of their incursions and the French attacked at various times during the [[Middle Ages]]. In [[World War II]] it was the most heavily bombed town in England after London. |