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The first Germanic speakers arrived in what is now England and Scotland in c. 450 AD. The old British Celtic kingdom of Deifr became the Anglian kingdom Deira in the third quarter of the 5th century, with this ultimately being unified with the more northerly kingdom Bernicia (centred on [[Northumberland]] and south east Scotland) to form the kingdom of Northumbria in the 7th century.
The first Germanic speakers arrived in what is now England and Scotland in c. 450 AD. The old British Celtic kingdom of Deifr became the Anglian kingdom Deira in the third quarter of the 5th century, with this ultimately being unified with the more northerly kingdom Bernicia (centred on [[Northumberland]] and south east Scotland) to form the kingdom of Northumbria in the 7th century.
Following the first Scandinavian Viking raid on Northumbria in 793 AD, an army of Vikings from [[Denmark]] invaded the south of Northumbria and conquered York in 866 AD. York, known to the Vikings as Jorvik, became the capital of a Scandinavian kingdom of the same name. Yorkshire formed the heartlands of this Scandinavian kingdom.
At the time the [[Domesday Book]] was taken in 1086 on the order of [[William the Conqueror]], Yorkshire was far larger and included areas of present-day Lancashire and Westmorland.
At the time the [[Domesday Book]] was taken in 1086 on the order of [[William the Conqueror]], Yorkshire was far larger and included areas of present-day Lancashire and Westmorland.