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== History ==

== History ==

The immediately pre-Roman inhabitants of what is now Yorkshire were the Celts. The Celtic language of Great Britain was Common Brittonic, which is the ancestor of modern the Brittonic Celtic languages [[Breton]], [[Cornish]] and [[Welsh Language|Welsh]]. Although the city of Eboracum was founded by the Romans in 71 AD, when a military fortress was constructed in the present-day city centre, its likely that the Celtic Britons had a settlement in the area; the name appears to be from [[Celtic language|Proto-Celtic]] ''*Eburakon'' ("place abounding in yew trees").

The immediately pre-Roman inhabitants of what is now Yorkshire were the Celts. The Celtic language of Great Britain was Common Brittonic, which is the ancestor of modern the Brittonic Celtic languages [[Breton]], [[Cornish]] and [[Welsh Language|Welsh]]. Although the city of Eboracum was founded by the Romans in 71 AD, when a military fortress was constructed in the present-day city centre, its likely that the Celtic Britons had a settlement in the area; the name appears to be from [[Celtic language|Proto-Celtic]] ''*Eburakon'' ("place abounding in yew trees"), from which the name "York" (via various Old English and Old Norse adaptations) ultimately derives.

The fortified city Eboracum (York) was the capital of Brittania Inferior, a Roman province established in c. 200 AD and covering much of what is now Northern England and the [[Midlands]]. There are numerous Roman forts in Yorkshire, which would later be denoted in Old English by the ending ''-ceaster'', surviving as ''-caster'', with examples being [[Doncaster]] and [[Tadcaster]].

The fortified city Eboracum (York) was the capital of Brittania Inferior, a Roman province established in c. 200 AD and covering much of what is now Northern England and the [[Midlands]]. There are numerous Roman forts in Yorkshire, which would later be denoted in Old English by the ending ''-ceaster'', surviving as ''-caster'', with examples being [[Doncaster]] and [[Tadcaster]].

Following the departure of Romans from Britain in the early 5th century, several Romano-British Celtic kingdoms emerged in Yorkshire; Ebrauc was the region around York, Deifr (or Deira) comprised the lands along the coast to the north and east of York, while Elmet was further west and centred on what is now [[Leeds]] (Loidis). Modern-day Yorkshire forms a part of the region known to historians as Yr Hen Ogledd (Welsh for "the old north"), which comprises the British Celtic kingdoms of the immediately post-Roman years in northern England and southern Scotland.

Following the departure of Romans from Britain in the early 5th century, several Romano-British Celtic kingdoms emerged in Yorkshire; Ebrauc was the region around York, Deifr (or Deira) comprised the lands along the coast to the north and east of York, while Elmet was further west and centred on what is now [[Leeds]] (Loidis). Modern-day Yorkshire forms a part of the region known to historians as Yr Hen Ogledd (Welsh for "the old north"), which comprises the British Celtic kingdoms of the immediately post-Roman years in northern England and southern Scotland.

The first Germanic peoples, who brought to Britain the [[Old English]] language, 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 peoples, who brought to Britain the [[Old English]] language, 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. By this time, the name ''Eboracum'' (modern-day York) had been adapted into the Old English ''Eoforwic''.

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.

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. ''Eoforwic'' was once again adapted, this time into Old Norse ''Jorvik'', from which the present-day name "York" ultimately derives. 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.