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THE TIMELINE BY ERA

ROMAN PERIOD

• THE ROMAN CONQUEST
• (43AD - 303AD)

ANGLO-SAXON PERIOD

• THE ANGLIAN INVASIONS
• (306AD - 593AD)
• AETHELFRITH AND EDWIN
• (598AD - 633AD
• OSWALD AND AIDAN
• (633AD - 655AD)
• WILFRID AND CUTHBERT
• (657AD - 688AD)
• THE AGE OF BEDE
• (690AD - 735AD)
• KINGDOM AT WAR
• (736AD - 854AD)

VIKING PERIOD

• JORVIK
• (866AD - 900AD)
• THE IRISH NORWEGIANS
• (900AD - 945AD)
• ERIC BLOODAXE
• (946AD - 989AD)
• THE BIRTH OF DURHAM
• (990AD - 1031AD)

NORMAN PERIOD

• THE NORMAN CONQUEST
• (1031AD - 1066AD)
• CONQUEST OF THE NORTH
• (1067AD - 1080AD)
• THE PRINCE BISHOPS
• (1081AD - 1135AD)
• TWO GREAT CATHEDRALS
• (Durham and York)

MEDIEVAL PERIOD

• THE MONASTIC REVIVAL
• (Abbeys and Priories)
• A PART OF SCOTLAND
• (1135AD - 1157AD)
• BISHOP PUDSEY
• (1154AD - 1198AD)
• JOHN & HENRY III
• (1199AD - 1272AD)
• MEDIEVAL TOWNS
• (1100AD - 1500AD)
• NEWCASTLE COAL
• (1100AD - 1500AD)
• BRUCE AND BALLIOL
• (1272AD - 1371AD)
• HOTSPUR AND THE PERCIES
• (1377AD - 1461AD)
• WARS OF THE ROSES
• (1455AD - 1508AD)

TUDOR AND STUART PERIOD

• REFORM AND REBELLION
• (1509AD - 1603AD)
• THE BORDER REIVERS
• (1400AD - 1611AD)
• ELIZABETHANS & STUARTS
• (1560AD - 1714AD)
• CROMWELL TO QUEEN ANNE
• (1644AD - 1714AD)

GEORGIAN PERIOD

• COAL AND INDUSTRY
• (1500AD - 1800AD)
• THE GEORGIAN NORTH
• (1714AD - 1838AD)
• THE LOCOMOTIVE AGE
• (1800AD - 1828AD)

VICTORIAN PERIOD

• A TOWN IS BORN
• (1828AD - 1839AD)
• THE NORTHERN COAL
• (1800AD - 1900AD)
• RURAL INDUSTRIES
• (1100AD - 1900AD)
• THE AGE OF IRON
• (1840AD - 1879AD)
• SHIPBUILDING
• (1790AD - 1899AD)
• CHEMICALS AND GLASS
• (1800AD - 1900AD)
• ELECTRIC LIGHT YEARS
• (1878AD - 1899AD)
• THE VICTORIAN AGE
• (1837AD - 1901AD)

TWENTIETH CENTURY

• 20TH CENTURY & WORLD WAR
• (1901AD - 1919AD)
• THE TWENTIES AND THIRTIES
• (1920AD - 1939AD)
• WORLD WAR TWO
• (1939AD - 1949AD)
• THE FIFTIES AND SIXTIES
• (1950AD - 1969AD)
• PITS AND POLITICS
• (1970AD - 1989AD)
• SPORT
• (1700AD - 1999AD)
• INTO A NEW MILLENNIUM
• (1990AD - 2000AD)
• THE FUTURE
• A History of the North East (Book)
• About the Sitet

 

THE MILLENNIUM HISTORY OF NORTH EAST ENGLAND

by David Simpson

Published by leighton in association with The Northern Echo

ISBN 0-9536984-3-2

The Millennium History of North East England by David Simpson is published by Leighton, The Teleport, Doxford International, Sunderland, SR3 3XD, Tel +44 (0) 191 5252400 Fax +44 (0) 520 1815 www.bepl.com. The book is a 322 page full colour hard back book covering the history of the region from Roman times to the present day. To order copies of the book you can e-mail Andrea.Murphy@bepl.com

Author David Simpson and Paul Callaghan, Managing Director of leighton at the book launch held at Lumley Castle, Durham December 1999

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