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Timeline of North East History

THE BIRTH OF DURHAM (continued) 1013AD - 1031AD

By David Simpson

February 1014 – CANUTE THE DANE TAKES KINGDOM
(York)
Swein Forkbeard dies at York. His son Canute is elected King by the Danish army.

1016 – CANUTE OUTMANOEUVERS EARL
(York)
Uhtred has led an army into the West Midlands to trouble Canute but the king moves up the eastern flank of the country into Lincolnshire and crosses to York.

1016 – EARL OF NORTH ASSASINATED
(York)
Uhtred has been assasinated
at Canute's court at Wighill near York. He was visiting Canute in the hope of making peace. He never got to see the king.

November 30, 1016 – KING CANUTE APPOINTS NORTHERN EARLS
(North-East and North Yorkshire)
King Canute has appointed a Norwegian called Eric Hlathir as Earl of York, and Eadulf Cudel of the house of Bamburgh as the Earl of Northumbria north of the Tees. Canute is dividing England into earldoms.

1018 – DURHAM TERRITORY GROWS
(Bishop Auckland and Stockton)
The territory of the Bishops of Durham, which will develop into County of Durham, is expanding. Lands acquired by Bishop Aldhun since 995 include territory in the Tees and Wear valleys from Styr and Snaculf – the latter giving Bradbury, Mordon, Sockburn and Girsby – while Norton and Stockton have been acquired from Ulfcytel. Escomb and Aucklandshire in the Wear Valley, which belonged to an earl called Northman, also now belong to the bishop.

1019 – SCOTS PUSH BORDER TO TWEED
(Carham on Tweed)
The Scots under Malcolm II have defeated the Northumbrians under Eadulf Cudel in battle at Carham on Tweed. Northumbrian territory from Edinburgh to the Tweed is seized by the Scots. Canute is in Denmark.
Aldhun, the Bishop of Durham, has died, heartbroken by the defeat at Carham.

1022 – BEDE'S BONES PINCHED
(Jarrow)
The relics of Bede have been brought to Durham from Jarrow by Aelfred, a notorious collector of saint's relics.

1023 – YORK ARCHBISHOP DIES
(York)
Archbishop Wulfstan has died, a man of great learning and wisdom.

1027 – CANUTE VISITS DURHAM
(Durham City)
Canute has made a visit to Durham, where he walked bare foot from Garmondsway, six miles to the south of the city, to visit St Cuthbert's shrine.

1031 – CANUTE INVADES NORTH-EAST
(North-East)
Canute has invaded the North-East to quell all rebellion.

1031 – CANUTE GIVES STAINDROP TO DURHAM
(Staindrop)
Canute gives land around Staindrop to the bishops of Durham. Canute is known to own a mansion in the district, probably at Raby.

THE BIRTH OF DURHAM (Viking period) other dates
990AD / 1000AD / 1010AD / 1020AD / 1031-1066

THE TIMELINE BY ERA

ROMAN PERIOD

ANGLO-SAXON PERIOD

VIKING PERIOD

NORMAN PERIOD

MEDIEVAL PERIOD

TUDOR AND STUART PERIOD

GEORGIAN PERIOD

VICTORIAN PERIOD

TWENTIETH CENTURY

 

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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