82-464: Normanton is the name of: England [ edit ] Normanton, Derby South Normanton , Derbyshire Temple Normanton , Derbyshire Normanton, Leicestershire Normanton, Lincolnshire Normanton, Rutland Normanton, West Yorkshire Normanton (UK Parliament constituency) (old) Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford (UK Parliament constituency) (new) Normanton (rugby league) ,
164-569: A bulwark against other Vikings. In the 9th and 10th centuries, the Vikings raided the largely defenceless Frisian and Frankish towns lying on the coast and along the rivers of the Low Countries . Although Vikings never settled in large numbers in those areas, they did set up long-term bases and were even acknowledged as lords in a few cases. They set up bases in Saint-Florent-le-Vieil at
246-683: A combined force of West Saxons and north Welsh along the River Severn. This combined army eventually overtook the Vikings before defeating them at the Battle of Buttington . The early Normans in Wales shared the maritime history of the Vikings, tracing their lineage back to the same wave of raiders and settlers that harried the Welsh coast in the ninth century. As such, it was often the Viking names that were favoured by
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410-448: A major invasion of England but the assembled fleet never sailed. No further serious Danish invasions of England occurred after this. Some raiding occurred during the troubles of Stephen's reign , when King Eystein II of Norway took advantage of the civil war to plunder the east coast of England, where they sacked Hartlepool , County Durham and Whitby , Yorkshire in 1152. These raids marked
492-532: A professional career with Notts County , Aston Villa and others. Viking expansion#England Viking expansion was the historical movement which led Norse explorers, traders and warriors, the latter known in modern scholarship as Vikings , to sail most of the North Atlantic , reaching south as far as North Africa and east as far as Russia, and through the Mediterranean as far as Constantinople and
574-531: A shortage of eligible women for the average Viking male. Due to this, the average Viking man could have been forced to perform riskier actions to gain wealth and power to be able to find suitable women. Viking men would often buy or capture women and make them into their wives or concubines. Polygynous marriage increases male-male competition in society because it creates a pool of unmarried men who are willing to engage in risky status-elevating and sex-seeking behaviors. The Annals of Ulster states that in 821
656-778: A slave supply source for this trade with the Islamic world. Among such hoards can be mentioned the Spillings Hoard and the Sundveda Hoard . Viking settlements in Ireland and Great Britain are thought to have been primarily male enterprises; however, some graves show nearly equal male/female distribution. Disagreement is partly due to method of classification; previous archaeology often guessed biological sex from burial artifacts, whereas modern archaeology may use osteology to find biological sex, and isotope analysis to find origin (DNA sampling
738-715: A small hill near Elten ). In Dutch and Frisian historical tradition, the trading centre of Dorestad declined after Viking raids from 834 to 863; however, since no convincing Viking archaeological evidence has been found at the site (as of 2007 ), doubts about this have grown in recent years. One of the more important Viking families in the Low Countries was that of Rorik of Dorestad (based in Wieringen ) and his brother Harald (based in Walcheren ). Around 850, Lothair I acknowledged Rorik as ruler of most of Friesland. Again in 870, Rorik
820-459: A variety of small businesses including small engineering firms, repair, and vehicle spray shops along with storage facilities. The parade ground remained a revered focal point during that time. A former landmark in the Normanton area was the church on St Chad's Road; however, this was demolished in the mid-1990s and the area is now used as a playing field for children attending St Chad's School. There
902-410: Is also a Hindu temple on Pear Tree Road. There are various Christian churches meeting in the area, from mainstream Anglican and Roman Catholic congregations to free churches and newer house churches. There is a Polish church off St Chad's Road, a Ukrainian church off Dairy House Road, and a Serbian church off Dale Road. The local Sikh community organise an annual Vaisakhi parade around Normanton from
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#1732848143098984-494: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Normanton, Derby Normanton is an inner city suburb and ward of the city of Derby in Derbyshire , England, situated approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the city centre. Neighbouring suburbs include Littleover , Pear Tree , Rose Hill and Sunny Hill . The original village of Normanton-by-Derby, which now forms
1066-472: Is much debate among historians about what drove the Viking expansion. Researchers have suggested that Vikings may have originally started sailing and raiding due to a need to seek out women from foreign lands. The concept was expressed in the 11th century by historian Dudo of Saint-Quentin in his semi-imaginary History of The Normans . Rich and powerful Viking men tended to have many wives and concubines, and these polygynous relationships may have led to
1148-449: Is now a 'Faith Centre' next to the playing field. The area's main public recreational facility is Normanton Park; it was opened in 1909, as recorded on the café clock tower. The park links the old village of Normanton and the modern New Normanton area. Facilities include a children's play area and a community building. Sunny Hill Recreation Ground and Sherwood Recreation Ground are also situated in Normanton ward. Other parks located outside
1230-409: Is that the Viking population had exceeded the agricultural potential of their homeland. This may have been true of western Norway, where there were few reserves of land; however, it is unlikely that the rest of Scandinavia was experiencing famine. Alternatively, some scholars propose that the Viking expansion was driven by a youth bulge effect: Because the eldest son of a family customarily inherited
1312-649: Is thought perhaps to have been connected to Rorik. The burial of such a valuable treasure is seen as an indication that there was a permanent settlement in Wieringen. Around 879, Godfrid arrived in Frisian lands as the head of a large force that terrorised the Low Countries. Using Ghent as his base, they ravaged Ghent, Maastricht , Liège , Stavelot , Prüm , Cologne , and Koblenz . Controlling most of Frisia between 882 and his death in 885, Godfrid became known to history as Godfrid, Duke of Frisia . His lordship over Frisia
1394-515: Is typical Victorian brick terracing. Normanton is one of the seventeen wards which make up Derby, and as such elects three councillors to Derby City Council . As of the 2015 local elections , all three councillors for the area represent the Labour Party . Some parts of Normanton fall outside the ward boundaries; for example Normanton Road and much of New Normanton are in the Arboretum ward , while
1476-546: Is usually not possible). The males buried during that period in a cemetery on the Isle of Man had mainly names of Norse origin, while the females there had names of indigenous origin. Irish and British women are mentioned in old texts on the founding of Iceland , indicating that the Viking explorers were accompanied there by women from the British Isles who either came along voluntarily or were taken along by force. Genetic studies of
1558-413: The 2001 Census figure of 13,506. The area has a high ethnic minority population, with the largest concentration of Derby's British Asian community. In 2011, 67% of the population was estimated to be non-White British, compared to a figure of 25% for the whole of Derby. Around 43% of the ward population is from an Asian background, with the largest minority community being British Pakistanis at 27% of
1640-690: The Battle of Hastings in October 1066. As king of England, he retained the fiefdom of Normandy for himself and his descendants. The kings of England made claim to Normandy, as well as their other possessions in France, which led to various disputes with the French. This culminated in the French confiscation of Gascony that precipitated what became known as the Hundred Years' War , in 1337. West Francia and Middle Francia suffered more severely than East Francia during
1722-686: The Battle of Stamford Bridge . Harold Godwinson himself died when the Norman William the Conqueror defeated the English army at the Battle of Hastings in October 1066. William was crowned king of England on 25 December 1066; however, it was several years before he was able to bring the kingdom under his complete control. In 1070, the Danish king Sweyn Estridsson sailed up the Humber with an army in support of Edgar
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#17328481430981804-576: The Cambro-Normans and passed into Middle English . This impact can be seen today where many coastal names in Wales have an English name derived from the Vikings and unrelated to the original Welsh name. The modern English name Anglesey ( Welsh : Ynys Môn ) is of Scandinavian origin, as are a number of the island's most prominent coastal features. The English names for Caldey Island ( Welsh : Ynys Bŷr ), Flat Holm ( Welsh : Ynys Echni ) and Grassholm ( Welsh : Ynys Gwales ) are also those of
1886-513: The Domesday Book , once recording the lands of the King and again for land belonging to Henry de Ferrers when it was valued at ten shillings. The location of the original village lies just south of the modern ring road, its main thoroughfare commemorated by the present day Village Street. St Giles' Parish Church stands on Village Street, atop a slight hill, and its spire can be seen across most of
1968-640: The Hebrides came under Norse control, sometimes as fiefs under the King of Norway, and at other times as separate entities under variously the Kings of the Isles , the Earldom of Orkney and the later Kings of Mann and the Isles . Shetland and Orkney were the last of these to be incorporated into Scotland in 1468. Viking colonies were not a feature of Wales as much as the other nations of
2050-671: The Norman Conquest . In 795, small bands of Vikings began plundering monastic settlements along the coast of Gaelic Ireland . The Annals of Ulster state that in 821 the Vikings plundered Howth and "carried off a great number of women into captivity". From 840 the Vikings began building fortified encampments, longphorts , on the coast and overwintering in Ireland. The first were at Dublin and Linn Duachaill . Their attacks became bigger and reached further inland, striking larger monastic settlements such as Armagh , Clonmacnoise , Glendalough , Kells and Kildare , and also plundering
2132-719: The Samanid slave market in Central Asia and finally via Iran to the Abbasid Caliphate . The Viking slave trade was the source of the Arab dirham silver hoards found in Scandinavia and functioned from at least 786 until 1009, when such coins have been found there, and it would have been so lucrative that it contributed to the continuing Viking raids in Europe, which was used by the Vikings as
2214-521: The Shetland Islands , being closer to Scandinavia, were more suitable targets for family migrations, while frontier settlements further north and west were more suitable for groups of unattached male colonizers. During the reign of King Beorhtric of Wessex (786–802), three ships of "Northmen" landed at Portland Bay in Dorset . The local reeve mistook the Vikings for merchants and directed them to
2296-566: The 9th century. Viking raids extended deep into the Frankish territory, and included the sacking of many prominent towns such as Rouen , Paris and the abbey at Jumièges . The inability of the Frankish king Charles the Bald , and later Charles the Simple , to prevent these Viking incursions forced them to offer vast payments of silver and gold to prevent any further pillage. These pay-offs were short lived and
2378-483: The British Isles. This has traditionally been attributed to the powerful unified forces of the contemporary Welsh kings, particularly Rhodri the Great . Thus, the Vikings were unable to establish any states or areas of control in Wales and were largely limited to raids and trading. The Danish are recorded raiding Anglesey in 854. Welsh records state that two years later, Rhodri the Great won an important victory, killing
2460-555: The Danish leader, King Gorm. Two further victories by Rhodri are recorded in the Brut y Tywysogion for 872. The first battle was at a place named as Bangolau or Bann Guolou or Bannoleu , where the Vikings in Anglesey were again defeated "in a hard battle". In the second battle at Manegid or Enegyd , the records state that the remaining Vikings "were destroyed". The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of 893, records Viking armies being pursued by
2542-603: The Danish raiders would always return for more. The Duchy of Normandy was created for the Viking leader Rollo after he had besieged Paris. In 911, Rollo entered vassalage to the king of the West Franks Charles the Simple through the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte . This treaty made of Rollo the first Norman Count of Rouen . In addition, Rollo was to be baptized and marry Gisele, the illegitimate daughter of Charles. In exchange for his homage and fealty, Rollo legally gained
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2624-473: The Dublin Vikings and forced them into submission. Over the following thirty years, Brian Boru subdued the Viking territories and made himself High King of Ireland . The Dublin Vikings, together with Leinster , twice rebelled against him, but they were defeated in the battles of Glenmama (999) and Clontarf (1014). After the battle of Clontarf, the Dublin Vikings could no longer "single-handedly threaten
2706-609: The Frisians after the Franks destroyed the Frisian fleet. One of the main aims of the Viking expansion throughout Europe was to acquire and trade silver. Bergen and Dublin are still important centres of silver making. An example of a collection of Viking-age silver for trading purposes is the Galloway Hoard . A great motivation for raids was the international slave trade conducted by
2788-579: The Irish, and between two groups of Vikings: the Dubgaill and Finngaill (dark and fair foreigners). The Vikings also briefly allied with various Irish kings against their rivals. In 866, Áed Findliath burnt all Viking longphorts in the north, and they never managed to establish permanent settlements in that region. The Vikings were driven from Dublin in 902. They returned in 914, led by the Uí Ímair (House of Ivar). During
2870-673: The Low Countries continued for over a century. Remains of Viking attacks dating from 880 to 890 have been found in Zutphen and Deventer . The last attacks took place in Tiel in 1006 and Utrecht in 1007. Compared with the rest of Western Europe, the Iberian Peninsula seems to have been little affected by Viking activity, either in the Christian north or the Muslim south. In some of their raids on Iberia,
2952-665: The Middle East, acting as looters, traders, colonists and mercenaries. To the west, Vikings under Leif Erikson , the heir to Erik the Red , reached North America and set up a short-lived settlement in present-day L'Anse aux Meadows , Newfoundland , Canada . Longer lasting and more established Norse settlements were formed in Greenland , Iceland , the Faroe Islands , Russia, Ukraine , Great Britain , Ireland , Normandy and Sicily . There
3034-604: The Singh Sabha Gurdwara on Prince's Street, the Ramgarhia Gurdwara on St. James's Street and the Guru Ravidass Gurdwara on Duncan Road. There are also many mosques in Normanton such as Masjid Assalaam on Pear Tree Road, Masjid Ahl-e-Hadith on Hastings Street, Masjid-e-Khulafa-e-Rashedeen on Cameron Road, Derby Jamia Mosque on Rosehill Street and Dairy House Road, and Masjid Al-Farooq on Mill Hill Lane. There
3116-531: The Tees amongst his men, who "ploughed the land and supported themselves", founding the territory later known as the Danelaw . Most of the English kingdoms, being in turmoil, could not stand against the Vikings, but King Alfred of Wessex defeated Guthrum's army at the Battle of Edington in 878. There followed the Treaty of Wedmore the same year and the Treaty of Alfred and Guthrum in 886. These treaties formalised
3198-608: The United States in 1880, but he later returned to the United Kingdom, becoming a member of parliament, cabinet minister and Chair of London Underground. Research Scientist and Member of Parliament Ashok Kumar was born in India, moving to Normanton as a child, where he lived on Silver Hill Road. Footballer Tony Hateley grew up in the area, attending Normanton Junior School and playing for local team Normanton Sports before going on to
3280-424: The Viking raiders. Wales' second largest city, Swansea ( Welsh : Abertawe ) takes its English name from a Viking trading post founded by Sweyn Forkbeard . The original name, Old Norse : Sveinsey translates as Sweyn's island or Sweyn's inlet. Worm's Head ( Welsh : Ynys Weryn ) is derived from Old Norse : ormr , the word for snake or dragon , from the Vikings' tradition that the serpent-shaped island
3362-517: The Viking raids of the 9th century. The reign of Charles the Bald coincided with some of the worst of these raids, though he did take action by the Edict of Pistres of 864 to secure a standing army of cavalry under royal control to be called upon at all times when necessary to fend off the invaders. He also ordered the building of fortified bridges to prevent inland raids. Nonetheless, the Bretons allied with
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3444-515: The Vikings and Robert , the margrave of Neustria , (a march created for defence against the Vikings sailing up the Loire ), and Ranulf of Aquitaine died in the Battle of Brissarthe in 865. The Vikings also took advantage of the civil wars which ravaged the Duchy of Aquitaine in the early years of Charles' reign. In the 840s, Pepin II called in the Vikings to aid him against Charles and they settled at
3526-429: The Vikings plundered an Irish village and "carried off a great number of women into captivity". Another theory is that it was a quest for revenge against continental Europeans for past aggressions against the Vikings and related groups, Charlemagne 's campaign to force Saxon pagans to convert to Christianity by killing any who refused to become baptized in particular. Those who favor this explanation point out that
3608-569: The Vikings with the Abbasid Caliphate in the Muslim Middle East, who supplied the slave market of the Muslim world with European slaves in exchange for Arab silver. People taken captive during the Viking raids in Western Europe, such as Ireland, could be sold to Moorish Spain via the Dublin slave trade . The slaves may have also been transported to Hedeby or Brännö and then transported through
3690-563: The Volga trade route to Russia, where slaves and furs were sold to Muslim merchants in exchange for Arab silver dirham and silk , which have been found in Birka , Wollin and Dublin ; initially this trade route between Europe and the Abbasid Caliphate passed via the Khazar Kaghanate , but from the early 10th-century onward it went via Volga Bulgaria and from there by caravan to Khwarazm , to
3772-455: The ancient tombs of Brú na Bóinne . Viking chief Thorgest is said to have raided the whole midlands of Ireland until he was killed by Máel Sechnaill I in 845. In 853, Viking leader Amlaíb (Olaf) became the first king of Dublin . He ruled along with his brothers Ímar (possibly Ivar the Boneless ) and Auisle . Over the following decades, there was regular warfare between the Vikings and
3854-688: The area around Carlton Road is in Abbey ward. The ward forms part of the Derby South constituency of the United Kingdom parliament. Prior to Brexit in 2020, it was part of the East Midlands constituency of the European Parliament. Normanton was formerly a civil parish within Shardlow Rural District . In 1921 the parish had a population of 1383. The New Normanton part of the parish (roughly
3936-412: The area north of the modern inner ring road) was annexed by the town in 1901. On 28 March 1928 the parish was abolished most of the parish becoming part of Derby, with some areas transferring to the adjacent parishes of Littleover and Sinfin Moor , it became part of the county borough of Derby. According to the 2011 Census , the Normanton ward had a population of 17,071. This was a 26.4% increase on
4018-420: The area, which is covered by the catchment areas for the Bemrose School , the City of Derby Academy , Derby Moor Community Sports College and Littleover Community School . The Derbyshire Tennis Centre is adjacent to Normanton Park. The Baseball Ground was built in the northern part of Normanton in 1890, first being the home of Derby Baseball Club until they were disbanded in 1898. It remained open for
4100-425: The boundaries of the English kingdoms and the Viking Danelaw territory, with provisions for peaceful relations between the English and the Vikings. Despite these treaties, conflict continued on and off. However, Alfred and his successors eventually drove back the Viking frontier and retook York. A new wave of Vikings appeared in England in 947, when Erik Bloodaxe captured York. The Viking presence continued through
4182-448: The church treasures. In 875, after enduring eight decades of repeated Viking raids, the monks fled Lindisfarne , carrying the relics of Saint Cuthbert with them. In 794, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle , a small Viking fleet attacked a rich monastery at Jarrow . The Vikings met with stronger resistance than they had expected: their leaders were killed. The raiders escaped, only to have their ships beached at Tynemouth and
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#17328481430984264-441: The conclusion of the Viking Age in England. The monastery at Iona on the west coast was first raided in 794, and had to be abandoned fifty years later after several devastating attacks. While there are few records from the earliest period, it is believed that Scandinavian presence in Scotland increased in the 830s. The isles to the north and west of Scotland were heavily colonised by Norwegian Vikings. Shetland , Orkney and
4346-413: The crews killed by locals. This represented one of the last raids on England for about 40 years. The Vikings focused instead on Ireland and Scotland. In 865, a group of hitherto uncoordinated bands of predominantly Danish Vikings joined to form a large army and landed in East Anglia. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle described this force as the mycel hæþen here (Great Heathen Army) and went on to say that it
4428-406: The district. In the 1740s the Dixie family had Normanton Hall built; this was later used as a school building in the 20th century. The portion of the district to the north of the ring road is called New Normanton. The area began to urbanise rapidly in the mid 19th century, Normanton eventually being absorbed by the expansion of Derby's boundaries up to the 1930s. Much of the housing stock in the area
4510-470: The family's entire estate, younger sons had to seek their fortune by emigrating or engaging in raids. Peter Sawyer suggests that most Vikings emigrated due to the attractiveness of owning more land rather than the necessity of having it. However, no rise in population, youth bulge, or decline in agricultural production during this period has been definitively demonstrated. Nor is it clear why such pressures would have prompted expansion overseas rather than into
4592-405: The gurdwara. The 2012 event attracted between ten and fifteen thousand people. A prominent local landmark was once the Normanton Barracks , headquarters of the Sherwood Foresters regiment. The perimeter of the Barracks comprised an imposing and substantial 4-metre high red brick wall with the barrack's internal buildings only just visible from atop a double decker 88 Sinfin to Derby bus. Most of
4674-540: The language itself, the Norman toponymy retains a strong Nordic influence. Nevertheless, only a few archaeological traces have been found: swords dredged out of the Seine between its estuary and Rouen, the tomb of a female Viking at Pîtres , the two Thor's hammers at Saint-Pierre-de-Varengeville and Sahurs and more recently the hoard of Viking coins at Saint-Pierre-des-Fleurs . Rollo's descendant William, Duke of Normandy (the Conqueror ) became King of England after he defeated Harold Godwinson and his army at
4756-405: The most ethnically diverse population in Derby. The Normanton ward had a population of 17,071 in 2011. The modern suburb grew from an ancient village, formerly known as Normanton-by-Derby. The area is thought to have been the site of one of the major Viking settlements in the Derby area, hence the original name, Normanestune, which means Norseman's settlement . Normanestune is mentioned twice in
4838-401: The mouth of the Garonne as they did by the Loire. Two dukes of Gascony , Seguin II and William I , died defending Bordeaux from Viking assaults. A later duke, Sancho Mitarra , even settled some at the mouth of the Adour near Bayonne in an act presaging that of Charles the Simple and the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte by which the Vikings were settled in Rouen, creating Normandy as
4920-512: The mouth of the Loire, in Taillebourg on the mid Charente, also around Bayonne on the banks of the Adour, in Noirmoutier and obviously on the River Seine (Rouen) in what would become Normandy. Antwerp was raided in 836. Later there were raids of Ghent, Kortrijk , Tournai , Leuven and the areas around the Meuse river, the Rhine , the Rupel river and the tributaries of those rivers. Raids were conducted from bases established in Asselt , Walcheren, Wieringen and Elterberg (or Eltenberg,
5002-406: The name suggests, in the style of a traditional English oast house a type of structure totally incongruous to this part of the country. Just along the ring road on Village Street is the church that served the Garrison, St Giles', where there are numerous memorials to the Sherwood Foresters. For quite some time after the MOD left the Barracks and before the site was developed the premises were used by
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#17328481430985084-406: The nearby royal estate, but the visitors killed him and his men. On 8 June 793, "the ravages of heathen men miserably desecrated God's church on Lindisfarne , with plunder and slaughter". According to the 12th-century Anglo-Norman chronicler Symeon of Durham , the raiders killed the resident monks or threw them into the sea to drown or carried them away as slaves – along with some of
5166-446: The next 105 years, however, as Derby County Football Club had played football matches there since 1895 and despite the relocation of the first team to the new Pride Park Stadium in 1997, it remained in use until May 2003 for the club's reserve and youth sides. The stadium was demolished that autumn and the site has since been redeveloped for housing. Politician Albert Stanley was born in New Normanton in 1874. His family emigrated to
5248-432: The next eight years, the Vikings won decisive battles against the Irish, regained control of Dublin, and founded settlements at Waterford , Wexford , Cork and Limerick , which became Ireland's first large towns. They were important trading hubs, and the slave trade in Viking Dublin was the biggest slave port in western Europe, from which they could be sold to Moorish Spain . These Viking territories became part of
5330-495: The patchwork of kingdoms in Ireland. Vikings intermarried with the Irish and adopted elements of Irish culture, becoming the Norse-Gaels . Some Viking kings of Dublin also ruled the kingdom of the Isles and York ; such as Sitric Cáech , Gofraid ua Ímair , Olaf Guthfrithson and Olaf Cuaran . Sitric Silkbeard was "a patron of the arts, a benefactor of the church, and an economic innovator" who established Ireland's first mint , in Dublin. In 980, Máel Sechnaill Mór defeated
5412-409: The penetration of Christianity into Scandinavia caused serious conflict and divided Norway for almost a century. However, the first target of Viking raids was not the Frankish Kingdom, but Christian monasteries in England. According to the historian Peter Sawyer , these were raided because they were centers of wealth and their farms well-stocked, not because of any religious reasons. A different idea
5494-447: The population in the Western Isles and Isle of Skye also show that Viking settlements were established mainly by male Vikings who mated with women from the local populations of those places. However, not all Viking settlements were primarily male. Genetic studies of the Shetland population suggest that family units consisting of Viking women as well as men were the norm among the migrants to these areas. This may be because areas like
5576-400: The power of the most powerful kings of Ireland". Brian's rise to power and conflict with the Vikings is chronicled in Cogad Gáedel re Gallaib ("The War of the Irish with the Foreigners"). The name of Normandy denotes its Viking origin, from "Northmannia" or Land of The Norsemen. The Viking presence in Normandy began with raids into the territory of the Frankish Empire, from the middle of
5658-427: The reign of the Danish prince Cnut the Great (reigned as King of England: 1016–1035), after which a series of inheritance arguments weakened the hold on power of Cnut's heirs. When King Edward the Confessor died in 1066, the Norwegian king Harald Hardrada challenged his successor as King of England, Harold Godwinson . Hardrada was killed, and his Norwegian army defeated, by Harold Godwinson on 25 September 1066 at
5740-499: The rest of Eurasia may have suffered after the Roman Empire lost its western provinces in the 5th century, and the expansion of Islam in the 7th century may have reduced trade opportunities within western Europe by redirecting resources along the Silk Road . Trade in the Mediterranean was at its lowest level in history when the Vikings began their expansion. The Viking expansion opened new trade routes in Arab and Frankish lands, and took control of trade markets previously dominated by
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5904-477: The southern part of the suburb, dates back to the medieval period. As the Normanton area became rapidly urbanised in the 19th century, the New Normanton area to the north was developed for housing, linking the old village to Derby, into which it was eventually absorbed. The area is characterised by high density late 19th century terraced housing in New Normanton and mid-20th century housing estates elsewhere, and has
5986-568: The territory which he and his Viking allies had previously conquered. The descendants of Rollo and his followers adopted the local Gallo-Romance languages and intermarried with the area's original inhabitants. They became the Normans ;– a Norman French -speaking mixture of Scandinavians and indigenous Franks and Gauls . The language of Normandy heavily reflected the Danish influence, as many words (especially ones pertaining to seafaring) were borrowed from Old Norse or Old Danish. More than
6068-475: The total population. The neighbouring Arboretum ward, which includes parts of Normanton, has very similar figures, and is also 67% non-White British, including 41% of Asian origin, of which 31% are Pakistani British. The area has also had a large influx of eastern europeans settle in the area. Normanton has a wide number of places of worship, including the Guru Arjan Dev Gurdwara on Stanhope Street,
6150-497: The vast, uncultivated forest areas in the interior of the Scandinavian Peninsula , although perhaps emigration or sea raids may have been easier or more profitable than clearing large areas of forest for farm and pasture in a region with a limited growing season. It is also possible that a decline in the profitability of old trade routes drove the Vikings to seek out new, more profitable ones. Trade between western Europe and
6232-607: The wall, and many buildings, remained when the site was quit by the army and became a small industrial estate in the mid 1960s. It was all, however, demolished in 1981, and the site is now the Foresters Leisure Park, including the Showcase cinema, some fast food restaurants, a bingo hall, and a bowling alley. At the north west corner of the original Barracks site is now the Oast House pub , a distinctive modern building which is, as
6314-512: The ward, but serving the Normanton area, include Derby Arboretum in Rose Hill and Sunnydale Park in Littleover. Three primary schools are located in the Normanton ward: Dale Community Primary, Hardwick Primary and Village Primary. Other nearby primary schools whose catchment areas cover parts of Normanton include Arboretum, Pear Tree, St. Chad's and St. James'. There are no secondary schools within
6396-470: The Ætheling , the last surviving male member of the English royal family. However, after capturing York, Sweyn accepted a payment from William to desert Edgar. Five years later one of Sweyn's sons set sail for England to support another English rebellion, but it had been crushed before the expedition arrived, so they settled for plundering the city of York and the surrounding area before returning home. In 1085, Sweyn's son, now Canute IV of Denmark , planned
6478-599: Was a sleeping dragon. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle reported that heathen men (the Danes) raided Charmouth , Dorset in 833, then in 997 destroyed the Dartmoor town of Lydford , and from 1001 to 1003 occupied the old Roman city of Exeter . The Cornish were subjugated by King Æthelstan , of England, in 936 and the border finally set at the River Tamar . The Cornish remained semi-autonomous until their annexation into England after
6560-609: Was acknowledged by Charles the Fat , to whom he became a vassal. In the siege of Asselt in 882, the Franks sieged a Viking camp at Asselt in Frisia. Although the Vikings were not forced by arms to abandon their camp, they were compelled to come to terms in which their leader, Godfrid, was converted to Christianity. Godfrid was assassinated in 885, after which Gerolf of Holland assumed lordship and Viking rule of Frisia came to an end. Viking raids of
6642-624: Was led by Ivar the Boneless and Halfdan Ragnarsson . The army crossed the Midlands into Northumbria and captured York ( Jorvik ). In 871, the Great Heathen Army was reinforced by another Danish force known as the Great Summer Army led by Guthrum . In 875, the Great Heathen Army split into two bands, with Guthrum leading one back to Wessex, and Halfdan taking his followers north. Then in 876, Halfdan shared out Northumbrian land south of
6724-493: Was received by Charles the Bald in Nijmegen , to whom he became a vassal. Viking raids continued during this period. Harald's son Rodulf and his men were killed by the people of Oostergo in 873. Rorik died sometime before 882. Buried Viking treasures consisting mainly of silver have been found in the Low Countries. Two such treasures have been found in Wieringen. A large treasure found in Wieringen in 1996 dates from around 850 and
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