Harrying of the North

The Harrying of the North was a series of military campaigns waged by William the Conqueror in the winter of 1069–1070 to subjugate Northern England, where the presence of the last Wessex claimant, Edgar Ætheling, had encouraged Anglo-Saxon Northumbrian, Anglo-Scandinavian and Danish rebellions. William paid the Danes to go home, but the remaining rebels refused to meet him in battle, and he decided to starve them out by laying waste to the northern shires using scorched earth tactics, especially in the historic county of Yorkshire and the city of York, before relieving the English aristocracy of their positions, and installing Norman aristocrats throughout the region.

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1569 Rising of the North

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Richard Caton II Woodville - William receives news of the rising of the North, 1069

• Domesday Book and the 'Harrying of the North' - , 1993
• William the Conqueror's Campaign in Cheshire in 1069–70: Ravaging and Resistance in the North-West - article, 2003

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
area	region		Gododdin		Wikidata
area	region	420	Kingdom of Bernicia		Wikidata
area	region	653	Kingdom of Northumbria		Wikidata
event	armed conflict	634	Battle of Heavenfield	Kingdom of Northumbria, battle, Kingdom of Gwynedd	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	918	Battle of Corbridge	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1069	Harrying of the North	military campaign, massacre	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1345	Hundred Years' War (1345–1347)	Kingdom of France, Kingdom of England, military campaign	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1385	English invasion of Scotland	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1388	Battle of Otterburn	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1464	Battle of Hexham	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1569	Rising of the North	rebellion	Wikidata
site	bunker		Hexham Cold Store	warehouse, bunker	Wikidata
site	castle		Askerton Castle	castle, house	Wikidata
site	castle		Black Middens Bastle House	bastle house, English Heritage	Wikidata
site	castle		Bywell Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Chipchase Castle	country house, historic house museum, garden, castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Elsdon Castle	motte-and-bailey castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Featherstone Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Prudhoe Castle	English Heritage, castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1296	Aydon Castle	historic house museum, English Heritage, architectural structure, castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1439	Belsay Castle	English Heritage, castle	Wikidata
commons	image		Richard Caton II Woodville - William receives news of the rising of the North, 1069		Commons