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Following on from the post "The oldest church in Leeds" - what other evidence is there for the presense of the Vikings in Leeds - any maps of their settlements etc?

As noted in the 'Romans' thread -'The East Leeds Historical Society publish a booklet giving a resumé of the history of Leeds from 'The Beginnings' through the Roman, Anglo-Saxon and Viking periods to the 'Age of Industry'.It is of course copyright of The Society but I don't think there will be objections to including small extracts here - I'll dig my copy out when I have a mo '

Probably mentioned on here before, but here's the "Danish Camp" by the Aire, from Godfrey's 1908 N.W.Leeds OS map.

Leeds Hippo wrote: Following on from the post "The oldest church in Leeds" - what other evidence is there for the presense of the Vikings in Leeds - any maps of their settlements etc? Place names for starters. Knostrop. Thorpe, are indicators of former Viking settlements.

There are four main categories of Viking place names in England.Place names ending in -by, such as Selby or Whitby. These -by endings are generally places where the Vikings settled first. In Yorkshire there are 210 -by place names. The -by has passed into English as 'by-law' meaning the local law of the town or village.Place names ending in -thorpe, such as Scunthorpe. The -thorpe names are connected with secondary settlement, where the settlements were on the margins or on poor lands. There are 155 place names ending in -thorpe in Yorkshire.Place names as a mixture of Anglo-Saxon and Viking words. These are known as 'Grimston hybrids', because -ton is an Anglo-Saxon word meaning town or village, and Grim is a Viking name. The idea is that a Viking took over an Anglo-Saxon place and called it after himself. (Women's names are very rare in place names). There are 50 'Grimston hybrid' names in Yorkshire.Changes in pronunciation. The Anglo-Saxon place name Shipton was difficult for the Vikings to say, so it became Skipton.